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Product Liability
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Faeger Drinker on Products
Dissecting the New EU Product Liability Directive: Codification of Novel Categories of Recoverable Damages
By Sophia M. Landress, Eldin Hasic
Major changes are on the horizon for product liability laws in Europe with the EU’s December 9, 2026, deadline fast approaching for member states to implement the new Product Liability…
Drug & Device Law
Child-Resistant Packaging Preemption
By Lisa Baird
Readers of this space know we pay close attention to how courts handle preemption in product cases. This week, we stumbled across a new-to-us variation, by virtue of the federal…
FBT Gibbons
Maybe It Cannot Drive Itself: Why Companies Must Watch How They Market Self-Driving and Automation Technology
For companies that build and sell advanced driver-assistance and automation technology, marketing is no longer only a sales function. It is a source of legal exposure. Two federal court decisions…
BioSlice Blog
Will Great Britain follow the EU with reform of product liability law?
By Libby Amos-Stone, Adela Williams, Tom Fox, Katya Farkas
As reported in our February 2026 blog post, in 2025 the Law Commission, an independent statutory body established to keep the law of England and Wales under review and recommend…
Harris Beach Murtha News
Firm Attorneys Appear in DRI’s For the Defense Magazine
Three members of the firm’s Medical and Life Sciences Practice Group recently wrote a column examining the scope of OTC preemption and a shift toward defense-favorable decisions that was published…
Harris Beach Murtha News
Firm Partner Discusses L’Oréal Acne Products Court Decision with Media
Harris Beach Murtha Partner Kelly Jones Howell recently spoke with Chemical Watch News & Insight for a story about a recent federal court in New York dismissing multi-district litigation (MDL)…
Drug & Device Law
Informed Consent? Not in Our Sandbox!
By Bexis
There is still a lot of 2026 left, and the Blog has already published two posts discussing (among other things) informed consent claims brought against manufacturers of prescription medical products. …
Drug & Device Law
The Bonus Track Survives; PMA Preemption Cuts the Rest
Every so often, the song nobody wanted turns out to be the one that lasts. Radiohead almost left “Creep” off their debut album because the band itself was embarrassed by…
Faeger Drinker on Products
Dissecting the EU’s New Product Liability Directive: The Dawn of US-Style Discovery
By Eldin Hasic, Patrick Reilly
The deadline for EU members to implement the new Product Liability Directive is fast approaching before year’s end. For companies doing business in the EU, the new rules bring many…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
GLP-1 Drugs and NAION: What We Know About the Potential Vision Risk
Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists (GLP-1s) are presented with catchy jingles set to familiar tunes, and polished advertisements featuring beaming spokespersons that boast of its success. Pharmaceutical companies want consumers to know that…