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Court of Appeal Cuts Off Speculative Product Liability Claims

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In 2024, Ontario’s highest court affirmed the principle that a certifiable tort claim requires a plaintiff to provide some basis in fact for a present, materialized injury that is “sufficiently serious.” A legally compensable...more

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Mass Tort Cases: Challenges for Plaintiff’s and Defense Counsel

Mass tort cases present unique challenges for both plaintiff’s and defense counsel. Unlike a class-action case, where a representative plaintiff stands in for the other members of the class, each plaintiff in a mass tort case...more

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Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd.: Court of Appeal Confirms No Compensation for Risk “In the Air”

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In Palmer v. Teva Canada Limited, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the lower court’s decision to deny certification of a proposed product liability class action seeking damages for the alleged increased risk of being...more

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New Jersey Supreme Court Ruling Clarifies Standards for Punitive Damages in Medical Malpractice Actions

On August 25, 2022, the Supreme Court of New Jersey issued its decision in Rivera v. The Valley Hospital, Inc., reversing the trial judge’s interlocutory order denying the defendants’ motions to dismiss a claim for punitive...more

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Philips CPAP Recall Update: Shocking Revelation From FDA Investigations and More

What is the latest with the CPAP lawsuits? As 2022 begins, the thoughts of sleep apnea patients and their families are, naturally, returning to the Philips CPAP machine recall 2021....more

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Breast Implants Made by Allergen — At Least 12 Cancer Deaths

A U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)-prompted Class 1 recall one year ago led an Ireland-based company to stop manufacturing and marketing its cancer-causing, textured breast implants and tissue expanders. The recall, the...more

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Why Was Zantac (Ranitidine) Recalled by the FDA?

It was no April Fool’s Day joke when the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a news release requiring the recall of every single ranitidine drug on the market. Ranitidine, commonly known as Zantac, an...more

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Injured Patients Want Consolidation of Zantac Lawsuits

Litigation Update - On January 30, 2020, class action, consumer protection and pharmaceutical lawyers from around the country will be in federal court in Tampa, Florida to argue before a panel of federal judges whether...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.21.2019 | Top Story: Four Drug Companies Reach Last-minute Deal to Avoid Start of Federal Opioid Trial

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A last-minute deal between defendants McKesson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and Teva and plaintiffs’ attorneys means that multidistrict opioid epidemic litigation set to kick off in Ohio federal court today will not...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.1.2019 | Top Story: Credit Suisse COO Resigns in Wake of Corporate Spying Scandal

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Top Tidjane Thiam ally Pierre-Olivier Bouee, Credit Suisse’s COO, has resigned in the wake of an internal probe finding that he “ordered the surveillance of the bank’s former wealth-management chief, Iqbal Khan, without...more

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Cosmetics Regulation: Where It Is and Where It May Be Going

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On March 5, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) simultaneously published its independent testing results confirming the presence of asbestos in certain cosmetic products sold by Claire’s and by the girls'...more

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