Product Liability

Takata Airbags: The Scandal Behind The Biggest Auto Recall Ever

Mar 30, 2020 | Product Liability

In the annals of corporate misconduct, few schemes can compare in sheer magnitude to the one that led to the downfall of the Japanese auto parts supplier Takata. Over more than a decade, the company sold a dangerously defective product to auto makers around the world....

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St. Jude Defibrillator: Battery Defect Leads to Massive Recall

Mar 7, 2018 | Product Liability

As a digital society, we take a lot for granted in the technology that we use every day. We expect the local power company to provide us with heat and light without interruption; we expect our cars, our computers and our cell phones to work flawlessly — until the day...

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Judge Throws Out $27 Million Verdict In Xarelto Case

Jan 17, 2018 | Product Liability

A Pennsylvania judge has overturned a $27 million jury verdict awarded to an Indiana couple, in one of the first of thousands of claims to go to trial against the makers of a popular blood-thinning drug. A Philadelphia jury had decided that Johnson & Johnson and...

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Marijuana Law in Colorado: What you need to know

Sep 26, 2017 | Product Liability

Since the passing of amendment 64 in 2012, adults 21 and over can legally purchase and possess marijuana in the state of Colorado. As long as you are 21 years or older and have a government issued ID, you can purchase marijuana in a variety of forms. There is a limit...

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Pharmaceutical price gouging: What happened to Mylan and the EpiPen scandal?

Jun 23, 2021 | Product Liability

You may remember back in the fall when pharmaceutical giant Mylan came under fire for raising the price of a lifesaving product, the EpiPen. But where does US law stand on price gouging? And what ever happened to the scandal? To start off let’s recall what exactly...

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What exactly is a “generic” prescription?

Jun 21, 2021 | Product Liability

For the 70% of Americans who consistently use prescription medications, they may have faced the choice whether to purchase the name brand or generic drug. But what exactly is a generic drug? And what are the laws surrounding them? What are generic drugs? Under the...