Updating our prior discussion of the California Air Resources Board Consumer Products Survey, ARB continues to forge ahead with the 2013 consumer products survey, providing additional guidance to industry.
On October 14, 2014, the Board published an updated FAQ and
A number of recent cases show courts taking a more active role in approving class action settlements, more closely scrutinizing settlements meant to benefit class members.
Just last month in Redman v. RadioShack Corporation the Seventh Circuit rejected a class
If a company sues a competitor about an advertisement that the company believes is false or misleading about the company’s product, a court victory is frequently cause for a press release, as well as announcements on social media and to
A recent investigation conducted by the BBC has concluded that an e-cigarette flavoring purchased in Northeast England contained a potentially harmful chemical that has been associated with the lung condition known as “popcorn worker’s lung.”
The British television program, Inside
Federal courts continue to be split on whether the Supreme Court’s 2013 ruling in Comcast Corp. v. Behrend requires plaintiffs seeking class certification to present viable, common methodologies to prove class-wide injury and damages. Two recent federal decisions highlight these
California continued its commitment to combatting human trafficking, as Governor Jerry Brown recently signed seven new anti-trafficking laws during the 2014 legislative session.
While the majority of these laws focus on criminal activity (for example, increasing criminal penalties and expanding
In conjunction with changes to California upholstered furniture flammability regulations, commonly referred to as TB-117, the state recently enacted complementary legislation requiring that furniture “law labels” disclose whether the products contain flame retardant chemicals.
California’s flammability requirements
Prior to
Since the Third Circuit’s opinion in Carrera v. Bayer Corp., courts have been battling with the approach to consumer classes for small-ticket items because consumers often do not retain receipts or proofs of purchase (think consumer products like OTC
An emerging trend in consumer product class actions is for a class representative to bring claims for entire lines of products, despite only purchasing one of the products.
Although traditional principles of standing seem to dictate the death of this