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Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 23 Jan 2017
European Commission Launches Consultation to Evaluate the Product Liability Directive
Producers are among those invited to provide input for an evaluation of the European law on consumer claims for defective products. Interested…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | European Union | 25 Oct 2016
EU Product Liability Directive - Update and Restart?
The European Commission has announced an ‘evaluation and fitness check’ of Directive 85/374/EEC which provides for the strict liability of producers…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 20 Nov 2014
Personal injury suit claims 3-year-old swallowed Buckyballs® magnets
The parents of a 3-year-old girl who was allegedly hospitalized after swallowing 37 high-power magnets from a "Buckyballs®" adult desktop toy set…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 20 Nov 2014
SCOTUS says imperfect statement of legal theory not ground for dismissal
In a per curiam ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has summarily reversed the Fifth Circuit's dismissal of claims filed by Mississippi police…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 20 Nov 2014
Is SCOTUS a Court? Are the justices judges?
Eric Segall, who authored Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court Is not a Court and Its Justices are Not Judges," continues to press his point in the…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 20 Nov 2014
Circuit splits generate commentary—part I
"I have been critical of [Sixth Circuit] Judge [Jeffrey] Sutton for creating a Circuit split on the SSM [single-sex marriage] cases. Specifically, I…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 20 Nov 2014
Tenth Circuit rules two CAFA exceptions inapplicable to employee benefits class action
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that neither the state-action provision nor the local-controversy exception to the Class Action…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 20 Nov 2014
CPSC proposes safety standard for recreational off-highway vehicles
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to address the potential "unreasonable risk of injury…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 20 Nov 2014
Circuit splits generate commentary—part II
“Beginning with a simple question—what can one say about the Supreme Court’s on-again/off-again relationship with lower court precedent—Bruhl finds a…
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP | USA | 20 Nov 2014
CPSC responds to Zen Magnets’ motion to dismiss
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has urged an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to deny the motion to dismiss filed by Zen Magnets…
