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Colorado Increases Damages Caps in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Actions
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“More Likely Than Not”: New Amendments to FRE 702 Demand More Exacting Standard for Admitting Expert Testimony
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SCOTUS Upholds PA's Consent to Personal Jurisdiction Requirement in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
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New York’s Governor Vetoes Expansion of Wrongful Death Damages – For Now
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Cannabis and Hemp Companies Disregard Emerging Product Liability Risks at Their Peril
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Serving Taiwanese Defendants by Mail under the Federal Rules
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New York Amends the New Insurance Disclosure Requirements
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New York Enacts New Rule of Evidence Expanding the Scope of the Admissibility of Employee-Agent Hearsay Statements
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Amendments to New York’s Onerous New Insurance Disclosure Requirements May Be Imminent
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New York Ends the Year with Onerous New Insurance Coverage Disclosure Rules for Defendants in Product Liability Litigation
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California’s SB 447 – Increasing the Danger in One of the Country’s Most Favorable Venues for Personal Injury Plaintiffs
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Delta-9 THC Products from Hemp Are a Risk Not Worth Taking
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NY’s Highest Court Issues Noteworthy Decision on the Limits of Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign Corporations
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Litigation Funding May Soon Be Addressed by New York’s Legislature
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Third Circuit Sends Questions Regarding Medical Device Liability to Pennsylvania Supreme Court for Review
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Despite Tincher, Pennsylvania Superior Court Determines “Industry Standards” Is Still Not a Viable Defense to Product Liability Claims
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The SCOTUS Decision in Ford v. Montana and Its Impact on the Defense of Life Science Companies
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SCOTUS Slams the Brakes on Ford’s Personal Jurisdiction Defense
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New Rules Bring Big Changes to New York Practice
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Reinforcing Purposeful Availment
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The Law of Personal Jurisdiction Is About to Be Changed Again – What Life Science Companies Should Expect
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New York Finally Passes Legislation Regulating the Use of E-Bicycles and E-Scooters
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Will the PREP Act Adequately Protect U.S. Automakers That Are Now Making Ventilators from Future Product Liability Claims?
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New York’s Governor Ends Year with Three Important Legislative Vetoes
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New York Legislature Declines to Expand Wrongful Death Damages
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NY State May Soon Increase Recoverable Wrongful Death Damages
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The Daubert Standard Once Again Controls in Florida State Court
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The NY Court of Appeals Addresses “Optional Safety Equipment” in Fasolas v. Bobcat of N.Y., Inc.
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As Electric Scooters Barrel Their Way into the Sharing Economy, Manufacturers and Their Insurers Should Prepare for an Influx of New Claims
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What’s up on Prop 65 three months after new regulations?
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Frye Is Now, and Once Again, the Standard for Expert Opinion Admissibility in Florida
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The Motion for Partial Summary Judgment: The Litigator’s Often Forgotten Tool
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Never-Ending Liability Under Novartis
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Lithium-Ion Batteries: Fire in the Sky?
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Cross-Examining the Expert Witness in a PL Case Part III: Challenging the Methodology
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3D Printed Medical Implants: Should Laws and Regulations Be Revolutionized to Address This Revolutionary Customized Technology?
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Cross-Examining the Expert Witness in a PL Case Part II: What Are the Relevant Facts & Data?
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Licensors Beware: Substantial Participation in Design, Manufacture and/or Distribution of Licensee’s Product May Impose Liability Under Apparent Manufacturers Doctrine (AMD)
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Asking the Right Questions at the Expert’s Deposition to lay the foundation for your client’s Daubert Challenge
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WARNING! Prop 65 regulations are a year away in California. Is Your Product’s Warning Label Compliant?
