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Manufacturer sues over contractor’s failure to dispose of unusable tampons

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Kimberly-Clark has reportedly filed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) lawsuit against the recycling company it hired to

Prop. 65 suit claims failure to warn about DEHP and lead in electronics products

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

A public interest organization has filed a complaint under California's Proposition 65 (Prop. 65), the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act

ALJ rules Commission may add Buckyballs maker CEO to suit

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Applying the responsible corporate officer doctrine articulated in United States v. Dotterweich, 320 U.S. 277 (1943) and United States v. Park, 421 U

Obesity lawsuit against McDonald’s concludes

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 3 2011

The parties in obesity-related litigation, brought on behalf of several teenagers against fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. in 2002, have filed a stipulation of voluntary dismissal with prejudice

Illinois Supreme Court confirms jurisdiction over French helicopter-parts maker

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

The Illinois Supreme Court has determined that the French manufacturer of a custom tail-rotor bearing for a helicopter involved in a crash is subject

Dietary supplement class stayed pending settlement in related litigation

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

Because a virtually identical class action pending before a state court is near settlement, a federal court in California has agreed, in the interest

Federal court dismisses auto defect class action on timeliness ground

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2012

A federal court in Florida has dismissed claims in a putative class action seeking to recover damages for a purportedly defective paint job on a 2003 Honda Accord

Settlement reached in beauty product class action

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 14 2013

A joint motion for preliminary approval of a class settlement has been filed in a federal court in New Jersey over claims that Hydroxatone deceived

MDL court rejects primary jurisdiction defense in hand soap antibacterial lawsuits

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 28 2013

A federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) court in New Hampshire has denied the motion to dismiss filed by the defendant in consolidated class actions

Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide which product liability restatement to apply

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review an appeal in a house-fire case to determine "whether this Court should replace the strict