By Sean K. Burke and Gabrielle Pelura On March 11, 2025, Judge Kenneth Bell in the Western District of North Carolina granted summary judgment in favor of Merck & Co. Inc. and Merck Sharp Dohme LLC against the “bellwether plaintiffs”
On August 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in Schaffner v. Monsanto that the plaintiff’s Pennsylvania state-law claims, which asserted that Monsanto failed to warn about alleged cancer risks presented by glyphosate (the active ingredient
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently found Amazon to be a “distributor” with product liability responsibility for products sold on its website. In a July 29, 2024, ruling, the CPSC said Amazon is legally responsible for over 400,000 allegedly
By Jim Steigerwald, Harry Byrne, and Ryan Monahan The potential for rulemaking in 2024 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has been deferred to 2025 at the earliest, including on
A medtech startup typically focuses on two key legal needs: (1) ensuring that its technology has proper and thorough intellectual property protection, and (2) outlining a detailed pathway for FDA clearance. Those two priorities are understandable. The areas of intellectual
In the evolving universe of multidistrict litigation, begun in the antitrust cases against major electronics manufacturers in the 1960s, federal courts have developed varying approaches to fulfilling their responsibilities to achieve efficiency and reduce costs. This process continues today almost
On April 5, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that its third-party testing of cosmetic talc products for 2023 identified no traces of asbestos in any of the 50 cosmetic samples tested. FDA’s 2023 results, which were reported in
By Alan Klein, Duane Morris LLP A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision has reaffirmed the applicability of strict liability standards under Restatement Second’s §402(a) in products liability cases filed in the State, and has barred evidence of compliance with industry
By Alan Klein and Ethan Feldman In Hangey v. Husqvarna, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that the percentage of a corporate defendant’s total revenue generated from a forum county alone is insufficient to support the proposition that a defendant
