California’s Century City Bar Association (CCBA) recently selected GT Century City shareholder Robert J. Herrington, Co-Chair of the global law firm’s Products Liability and Mass Torts Practice, as
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Product Stewardship and Textiles
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The environmental parameters associated with textiles continue to attract both regulatory and value chain attention. In an interesting development, Vietnam just relaxed its chemical testing rules for exported textiles (e.g.,…
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Medical Monitoring Claims in Illinois, Part 2
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In our last post, we discussed Illinois Appellate Court decisions concerning medical monitoring claims. Plaintiffs have been similarly unsuccessful at the trial court level. Judge Leroy Martin in the…
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D.C. Circuit Limits the FCC’s Rulemaking Authority Under the TCPA … and the FCC Chairman Agrees
By Gregory E. Ostfeld, Aaron S. Klein & Frank Citera on
Posted in Internet and Technology, Litigation
On March 31, 2017, the D.C. Circuit held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacked authority under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, as amended by the Junk Fax Prevention Act…
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Medical Monitoring Claims in Illinois, Part 1
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Medical monitoring has yet to gain traction in Illinois. Plaintiffs with medical monitoring only claims – seeking future testing to determine whether defendants’ alleged negligence has caused the injuries feared …
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GT Attorneys to Address Prop. 65 in Practice – Lessons Covering Hot Topics and Recent Developments Affecting Consumer Product Companies
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On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at 1:00 pm ET, Greenberg Traurig Attorneys Anthony Cortez and Greg Sperla will be presenting a webinar hosted by AudioSolutionz entitled “Proposition 65 – Hot …
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Greenberg Traurig’s Food & Beverage Group Presents at Natural Products ExpoWest
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Greenberg Traurig’s Food & Beverage practice group recently gave a very well-attended presentation at the world’s largest natural, organic, and healthy products show of the year in Anaheim, California, Natural…
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Key Class Action Takeaways From Briseno v. ConAgra Foods
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In Briseno v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., ___ F.3d ___ (9th Cir. Jan. 3, 2017), the Ninth Circuit held that Rule 23 does not require plaintiffs to establish an “administratively…
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Greenberg Traurig’s Gretchen Miller Chairs Defense Research Institute’s Annual Product Liability Conference
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Gretchen N. Miller, Products Liability & Mass Torts shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, is serving as Program Chair for the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) 2017 Products Liability Conference. The…
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EPA: Research Shows Herbicide Glyphosate Unlikely to Cause Cancer
By Aaron S. Klein & Frank Citera on
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Introduction
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently concluded that the available data at this time suggest that the herbicide, glyphosate, is “not likely to be carcinogenic to humans.”
The EPA’s …
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