(Reuters) - Some of the most closely watched U.S. product liability cases, including mass torts over opioid painkillers and the heartburn medicine Zantac, began to wind down in 2022. Others, however, ...

Inspecting and testing physical evidence is useful, if not necessary, in many product liability cases that involve direct evidence of a specific product defect. From simple to complex cases, a product ...

A common objective of a brand owner when entering into a licensing agreement is to ensure that its licensee assumes all responsibility for manufacturing the licensed products and all liability for ...

With a string of big victories in trial and appellate courts, major settlements, plus a creative strategic edge that sets it apart, Covington & Burling wins our product liability contest. What's ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. National five-year and 10-year trends show an overall ...

In certain cases, the claimant’s attorney must determine whether the client’s injury was caused by mere driver negligence or if there was a vehicle product liability element that potentially caused or ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

A recently presented European Union plan to update long-standing product liability rules for the digital age — including addressing rising use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation — took ...