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Equipment Manufacturers: Beware of the Rental Yard Customer When Safety Features Are Optional
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Lithium-Ion Batteries: Hoverboard Suspected in Fatal Fire
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A Challenge to Hague Service by Mail Is Now Before the SCOTUS…Finally
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California Imposes Broad Liability in “Take-Home” Toxic Exposure Cases
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Government Contractor Defense May Apply to Commercially Available Products
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New York Appellate Courts Now Unified on Hague’s “Send versus Serve” Issue
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CSST Found to Be Ordinary Building Material under Virginia’s Statute of Repose – For a Second Time
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Revisiting the Post-Sale Duty to Warn
Read MoreLithium-Ion Batteries: Small Products, Big Exposures
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Using the Affordable Care Act in Defense of Catastrophic Personal Injury Cases
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U.S. CPSC Oversees Recall of Hoverboards Citing Risks Associated with Lithium-ion Battery Packs
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Pokémon GO: An Indicator of Product Liability in the App Economy
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How Far Is Too Far? New York Clarifies Potential Warnings Liability for Third-Party Products
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Mobile Apps − Has the Marketplace Downloaded Potential Product Liability Risk?
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Defending against Product Liability Down Under
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UL Issues First Safety Certification for Hoverboards
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Using a Special Needs Trust in the Settlement of a Product Liability Lawsuit
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The Rise of Driverless Cars
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Hoverboards Under Attack
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Florida Supreme Court on Evidence of Collateral Source Benefits
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Where’s the Beef? Are Stricter Warning Label Requirements on the Horizon for the Meat Industry?
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Is Our Legal System Ready for the Evolution of 3D Printing Technology?
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“Force of Nature” or Human Error? Litigating the Act of God Defense
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Dealing with Product Liability Down Under
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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Video Recording an Accident Demonstration
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Defense and Indemnity Demands in Today’s Global Marketplace
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Even the Great Wall of China Can’t Hide a U.S. Distributor in a Product Defect Lawsuit
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WARNING! If You Assume Your Case Will Survive Because You Have a “Creative” Warnings Expert, You Do So At Your Own Risk
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Is International Service of Process by Mail Permitted?
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A “Good” Deed Goes Unpunished
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Here Comes the Sun…
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Is There Anything “Good” about the “Good Samaritan” Rule?
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The Connecticut Supreme Court restricts the plaintiff’s ability to rely on the “Malfunction Doctrine” to support a Product Liability claim
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Does Pennsylvania Permit Manufacturing Defect Claims Involving Medical Devices?
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The Government Contractor Defense
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Home or Away? Where Should That Deposition Take Place?
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Daubert Déjà Vu
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Cornell Ruling Is Cause for Experts’ Concern
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It’s the Mediator’s Form Agreement—Not Yours
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Third District Applies Daubert Retroactively
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Optional Safety Features: Let the Sophisticated Purchaser Decide
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Social Media as a Risk Management Tool?
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Florida Court Says, “No Phishing Expeditions Allowed on a Plaintiff’s Facebook Page”
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My Structured Settlement Broker or Yours?
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Do You Really Want to Know What’s in Your Food? Connecticut Requires Labeling for Genetically Modified Foods
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Why Do Florida Plaintiff’s Attorneys Dread the Application of Daubert?
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Discovery Deconstructed
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Florida’s More Stringent Daubert Standard: Part 1
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Dramatic, Disruptive and Potentially Defective: 3D Printing and Product Liability Law
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Social Networking: From Chat Room to Court Room?
