Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The Court held that local consumer legislation – in the form of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA) – applies to foreign manufacturers. The decision is of particular interest to New Zealand consumers and manufacturers of goods that are supplied in New Zealand, as well as traders advertising their products to New Zealanders.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 24, 2022

Plaintiff filed this products liability suit in November 2020, asserting that defendant, who manufactured, marketed, and sold the original replacement device, “actively and intentionally misled the public, medical community, health care providers, and patients into believing these products were safe and effective.”

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 17, 2025

The way over unjust enrichment resulting from a invalid contract has the charming effect that you do not have to apply Rome IIs general tort rule (Article 4 para. Most cases are initiated by consumers who did not buy directly from the manufacturer but through a local dealer, so there is no direct contractual link.

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The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Evangelista, of the known health risks and serious adverse effects associated with use of its CoolSculpting System,” Evangelista says that she “would not have undergone any treatment using the CoolSculpting System.”.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 7, 2022

a requirement for FDA to issue regulations to establish standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying asbestos in talc-containing products.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Issue : Whether the Clean Air Act preempts state and local governments from regulating manufacturers’ post-sale, nationwide updates to vehicle emission systems. United States. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft v. Ohio, ex rel. Sundance, Inc.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

It evolved into a common-law tort to address a broader range of “interests of the community at large—interests that were recognized as rights of the general public entitled to protection,” in the words of the American Law Institute’s Second Restatement of Torts (1965-79). The opioid claims are similar.

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Patently O

JANUARY 16, 2024

I first found the Gilead case while reading the Wall Street Journal with the board editorial decrying the decision for “invent[ing] a crazy new tort.” In its decision, the Court of Appeal held that a manufacturer’s duty of reasonable care under Cal. 9, 2024) Read It Here. genius,” as President Lincoln put it.

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Intelligize Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

Essentially, the Texas Two-Step refers to a legal maneuver in which a parent company transfers its tort liabilities to a spin-off entity that remains under the parent company’s control. If successful, J&J could substantially reduce its exposure to damages from a flood of lawsuits claiming its baby powder and talc products cause cancer.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 7, 2023

The relatives of the Greek crew members filed actions for pain and suffering damages before the Athens court of first instance against a US (manufacturer of the aircraft) and a Swiss (subsidiary of the manufacturer) company. The action was dismissed in 2019 for lack of international jurisdiction.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 18, 2023

TCL Vietnam: Texas law defines ‘doing business’ within the state to include committing a tort in the state. Here, the sale of infringing product in the state is patent infringement — a tort.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 21, 2023

Other companies, like chemical manufacturers, face lawsuits if they fail to prepare for climate-driven floods, storms, and wildfires , and may make claims under Environmental Insurance policies for damages arising from post-disaster pollutant spills.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The factory where alleged abuses took place manufactured products and components for Dyson products. The lawsuit commenced by the migrant workers from Nepal and Bangladesh is an example of business and human rights litigation against British multinationals for the damage caused in their overseas operations.

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LexForti

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

respondent) in the District Court at Vadodara regarding the use of the brand name “Falcitab” for a medicine manufactured and sold by the respondent. (appellant) filed a suit for injunction against Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. For unregistered trade marks, a passing off action is maintainable under Section 27(2) of the Act.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 16, 2024

For example, in the English case of Boys v Chaplin , the House of Lords was unable to provide a coherent ratio decidendi due to differing opinions regarding the law applicable to torts when applying English law to heads of damages.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The Ninth Circuit described the rule as “a doctrine that prevents a party to a contract from recovering economic damages resulting from breach of contract under tort theories of liability.” ” Lemon law.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 18, 2025

The original complaint asserted four claims under Missouri tort law: (1) public nuisance, (2) abnormally dangerous activity, (3) breach of duty by allowing the transmission of COVID, and (4) breach of duty by hoarding PPE. factories [in China] and the direct hoarding of PPE manufactured or for sale in the United States.

