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Daily Business Review

'Digital Renaissance' and Pushback: NFTs Offer Opportunity to Bypass Laws Around Physical Art

"The restrictions are a lot less because we are now freeing ourselves of the power structures that have been in place for thousands of years in the physical art world," said Vivek Jayaram, president at Jayaram Law.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

City of Philadelphia's Opioid Suit Against Pharmacies Evades MDL Consolidation in Remand to State Court

U.S. District Judge Juan Sanchez remanded the case to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, rejecting the defendants' argument that the suit was essentially a class action and could therefore be removed to federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Product Liability Suit Against CVS Over Just for Men Hair Dye Removed to Fed Court

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Duty To Warn and the Learned Intermediary Doctrine in New York: Does the Duty Require Instructions About How To Mitigate Risk?

The learned intermediary doctrine and federal preemption law would, in all probability, preclude a failure-to-warn claim based on a failure to provide mitigation instructions.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Online Used Car Retailer Carvana Turns to Latham & Watkins to Defend Against Consumer Class Action Suit

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Talc Bankruptcy Judge Disbands Dual Claimants' Committees

After challenges to a U.S. trustee's action, New Jersey Chief Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan on Thursday reinstated the original claimants' committee in the Chapter 11 case involving 38,000 talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's Erosion of the Fair Share Act in Products Liability Cases

This article will explain how Roverano's reliance on Azzarello-era precedent to reinstate per capita apportionment among strict liability defendants opens the door to a Tincher-based challenge to Pennsylvania's method of apportionment.
8 minute read

Law.com

Lawsuits Over Premature Infant Formula Deaths Are Growing

Nearly 50 lawsuits allege Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson made false statements about the safety of their cow's milk-based infant formula, which studies have found caused a gastrointestinal inflammation called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, in premature babies.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Brazil's Inflation Ends 2021 Above 10%, Testing Central Bank

The central bank's efforts have been complicated by costlier fuel, kinks in global supply chains and a series of extreme weather events, that have stoked food and raw material prices.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Products Liability Suit Against Amazon Over Allegedly Defective Trampoline Sent to Fed Court

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

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