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Corporate Counsel

'Always Be Willing to Lead by Example': Canary General Counsel on Being a Resilient Leader

Marc Mandel spoke to Corporate Counsel about building resilience within his legal team and being a strategic member of the team and to the C-suite.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The FDA and COVID-19: Streamlined Processes and Enforcement

The FDA has taken steps to both accelerate the biotech and life sciences industry's work to test, diagnose and treat COVID-19 as well as rein in misguided or unscrupulous COVID-19 products.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Litigation Game Changer: Comparative Fault Shifts as Proponents Seek Graphic Warnings on Cigarettes

Experts weigh in on how graphic warning labels on cigarette boxes might affect litigation.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

In Search of the Elusive "Reasonable Consumer"

A discussion of how the "reasonable consumer" test is supposed to work and how some courts have applied it to dismiss claims at the pleading stage while others have decided that "reasonable consumer" questions can't be judged until later in the case. Appellate guidance has been scattered, but there are some common threads in the court decisions.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lawyers Gear Up as Fight Between Bang and Monster Energy Drink Advances to Trial — A Few Claims Lighter

It's a lawsuit fraught with contention and counterclaims, and features reams of attorneys from across the country.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Lawyers Withdraw, Aiming to Revise, $1.1 Billion Class Settlement Over Roundup

The notice of withdrawal came two days after a federal judge said he was likely to deny approval of the settlement, which Bayer reached last month to cap subsidiary Monsanto's liability over future Roundup claims.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Combating CARES Act Fraud: Ensuring Economic Relief for Americans Through Law Enforcement Efforts

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas and our law enforcement partners are ready to take on those who attempt to illegally profit from the coronavirus pandemic.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Roundup Judge Appears Ready to Reject Bayer's $1.1B Class Settlement

In a setback for Bayer, which had hoped to cap future claims over its Roundup pesticide with the class settlement, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said in a Monday order that he was "skeptical of the propriety and fairness of the proposed settlement, and is tentatively inclined to deny the motion."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Guidance Issued for Post-Covid Franchise Financial Performance Disclosures

In response to what it perceived as the significant impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on many franchise businesses, on June 17, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) Franchise and Business Opportunities Project Group—the quasigovernmental organization of federal and state franchise regulators that coordinates regulatory policy nationwide—issued guidance
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

No 'Windfall' for Plaintiffs With No Proof in Decadeslong Kia Litigation, Court Rules

In a class action suit almost two decades long over a faulty brake system in a long-discontinued Kia vehicle, the Supreme Court reinstated a trial court's decision that plaintiffs who lacked proof of actual costs incurred for repairs couldn't recover damages.
9 minute read

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