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Product Liability
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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…
TortsProf Blog
CA: Appellate Court Applies Soule
Harcourt v. Tesla, Inc., 119 Cal. App. 5th 838, 847-848, 850-851, 343 Cal. Rptr. 3d 58, 64, 67, ___ P.4th ___, ___ (2026) (applying Soule restriction that “ ‘the consumer…
Stritmatter Law Blog
Court Rules Boeing May Be Subject to Punitive Damages Over Alaska Flight 1282 Incident
By Publisher
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2026 Seattle, Washington. Today Boeing lost its second attempt to dismiss the claim for punitive damages brought by the 47-member Anderson Plaintiff group for damages…
HLC - All Publications
Germany adopts new product liability regime
By Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Germany has completed a far-reaching reform of its product liability regime to implement Directive (EU) 2024/2853. The new framework, which becomes applicable on 9 December 2026, extends product liability rules…
Legal IT Insider
Law Commission proposes sweeping product liability reforms to bring AI and software within scope
By Caroline Hill - Editor-in-Chief
The UK Law Commission today (8 October) launched a consultation on major reform to bring product liability law up to date, including expanding the definition of “product” to include software…
A Lawyer Writes
Consumer protection
Is your software a “product”? Did you get it from a “producer”? If not — and it harms you in some way — you may not be able to claim…