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Dow Hit With $56M Punitive Damages In Calif. Cleanup Trial

Law 360

million in punitive damages for its role manufacturing dry cleaning chemicals that contaminated the city of Modesto's soil and groundwater, according to attorneys for the city. A California jury on Monday found that Dow Chemical owes $56.3

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Jury awards semiconductor manufacturer $40M in trade secrets case against rival

JURIST

A jury for the US District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Comet Technologies $40 million in damages on Wednesday, finding that a rival company had misappropriated trade secrets on equipment used in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips. Comet had sought compensatory damages of $32.5

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Federal appeals court affirms $25 million judgment in Bayer’s Roundup cancer case

JURIST

In 2019, the jury found that the manufacturer was negligent, and the design on Roundup lacked sufficient cancer warnings. The jury awarded Hardeman $75 million in punitive damages, but the federal judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $20 million.

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FDA Safety Communications: A Potential Provider Pitfall

FDA Law Blog

25, 2022), [link] , considered whether a provider’s use of a medical device that is the subject of an FDA safety communication constitutes per se evidence of wanton disregard, which would warrant punitive damages. The Court’s analysis also leaves open the possibility that other FDA communications could result in punitive damages.

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THINK THIS MADE RICOLA COUGH?

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This Doesn't Sound Very Soothing On December 7, 2022, throat-drop manufacturer Ricola USA was sued in federal court (Southern District of New York, White Plains Courthouse), because one of its products, labelled “Green Tea With Echinacea,” is alleged to have been deceptively marketed.

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US District Court dismisses the case filed by Mexico against the US weapons industry regarding non-contractual obligations

Conflict of Laws

On 30 September 2022, a US District Court in Boston (Massachusetts, USA) dismissed the case filed by Mexico against the US weapons manufacturers regarding non-contractual obligations (among them, negligence and unjust enrichment). BARRETT FIREARMS MANUFACTURING, INC.; COLT’S MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC; GLOCK, INC.; BERETTA U.S.A.

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Mexico Sues U.S. Gun Firms for ‘Abetting’ Cartel Violence

The Crime Report

Along with Interstate, the defendants named are Springfield, Massachusetts-headquartered Smith & Wesson; Barrett Firearms; Beretta USA; Colt’s Manufacturing; Glock Inc.; Mexico also seeks punitive damages and disgorgement of the gun-makers’ profits. and more than a half dozen other U.S. Sturm, Ruger & Co.;