The Fashion Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In the newly-filed suit, Evangelista claims that Delaware-based ZELTIQ is on the hook for products liability, negligence, breach of warranty, and various types of fraud, among other claims, in connection with its willfully “deceptive acts and practices and false and misleading advertising.”

Personal Injury 85

Personal Injury Compensatory Damages Manufacturing Tort 85

SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday put a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the highly addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin, on hold while it reviews a challenge to the legality of the plan, which would shield the Sackler family, the owners of the drug company, from lawsuits. There were no recorded dissents.

Government 96

Government Personal Injury Court Tort 96

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In celebration of Thanksgiving, I give you our annual Turkey Torts of civil and criminal cases that add liability to libations on this special day (with past cases at the bottom). Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year. Some things are happily left out of the courts.

Tort 33

Tort Statute Criminal Law Court 33

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

Court 42

Court Statute Government Litigation 42