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SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This covers all the basic areas of academic law including, English Legal System, Contract Law, Law of Tort and a choice of another legal topic. Choose a business that matches your interests, such as retail companies, sports organisations, car manufacturers, tech businesses or charities. Freelancing.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 17, 2025

The way over unjust enrichment resulting from a invalid contract has the charming effect that you do not have to apply Rome IIs general tort rule (Article 4 para. Most cases are initiated by consumers who did not buy directly from the manufacturer but through a local dealer, so there is no direct contractual link.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A tragedy in North Carolina could present rather difficult torts questions in a wrongful death case for a grieving family. There is also the potential liability of the GPS system, though it is unclear whether he was using an App like Google Maps or a car manufacturer’s system. In all likelihood, it was a phone-based app.

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LawTechnologyToday

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

When seeking assistance, thirty-eight percent of respondents turned to their IT support, followed by Google or other online resource (19%), peers (13%), vendor/manufacturer (9%), followed by bar association (7%). He concentrates his practice in the fields of workers’ compensation law, automobile tort law, and general negligence law.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Further, the new CPL introduces “the place of torts committed within the territory of China” as a new connecting factor for jurisdiction. – being primarily responsible for manufacturing and selling Huawei’s smart terminal products – was domiciled there.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Characterisation of a case as contract or tort (to take a very general example) invites a narrower range of choices than the entire arsenal of statutory interpretation techniques deployable analysing words in a statutory provision. where was the defective product manufactured, or where was the injury sustained).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The appellate court also agreed with the court below that it was not appropriate to recognize a new tort of “intentional investment in abnormally dangerous activities” advocated by the plaintiffs on behalf of future generations.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The manufacturer of the drug, Purdue Pharma, promoted the drug as less susceptible to abuse, but OxyContin proved instead to be highly addictive. Share It has been 27 years since the prescription opioid OxyContin first came on the market. Barrett, however, saw the federal government’s position differently, characterizing the U.S.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

es the threat posed to companies that rely on third-party manufacturers. Considering the importance of Chinese manufacturing to global trade, the Chinese legal system and its evolving trademark enforcement system will likely cause companies to get creative. Romag solidi?es Summary of the Supreme Court’s Opinions. We think the latter.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday put a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the highly addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin, on hold while it reviews a challenge to the legality of the plan, which would shield the Sackler family, the owners of the drug company, from lawsuits.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 3, 2021

United States that although Congress generally waived the government’s immunity in the Federal Tort Claims Act, members of the armed forces cannot sue the federal government for injuries sustained on active duty. The second case, American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. E.M.D.H. , Disclosure : Goldstein & Russell, P.C.,

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 27, 2024

However, as a torts professor, there is a question of whether the tort element of proximate cause could be materially changed in the case. Torts professors are already lining up to argue that there is a proximate cause under existing doctrines to hold the firearms industry. I respectfully disagree.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. She also threatened another woman with a carving knife.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But the companies that manufacture the product told the justices on Tuesday that because Horn’s injuries were personal, rather than harm to his business or property, they did not fall under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Horn’s economic losses, she argued, are the “damages he sustain[ed]” because of that injury.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Indeed, I teach in torts where an immigrant to the United States filed a tort action for an involuntary inoculation upon entry in O’Brien v. The complaint states: On information and belief, the brochure was manufactured by Defendants. The filing of a lawsuit upon entry to the United States is not unprecedented, of course.

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Patently O

MARCH 16, 2021

In contrast to proprietary hardware, any relevant documentation related to open source hardware is licensed for individuals to openly participate in the design and development of the hardware, or to replicate and manufacture the hardware devices. Teva: The Original Decision.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 19, 2021

An example is the recent New York public nuisance law seeking to make gun manufacturers liable for gun crime. I’ve discussed the New York public nuisance law aimed at gun manufacturers, a law that doubles down on a failed legal theory using torts as a substitute for direct legislative bans or barriers.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers v. The court said the laws’ provision for criminal or tort liability for advising, encouraging, or soliciting persons participating in a riot to acts of force or violence was overbroad and vague. The court also declined to “create a new tort named abusive litigation.” 17-1258 (D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion by a truck trailer manufacturers trade group to stay the final rule adopted by the U.S. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. Department of Energy , Nos. 16-1186, 16-1252, 16-1253 (D.C. 16-1430 (D.C.

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