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Mexico sues US gun manufacturers in federal court over claims of fueling violence

JURIST

The government of Mexico filed a complaint on Wednesday against eight gun manufacturers, holding companies and distributors, alleging tort claims based on a “deadly flood of military-style and other particularly lethal guns” across the border from the US into Mexico.

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Applying Mexican Law in U.S. Courts? Mexico v Smith & Wesson

Conflict of Laws

courts is raising important questions of private international law, in particular as regards the application of Mexican tort law in U.S. First Circuit, Mexico argues that the district court’s application of PLCAA to bar its claims under Mexican tort law was “impermissibly extraterritorial”. On appeal in the U.S. and in respect to U.S.

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The Illusion of Action: Cuomo’s New Gun Manufacturer Liability Law is a Colossal Misfire

JonathanTurley

The centerpiece of Cuomo’s plan is a new law to allow victims of gun violence to sue gun manufacturers under a nuisance theory. Indeed, its main component — a law allowing citizens to sue gun manufacturers — will be as productive as trying to win the New York Marathon by running furiously in place. Andrew Cuomo. Of the $138.7

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The New Zealand Court of Appeal on the cross-border application of New Zealand consumer and fair trading legislation

Conflict of Laws

The Court held that local consumer legislation – in the form of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA) – applies to foreign manufacturers. The decision is of particular interest to New Zealand consumers and manufacturers of goods that are supplied in New Zealand, as well as traders advertising their products to New Zealanders.

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The Carrot and Stick Approach to Innovation

Patently O

I first found the Gilead case while reading the Wall Street Journal with the board editorial decrying the decision for “invent[ing] a crazy new tort.” In its decision, the Court of Appeal held that a manufacturer’s duty of reasonable care under Cal. 9, 2024) Read It Here. genius,” as President Lincoln put it.

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No exception to products liability statute of repose for latent disease or fraudulent concealment.

Day on Torts

Plaintiff filed this products liability suit in November 2020, asserting that defendant, who manufactured, marketed, and sold the original replacement device, “actively and intentionally misled the public, medical community, health care providers, and patients into believing these products were safe and effective.”

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Will Modernization of Cosmetic Regulation Finally Happen?

FDA Law Blog

a requirement for FDA to issue regulations to establish standardized testing methods for detecting and identifying asbestos in talc-containing products.