/productliability?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Product Liability Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:29:24 +0000 /productliability/articles/2368921?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2368921 President Donald Trump's push to rapidly build infrastructure for the booming artificial intelligence industry could drive up energy costs in markets supporting data center growth and even hit roadblocks if state and local governments resist new developments. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:10:11 +0000 /productliability/articles/2368847?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2368847 The estates of two former owners of a Georgia chemical company accused of dumping toxic waste at a disused plant asked a federal judge this week to throw out a suit from the current property owner, arguing its hands are far from clean in the site's contamination after its principal's 2022 guilty plea for illegal dumping. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:33:57 +0000 /productliability/articles/2369046?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2369046 A split Ninth Circuit panel Thursday affirmed a lower court's finding that California can't require gun owners to undergo background checks before buying ammunition, ruling that the law runs afoul of the Second Amendment in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 ruling in Bruen. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:17:39 +0000 /productliability/articles/2369082?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2369082 A subsidiary of cannabis giant Curaleaf, Compass Ventures Inc., is suing the Illinois Department of Agriculture for refusing to allow the company to expand its Montgomery County cannabis cultivation center with a 42,000-square-foot "hoop house," claiming the agency allowed at least two rivals to build similar structures in the past. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 18:51:45 +0000 /productliability/articles/2369070?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2369070 The plaintiffs in a bellwether pollution suit against General Electric Co. and a former subsidiary are asking for a new trial, arguing the jury should not have been able to find in the subsidiary's favor after it had admitted to responsibility in prior court filings. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:22:47 +0000 /productliability/articles/2369092?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2369092 Novo Nordisk has settled claims of trademark infringement and unfair trade practices against Connecticut drugmaker LIVation LLC over the latter's comparisons of its compounded drugs to the Danish pharmaceutical company's Ozempic medication. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:06:40 +0000 /productliability/articles/2368882?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2368882 The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Trump v. CASA Inc. highlighted requirements for certifying classes for litigation in federal court, but counsel must also understand how Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure may affect certifying classes for settlement purposes, say attorneys at Sidley. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:01:14 +0000 /productliability/articles/2369012?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2369012 A Garden State firearms retailer violated state law by failing to implement reasonable safeguards and selling ammunition to undercover state investigators without checking identification or confirming eligibility to purchase, a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:22:06 +0000 /productliability/articles/2369063?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2369063 A woman killed in a 2019 Florida Keys crash was "just a light" who brought joy to everyone she met, her boyfriend told jurors Thursday in a trial over whether Tesla's autopilot system is to blame for the crash. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 13:31:51 +0000 /productliability/articles/2368806?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2368806 A Washington federal judge has tossed out counterclaims by a pair of clinics being sued for trademark infringement by Eli Lilly & Co., saying the acts of filing the suit and making a settlement demand are not in themselves abuse of process. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 11:10:23 +0000 /productliability/articles/2367737?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2367737 North Carolina officials are urging the Fourth Circuit to deny a bid by vape interests to block enforcement of a new state vaping regulation while they appeal their case, saying the plaintiffs have already tried, and failed, three times to show they deserve an injunction. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:45:12 +0000 /productliability/articles/2331615?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2331615 Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at Swift Currie. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:28:40 +0000 /productliability/articles/2368155?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2368155 A Tesla software engineer had no explanation for how autopilot data about a fatal Florida Keys crash was permanently deleted or moved, in a deposition shown to jurors Wednesday that capped off two days of trial that also saw a juror removed over social media posts about Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:15:36 +0000 /productliability/articles/2367483?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2367483 Private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings' $627 million merger with Surmodics will bring the previously fierce competition for medical device coatings to a grinding halt, the FTC says, which is all the more reason a federal court should block the deal while an agency challenge plays out. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:43:00 +0000 /productliability/articles/2368549?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2368549 A Ninth Circuit panel affirmed Wednesday the dismissal of a proposed class action claiming Apple misled consumers about how much iCloud storage they were getting, finding that no reasonable person would expect the 200GB plan she bought would stack on top of Apple's free 5GB and that Apple's conduct wasn't deceptive. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:52:31 +0000 /productliability/articles/2368352?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2368352 Major cosmetic companies including Estée Lauder, Edgewell, Shiseido, Unilever and Harry's have been hit with Proposition 65 lawsuits in California state court accusing them of failing to put warning labels on products containing a chemical that state health officials say causes cancer. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:37:29 +0000 /productliability/articles/2368363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2368363 North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson on Wednesday urged a state court judge not to dismiss his long-running lawsuit against DuPont spinoffs over groundwater contamination from forever chemicals, saying lawmakers have not revoked his power to continue pursuing the case. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:13:09 +0000 /productliability/articles/2367484?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2367484 Plaintiffs' arguments that ultra-processed foods are responsible for the nationwide increase in certain chronic illnesses, though a novel approach to food-based personal injury claims, depend on theories that are still being tested, say attorneys at DLA Piper. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:09:43 +0000 /productliability/articles/2367990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2367990 The final resolution of a handful of injury suits over Panera Bread's caffeinated lemonade drink and the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of a medical malpractice case lead Law360's Tort Report, which compiles recent personal injury and medical malpractice news that may have flown under the radar. Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:56:09 +0000 /productliability/articles/2368323?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2368323 A North Carolina federal judge is limiting the scope of expert opinions in the consolidated litigation over water contamination at Camp Lejeune, saying the plaintiffs' specific causation experts can refer to prior general causation opinions but cannot introduce new general causation opinions.