Join experts from Cooley's International Products Law team as they provide updates and insight from both the US and Europe on the concept of Modern Product Liability.

The MHRA has established five strategic goals for 2020-21 that will impact all those operating in the UK medicines and medical devices industries

At a hearing on 2 October 2020, the court made a number of orders following on from its judgment.

Over the last few years, a number of factors, including the introduction of a new UK regulator, the Office for Product Safety and Standards, and an increased international focus...

The United Nations Review Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection Law and Policy has just adopted a "Recommendation to Prevent Cross-Border Distribution of Known Unsafe Consumer Products".

Cooley advised edge cloud platform provider Fastly on its agreement to acquire Signal Sciences, one of the fastest growing web application security companies in the world, for approximately $775 million in cash and stock.

Driven by ongoing market pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we've seen a surge of interest in special purpose acquisition (SPAC) transactions from companies across sectors.

Cooley advised Baylis Medical on its agreement to sell its cardiology business to Boston Scientific for an upfront payment of $1.75 billion.

Cooley advised ION Media on its agreement to sell to E.W. Scripps for $2.65 billion, combining the business with Scripps' Katz networks and Newsy to create a full-scale national television networks...

The California State Attorney General's office announced that it will be holding six rulemaking workshops for the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA").

Goldman Sachs Asset Management led the financing round, with participation from new and existing investors.

On Monday 2 November, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it is examining how products and services claiming to be "eco-friendly" are being marketed, and whether consumers are being misled by such claims.

The IRS recently released Notice 2024-12, which provides some clarifications and modifications to prior IRS guidance relating to the tax treatment of SRE expenditures pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 174.

Palo Alto – November 24, 2021 – Cooley advised Lacework, a data-driven security platform for the cloud, on its $1.3 billion Series D financing round, which brings its valuation to $8.3 billion.

Cooley advised Riverwood Capital on leading Nium's $200 million+ Series D financing round, which brings the Singapore-based business payments company's valuation to more than $1 billion.

The combined company will continue under the Metromile name and is expected to trade under the new ticker symbol "MLE."

Firm maintains capital markets leadership during volatile year

A couple of months ago I posted on the new "20 day goods" administrative claim enacted as part of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 ("BAPCPA"). BAPCPA, which took effect in October 2005, added Section 503(b)(9) to the Bankruptcy Code giving vendors an administrative priority claim for "the value of any goods received by the debtor within 20 days before" the date the bankruptcy petition was filed, as long as "the goods have been sold to the debtor in the ordinary

Brazil's data protection law, Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) (English translation available here), took a significant step forward on August 26, 2020, when the Brazilian ...

The European Commission's "'Blue Guide' on the Implementation of EU products rules" (the "Blue Guide") is a substantial and very influential piece of guidance on a wide range of EU product rules.