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New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Allows Suit to Proceed Against BMW Vehicles Alleged to 'Spontaneously Combust and Catch Fire'

The judge declined to dismiss the plaintiffs' other claims, including allegations of consumer fraud, unfair competition, false advertising violations out of California, New Jersey and Nevada, along with a Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act claim.
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Daily Business Review

Another J&J Talc Trial Opens in Florida: 'This Fundamentally Is a Case About Science'

The second trial since the dismissal of Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy last year opened on Monday, alleging its baby powder caused Patricia Matthey's ovarian cancer.
5 minute read

Law.com

Cozen O'Connor Files Trademark Suit Against Goop's Sexual Health Product 'Good. Clean. Goop.'

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Federal Judge Orders 'Full Refiling' of Daubert Motions in J&J Talc Litigation

U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, overseeing more than 50,000 talc lawsuits in multidistrict litigation, cited recent changes to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and new science since the first Daubert hearing in 2020.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Ocean Spray Hit With Class-Action Complaint Over Craisins' Sugar Content

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
3 minute read

Law.com

'I Was Kind of Dumbfounded': J&J Lawyers Testify in Talc Disqualification Hearing

Johnson & Johnson's worldwide vice president of litigation, Erik Haas, and Jim Murdica, outside counsel at Barnes & Thornburg, testified on Monday that they were shocked to find out a former member of their team had been working with plaintiffs' lawyer Andy Birchfield as early as April 2023.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court Divided Over Shoppers' Claims of Ascertainable Loss in CFA Claim

"Indeed, the Appellate Division found here—and defendant SPARC Group LLC does not contest—that defendant's conduct violates the CFA," Justice Lee A. Solomon said. "However, to state a CFA claim, private plaintiffs ... must show that they suffered an 'ascertainable loss of moneys or property, real or personal, as a result of the use or employment by another person of any practice declared unlawful under' the CFA."
5 minute read

Law.com

Judge Sends Stop & Shop's Motion to Dismiss Down the Drain in 'Flushable' Wipes Dispute

U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani for the District of Massachusetts found that the plaintiff, Mark Schotte, sufficiently plead a likelihood of future injury in order to establish standing or injunctive and declaratory relief, after he alleged he would be interested in purchasing the wipes again if Stop & Shop ensured they were actually flushable.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

It Took a Decade, But FDA Wins Case Over Tobacco Warning Labels

U.S. Fifth Circuit Judge Jerry Smith concluded the district court erred when finding the government compelled speech caselaw the FDA relied upon did not apply.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Hefty Signing Bonus, Stock Award Juiced Grainger's CLO's First-Year Compensation

The industrial supply giant had to ante up a $3.3 million in cash and stock to offset what Nancy Berardinelli-Krantz forfeited when she resigned from the power management company Eaton.
2 minute read

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