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McCarthy Tétrault LLP
The Product Liability and Mass Torts Group at McCarthy Tétrault LLP is pleased to bring you our analysis of recent decisions for businesses manufacturing or selling products in Canada.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On March 27, 2024, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its much-awaited decision in Palmer v. Teva. The decision sends a clear signal that claims based on weak science...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Le groupe de la responsabilité du fait du produit et de réclamations civiles collectives de McCarthy Tétrault S.E.N.C.R.L., s.r.l. a le plaisir de vous présenter son analyse des décisions...
Cassels
Can consumers subject to an increased risk of harm from a product successfully certify a product liability class action even though the harm has not yet, and may never...
Fasken
In a significant decision for pharmaceutical companies, and product manufacturers in general, Sandoz Canada Inc., along with other pharmaceutical company defendants...
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On March 27, 2024, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its much awaited decision in Palmer v. Teva. The decision sends a clear signal that claims based on weak science...
Lenczner Slaght LLP
By playing their essential gatekeeping role, class action judges have in numerous decisions clarified the necessary elements of various causes of action and the availability of specific remedies in a particular case.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
On March 27, 2024, the Ontario Court of Appeal (Court) affirmed in Palmer v. Teva Canada Ltd. (Palmer) that Canadian law does not provide remedies for an increased risk of harm.
India
S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates
In the realm of consumer goods, advertising serves as a powerful tool to inform and persuade.
S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates
With focus on the recent legal developments, the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) has emerged as a significant regulatory authority in regard of its power and holding in food adulteration matters.
Nigeria
SK Solicitors
Nigeria has so many laws and regulatory agencies aimed at protecting consumers from hazardous products, goods and service as well as securing rights...
Switzerland
Bär & Karrer
Product liability claims may be based on (1) the Swiss Product Liability Act (PLA), (2) contract law, (3) tort law, or (4) statutory provisions applicable to specific industries.
Thailand
Tilleke & Gibbins
The Thai government has released an updated draft Liability for Defective Goods Act after the Office of the Consumer Protection Board completed its second round...
UK
Osborne Clarke
The European Parliament, on 12 March 2024, formally adopted the new Product Liability Directive. The new rules intend to provide easier access to compensation for consumers...
United States
HKA
There has been an increase recently in the number of fires that are being reported in the press in relation to Li-ion batteries.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
A slew of cases filed in the past year may have you asking, "is the next product liability plaintiff frontier the land of the Social Media Giants?" The plaintiffs in these cases range from personal injury claimants...
Fee, Smith & Sharp
In recent years, product manufacturers in Texas and across the United States have faced escalating challenges in the realm of product liability litigation.
Holland & Knight
In December 2022, Consumer Reports published a study on lead and cadmium in dark chocolate. Dark chocolate came into vogue when studies showed antioxidants in it may have health benefits.
Duane Morris LLP
(FDA) confirmed that its third-party testing of cosmetic talc products for 2023 identified no traces of asbestos in any of the 50 cosmetic samples tested.
Duane Morris LLP
On April 5, 2024 the US Food and Drug Administration confirmed that its third-party testing of cosmetic talc products for 2023 identified no traces of asbestos in any of the 50 cosmetic samples tested.
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