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Welcome to Wilson Elser’s Product Liability Blog
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Review of Recent Updates to the Local Rules of SDNY and EDNY
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Colorado Increases Damages Caps in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Actions
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/product%20image.jpg)
“More Likely Than Not”: New Amendments to FRE 702 Demand More Exacting Standard for Admitting Expert Testimony
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/court.jpg)
SCOTUS Upholds PA's Consent to Personal Jurisdiction Requirement in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/220131_ChangeHearsay_Blog-320x199.webp)
New York’s Governor Vetoes Expansion of Wrongful Death Damages – For Now
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/GettyImages-597927996-320x214.jpg)
Cannabis and Hemp Companies Disregard Emerging Product Liability Risks at Their Peril
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image-1-320x180.jpg)
Serving Taiwanese Defendants by Mail under the Federal Rules
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/220301-AmendmentstoIns-320x228.webp)
New York Amends the New Insurance Disclosure Requirements
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/220131_ChangeHearsay_Blog-320x199.jpg)
New York Enacts New Rule of Evidence Expanding the Scope of the Admissibility of Employee-Agent Hearsay Statements
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/220120_NYOnerousBlog-320x213.jpg)
Amendments to New York’s Onerous New Insurance Disclosure Requirements May Be Imminent
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/220110-NYStateInsDisclosure_Law-320x214.jpg)
New York Ends the Year with Onerous New Insurance Coverage Disclosure Rules for Defendants in Product Liability Litigation
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/220110-CA_AllowsDamagesBlog-320x213.jpg)
California’s SB 447 – Increasing the Danger in One of the Country’s Most Favorable Venues for Personal Injury Plaintiffs
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/delta-9-image-320x123.png)
Delta-9 THC Products from Hemp Are a Risk Not Worth Taking
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/211229-Product-Blog-320x195.jpg)
NY’s Highest Court Issues Noteworthy Decision on the Limits of Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign Corporations
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/211119-PLB_LitFunding-320x180.webp)
Litigation Funding May Soon Be Addressed by New York’s Legislature
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/image-2-440x248.jpg)
Third Circuit Sends Questions Regarding Medical Device Liability to Pennsylvania Supreme Court for Review
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/210525_PLBLog_PACourts-214x320.jpg)
Despite Tincher, Pennsylvania Superior Court Determines “Industry Standards” Is Still Not a Viable Defense to Product Liability Claims
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image_1-320x213.jpg)
The SCOTUS Decision in Ford v. Montana and Its Impact on the Defense of Life Science Companies
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/210402_SCOTUS_Blog-320x213.jpg)
SCOTUS Slams the Brakes on Ford’s Personal Jurisdiction Defense
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/210216_NYRules_Blog-320x214.jpg)
New Rules Bring Big Changes to New York Practice
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/blog-image-3-320x213.jpg)
Reinforcing Purposeful Availment
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/201223_SCOTUS_Blog-367x229.jpg)
jurisdiction,
Product Liability,
Civil Litigation,
Ford v. Bandemer,
Ford v. Montana,
civil procedure
The Law of Personal Jurisdiction Is About to Be Changed Again – What Life Science Companies Should Expect
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/200601-PLBlog_EScotters-320x213.jpg)
New York Finally Passes Legislation Regulating the Use of E-Bicycles and E-Scooters
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/200513_ventilators_plblog-320x235.jpg)
Will the PREP Act Adequately Protect U.S. Automakers That Are Now Making Ventilators from Future Product Liability Claims?
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/200108_GovCuomoNYS-320x181.jpg)
Civil Litigation,
Electric Bicycles,
Government Regulations and Compliance,
Government Relations,
E-Scooters
New York’s Governor Ends Year with Three Important Legislative Vetoes
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/190808_WrongfulDeathPost-sml.jpg)
New York Legislature Declines to Expand Wrongful Death Damages
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/190611_NYS-Leg-Blog-Post-320x213.jpg)
NY State May Soon Increase Recoverable Wrongful Death Damages
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/190604_ProdLiabBlog-320x213.jpg)
Daubert Standard,
Civil Litigation,
Expert witness,
Florida,
Admissibility of Expert Testimony,
evidence
The Daubert Standard Once Again Controls in Florida State Court
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ProdLiabBlog_May28-320x213.jpg)
The NY Court of Appeals Addresses “Optional Safety Equipment” in Fasolas v. Bobcat of N.Y., Inc.
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/181127_ProdLiabBlog_ElectricScooter-320x213.jpg)
As Electric Scooters Barrel Their Way into the Sharing Economy, Manufacturers and Their Insurers Should Prepare for an Influx of New Claims
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ProdBlog-Nov15Post-320x250.jpg)
What’s up on Prop 65 three months after new regulations?
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image-3-320x240.jpg)
Frye Is Now, and Once Again, the Standard for Expert Opinion Admissibility in Florida
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image-4-320x213.jpg)
The Motion for Partial Summary Judgment: The Litigator’s Often Forgotten Tool
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image3-320x213.jpg)
Never-Ending Liability Under Novartis
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/GettyImages-491064179-440x443.jpg)
Lithium-Ion Batteries: Fire in the Sky?
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image-3-320x213.jpg)
Cross-Examining the Expert Witness in a PL Case Part III: Challenging the Methodology
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/737afac20bb7c2ae73ca38b09fe7b713.jpg)
3D Printed Medical Implants: Should Laws and Regulations Be Revolutionized to Address This Revolutionary Customized Technology?
