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NJ court affirms forum non conveniens dismissal of product liability claims filed by UK plaintiffs

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 7 2007

On July 31, 2007, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court affirmed the forum non conveniens dismissal of pharmaceutical product liability claims filed by 95 U.K. plaintiffs in In re Vioxx Litigation

Recent study sparks concern about asbestos-like health risk from nanotubes found in everyday products

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • June 2 2008

If recent research is correct, we could all be at risk of developing mesothelioma in the future, and this time asbestos will not be to blame

Green cases coming down around the globe

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • October 20 2009

Featured above is the most recent run the Competition Bureau Bureau has taken at green claims in Canada (hot tub retailers

User responsible for iPod hearing loss

  • DMH Stallard LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • June 9 2010

A case which was recently heard in the United States could have ramifications for manufacturers and suppliers of MP3 players and similar equipment

FSA investigates meat from offspring of cloned cow

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 20 2010

The U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced that meat from a cloned cow’s offspring has evidently entered the food supply, sparking concerns about the country’s livestock registration and tracking requirements

Litigation in England a changing landscape

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • November 3 2010

Manufacturers and distributors of goods in, and into, the United Kingdom and other EU member states will be familiar with the framework governing liability in the event that those goods cause damage or injury to consumers

Soft drink consumption allegedly associated with increased blood pressure

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 4 2011

U.K. researchers have reportedly linked sugar-sweetened beverages to a risk of high blood pressure, speculating that “one possible mechanism” for the association “is a resultant increase in the level of uric acid in the blood that may in turn lower the nitric oxide required to keep the blood vessels dilated.”

Researchers analyze media coverage of nanotechnology risks

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • November 18 2011

Lehigh University researchers studying U.S. and U.K. nanotechnology news coverage from 2000 to 2009 have found relatively few articles about “nanotechnology health, environmental, and societal risks.”

Bisphenol A a global approach?

  • Eversheds LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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  • December 20 2011

Manufacturers and importers of products which contain the chemical compound bisphenol A (BPA) should remain alert to the continued research and monitoring of the compound around the world

Philippines department of justice upholds DOH decision on infant formula trademarks

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • June 15 2012

According to news sources, Philippine Department of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima issued an opinion in May 2012, upholding a Department of Health (DOH) memorandum that prohibited multinational companies that make infant milk and other nutritional products from using registered trademarks that contain health and nutrition claims which may undermine breast-feeding and breast milk

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