Consumer Protection
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A jury in Miami ordered Johnson & Johnson on Thursday to pay a Florida woman $9 million after finding the consumer products behemoth caused the woman’s mesothelioma by exposing her to asbestos in baby powder it sold, with an attorney saying it’s the first such verdict in the Sunshine State… Read this piece in its
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A deadly 2018 crash on a California highway was partially the fault of shortcomings in Tesla Inc.’s autopilot system as well as the driver’s distraction by a video game, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The attorneys general of Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon and Texas announced Tuesday that they will lead a 39-state coalition to investigate the marketing practices of e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc., which is already facing a slew of legal actions over its vaping products… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Trump administration is supporting a U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but told justices Friday that the California law firm that brought the case is going too far by calling for the whole agency to be scrapped… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A California man sued Evenflo Co. Inc. in Ohio federal court Wednesday, claiming the children’s car seat maker had duped him and other parents with misleading claims about the safety performance of the company’s Big Kid booster seats during side-impact collisions… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 