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It is becoming almost impossible to avoid being exposed to multiple different chemicals on a daily basis. Companies use them to make their environments look and smell cleaner, to keep pests away, and to save time in...more
The 2024-2025 Judicial Hellholes report shines its brightest spotlight on 10 jurisdictions that have earned reputations as Judicial Hellholes. Asbestos litigation continues to be a trend within numerous jurisdictions....more
Bayer and Monsanto are currently facing about 54,000 lawsuits filed by consumers who were exposed to the weedkiller Roundup (glyphosate), according to recent court documents....more
Last month, Sterigenics and its parent company, Sotera Health, agreed to pay $35 million to settle cases filed by 79 people who claim that exposure to ethylene oxide (“EtO”) from a medical Sterigenics facility in the Atlanta...more
Juries in Philadelphia and San Diego recently awarded damages of $175 million and $332 million to two men who were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after being exposed to the weedkiller Roundup. The two verdicts are...more
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
Recently, a Missouri woman filed a product liability lawsuit against French-cosmetic giant L’Oréal, claiming the company’s hair-straightening products contained dangerous chemicals that caused her to develop uterine cancer....more
Welcome to the second 2019 issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As...more