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Nearly all Americans live in a state where some form of cannabis is legal. Given that the cannabis industry is now valued in billions of dollars and has created hundreds...

Following negotiations to reopen the federal government, the U.S. Senate surprised the hemp industry when it quietly included language that effectively bans all intoxicating hemp products...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on March 27 its plan to hold a public hearing on May 16 "to receive information from all interested parties about the potential safety issues ...

The Economic Loss Rule is a doctrine of law that prohibits a product liability claim being brought against a manufacturer for a defective product that only destroys itself, without harm to other property or to a person.

Following a 12-day trial, the jury returned a plaintiff's verdict finding Ox Bodies strictly liable for defective design.

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently held that an expert offering opinions on a proposed safer alternative design in a product liability matter does not need to perform any testing of the alternative design to ensure his testimony is sufficiently reliable.

The inadvertent disclosure of privileged material may haunt a company for years, particularly in today's era of pattern litigation and increased collaboration within the plaintiffs' bar.

Every commercial airline flight carries scores of lithium-ion powered batteries in phones, tablets, computers, activity trackers, cameras, headphones and other devices.

One of the items an insurance adjuster will look at when valuing a product liability claim is to see how much the plaintiff incurred in medical expenses and medical bills after the accident.

Ingersoll-Rand argued that it is not liable for injuries caused by products it did not manufacture or distribute and that "it is undeniable that a metal valve does not contain or give off any asbestos dust or asbestos fibers."

In Tincher v. Omega Flex, Inc., 104 A. 2d 328 (Pa. 2014), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court cast aside more than 35 years of precedent when it reformulated the standards determining the circumstances ...

Cyberbullying is a growing national problem, with legal and economic implications for insurers and school districts alike. A national survey published by the National Center...

It seems especially important to celebrate the people and events that we care about after all that has been endured this year.

Wilson Elser's COVID-19 Liability Claims Playbooks for General Liability and Employment Liability are now available for download.

On May 28, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updates to its technical assistance guidance to clarify its position on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination...

Wilson Elser has compiled information on the state laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia with respect to certain key issues that employers must or may need to address in terminating or reducing their workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On December 9, 2021, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals handed insurers an enormous victory when it issued four decisions affirming the dismissal of lawsuits seeking business income coverage for losses sustained from the COVID-19 closure orders.

A day in the life of any Nevada lawyer varies as wildly as the lawyers themselves.