Jan 27, 2021 | Product Liability
It’s difficult to conceive of any industry as far-reaching, with products so much in demand, as the worldwide trade in pharmaceutical drugs. Global spending on pharma reached $1.25 trillion in 2019, with American consumers accounting for 40 percent of that total. The...
Sep 24, 2021 | Product Liability
Cars are getting smarter, packed with more sophisticated technology, every year. But that doesn’t mean they are free from potentially dangerous defects. According to a recent article from 24/7 Wall St., seven of the 14 biggest auto recalls of all time have come in the...
Jul 1, 2019 | Product Liability
It’s safe to say that these are not the best of times in the pharmaceutical industry. Lawsuits and federal probes against manufacturers of prescription painkillers are piling up, as a host of government agencies and patient advocates seek to hold the drug companies...
Apr 23, 2019 | Product Liability
The safety of America’s food supply has improved greatly over the past century. The grim picture rendered in Upton Sinclair’s classic 1906 work The Jungle, which exposed atrocious conditions at stockyards and slaughterhouses that produced meat that’s adulterated,...
Feb 5, 2019 | Product Liability
When you’re hungry for a burger and in a hurry, “fast and cheap” might be an acceptable option. But if you’re facing the prospect of a medical device being surgically implanted in your body, such as a joint replacement, pelvic mesh, or pacemaker, you want something...
Oct 30, 2018 | Product Liability
The raging controversy over possible health risks associated with talcum powder use just keeps getting hotter. Thousands of lawsuits have been filed on behalf of people who claim that they developed cancer because of exposure to talc products, resulting in billions of...