![](https://productliabilityadvocate.wilsonelser.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/GettyImages-104821184-320x240.jpg)
Cross-Examining the Expert Witness in a PL Case Part II: What Are the Relevant Facts & Data?
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Licensors Beware: Substantial Participation in Design, Manufacture and/or Distribution of Licensee’s Product May Impose Liability Under Apparent Manufacturers Doctrine (AMD)
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Asking the Right Questions at the Expert’s Deposition to lay the foundation for your client’s Daubert Challenge
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WARNING! Prop 65 regulations are a year away in California. Is Your Product’s Warning Label Compliant?
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Equipment Manufacturers: Beware of the Rental Yard Customer When Safety Features Are Optional
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Lithium-Ion Batteries: Hoverboard Suspected in Fatal Fire
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A Challenge to Hague Service by Mail Is Now Before the SCOTUS…Finally
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California Imposes Broad Liability in “Take-Home” Toxic Exposure Cases
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Government Contractor Defense May Apply to Commercially Available Products
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New York Appellate Courts Now Unified on Hague’s “Send versus Serve” Issue
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CSST Found to Be Ordinary Building Material under Virginia’s Statute of Repose – For a Second Time
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Revisiting the Post-Sale Duty to Warn
Lithium-Ion Batteries: Small Products, Big Exposures
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Using the Affordable Care Act in Defense of Catastrophic Personal Injury Cases
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U.S. CPSC Oversees Recall of Hoverboards Citing Risks Associated with Lithium-ion Battery Packs
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Pokémon GO: An Indicator of Product Liability in the App Economy
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How Far Is Too Far? New York Clarifies Potential Warnings Liability for Third-Party Products
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Mobile Apps − Has the Marketplace Downloaded Potential Product Liability Risk?
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Defending against Product Liability Down Under
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UL Issues First Safety Certification for Hoverboards
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Using a Special Needs Trust in the Settlement of a Product Liability Lawsuit
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The Rise of Driverless Cars
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Hoverboards Under Attack
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Florida Supreme Court on Evidence of Collateral Source Benefits
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Where’s the Beef? Are Stricter Warning Label Requirements on the Horizon for the Meat Industry?
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Is Our Legal System Ready for the Evolution of 3D Printing Technology?
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“Force of Nature” or Human Error? Litigating the Act of God Defense
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Dealing with Product Liability Down Under
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A Picture Paints a Thousand Words: Video Recording an Accident Demonstration
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Defense and Indemnity Demands in Today’s Global Marketplace
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Even the Great Wall of China Can’t Hide a U.S. Distributor in a Product Defect Lawsuit
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WARNING! If You Assume Your Case Will Survive Because You Have a “Creative” Warnings Expert, You Do So At Your Own Risk
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Is International Service of Process by Mail Permitted?
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A “Good” Deed Goes Unpunished
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Here Comes the Sun…
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Is There Anything “Good” about the “Good Samaritan” Rule?
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The Connecticut Supreme Court restricts the plaintiff’s ability to rely on the “Malfunction Doctrine” to support a Product Liability claim
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Does Pennsylvania Permit Manufacturing Defect Claims Involving Medical Devices?
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The Government Contractor Defense
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Home or Away? Where Should That Deposition Take Place?
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Daubert Déjà Vu
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Cornell Ruling Is Cause for Experts’ Concern
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It’s the Mediator’s Form Agreement—Not Yours
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Third District Applies Daubert Retroactively
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Optional Safety Features: Let the Sophisticated Purchaser Decide
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Social Media as a Risk Management Tool?
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Florida Court Says, “No Phishing Expeditions Allowed on a Plaintiff’s Facebook Page”
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My Structured Settlement Broker or Yours?
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Do You Really Want to Know What’s in Your Food? Connecticut Requires Labeling for Genetically Modified Foods
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Why Do Florida Plaintiff’s Attorneys Dread the Application of Daubert?
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Discovery Deconstructed
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Florida’s More Stringent Daubert Standard: Part 1
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Dramatic, Disruptive and Potentially Defective: 3D Printing and Product Liability Law
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Social Networking: From Chat Room to Court Room?
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