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Third Circuit upholds dismissal of food labeling false advertising claim based on preemption

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2013

On May 9, 2013, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a non-precedential opinion affirming a New Jersey District Court's dismissal of plaintiff

2013 - the year California finally reins in the excesses and abuses of Prop 65?

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

It looks like Governor Jerry Brown is taking on Prop 65 in an effort to make California more business friendly, and put a limit on frivolous

New York Court considering equitable claim for medical monitoring

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

The New York Court of Appeals may soon have to decide whether an independent equitable claim for medical monitoring is a recognized claim in New York

Court orders FDA to provide deadlines for FSMA rules

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

On April 22, 2013, a federal judge issued an order ruling that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had violated the Food Safety and

Reading the tea leaves: new focuses for defeating consumer protection class actions

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2013

In November 2012, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California certified a class of consumers who purchased certain

Supreme Court denies expert witness’s personal request to review exclusion of testimony

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2013

On March 18, 2013, the United States Supreme Court declined to review the case of an expert witness who was personally seeking to challenge the

Multiple states considering changes to asbestos transparency laws

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 8 2013

On December 20, 2012, Ohio Governor John Kasich signed into law House Bill 380, making a significant change to asbestos litigation in Ohio and

Putative consumer fraud class action against Anheuser-Busch alleging watered down beer may itself be watered down

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 27 2013

Earlier this week, plaintiffs from California, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey brought putative consumer fraud class action lawsuits against

Brand-name drug manufacturers to Alabama Supreme Court: “if ever a case demanded oral argument, this one does.”

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2013

We recently wrote about the Alabama Supreme Court decision holding that a consumer can bring a failure-to-warn claim against the brand-name drug

State’s high court: Washington Product Liability Act permits emotional distress damages in the absence of physical injury

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 13 2013

The Washington Supreme Court recently held that the state's strict liability statute, the Washington Product Liability Act, "permits relief for