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Three Point Shot - March 2025

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Paddle Manufacturer in a Pickle: First Game to Plaintiffs in Consumer Protection Suit over Allegedly Mislabeled Pickleball Paddles - Sport Squad, Inc. (“Sport Squad”), a pickleball paddle manufacturer, has found itself in...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

State AGs Choose Products Liability Case as Battleground for State Sovereignty

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A bipartisan coalition of 23 state attorney generals led by Virginia AG Jason Miyares recently went up in arms about a products liability ruling they believe will threaten state consumer protection laws. On May 30, the...more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Guijarro v. Enterprise: The Fifth Circuit Analyzes Multiple Issues Pertinent to Product-Liability Cases

The Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in Guijarro v. Enterprise Holdings, Inc., No. 21-40512, 2022 WL 2433778 (5th Cir. July 5, 2022), provides solid foundational arguments on issues pertinent in most product-liability cases....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation: March Recap and May Meeting Overview

The next hearing session of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) is scheduled for May 28, 2020. In light of the Covid pandemic, all oral arguments are scheduled to be completed virtually by...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Product Liability Update: March 2020

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Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable to Massachusetts, but also featuring selected developments for New...more

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Product Liability Update: July 2019

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Massachusetts Federal Court Dismisses Suit By Japanese Plaintiffs Against Massachusetts Reactor Designer For Japanese Disaster Based On Forum Non Conveniens, Citing Japanese Compensation System That Provided Alternative Forum...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Failure to Disclose Claims Washed Away in Facial Scrub Case

On December 17, 2018, Judge Andrew J. Guilford in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted defendant Unilever’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing all claims in a putative class action...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"The Class Action Chronicle - Winter 2016"

This is the 14th edition of The Class Action Chronicle, a quarterly publication that provides an analysis of recent class action trends, along with a summary of class certification and Class Action Fairness Act rulings issued...more

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11th Circuit: Rule 23 Trumps State Law Limitation on Class Actions

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Dealing a blow to defendants facing consumer fraud litigation in the 11th Circuit, the court of appeals for that circuit has reinstated a class action under the Alabama Deceptive Trade Practice Act (ADTPA), despite that the...more

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