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Connecticut Law Tribune

Science and Evidence: The Future Is Now

If a manufacturer of a product knows that the product will, or could, cause harm to people with a genetic sensitivity to it, must it issue a warning? That question opens up a whole panoply of concerns.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Estrada v. Johnson & Johnson

No Injury-in-Fact on Benefit of the Bargain Theory Based on Manufacturer's Omission in Absence of Affirmative Duty to Disclose
3 minute read

The Recorder

Practical Aftermath of 'TC Heartland': Book Your Flights for the Coasts

Over the past three years, patent filings in the Eastern District of Texas grew steadily while patent filings in the Northern District of California and the District of Delaware dropped. In fact, in the past year, over 34 percent of the patent suits against companies located in northern California were brought in E.D. Tex. With the U.S. Supreme Court's May decision in "TC Heartland," all signs point to significant change.
13 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former 'FDA Generalist' at Pfizer Joins Venable

A former top lawyer at Pfizer Inc. has returned to private practice at Venable after about nine years in-house.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Defendants Demand Pre-Discovery Evidence in Birth Control Packaging Suits

Pharmaceutical companies facing more than 100 lawsuits in federal court over improperly labeled birth control pills want the plaintiffs to provide pre-discovery information linking their claimed injuries to the defendants' products.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

'Bristol-Myers' Disruptive Effect Nearly Instant in Missouri Talc Case, Transcript Shows

A newly available transcript from St. Louis Civil Court shows just how quickly the U.S. Supreme Court's game-changing decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California transformed a Missouri case over the alleged link between talcum powder and cancer.
24 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Award-Winning Litigation Tracking Tool Lifts a Burden for Ricoh Lawyers

In-house attorneys at Ricoh USA recently took home an award from the ACC for a new software tool they developed with Reed Smith.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Airbnb Host Fined for Cancelling Law Student's Reservation Based on Race

An Airbnb host who refused to rent her Southern California house to a woman because she is Asian will pay $5,000 in damages and take a college-level course in Asian-American studies, the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing said Thursday in announcing the agreement.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Republicans Say They'll Move to Halt Consumer Watchdog Rule

Republican lawmakers have overturned more than a dozen regulations issued under President Barack Obama. Now, they're looking to do the same to a rule that would let consumers band together to sue their banks or credit card companies rather than use a mediator to resolve a dispute.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Canale v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Court Defers Decision to FTC in Class Action Over Toothpaste Products' Whitening Claims
2 minute read

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