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CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeFDA and FTC Warn Companies for Unauthorized Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) ClaimsPlaintiffs Must Plead Facts Which Directly Contradict Allegedly False Statements to Plead ICFA Claims Based on Falsity

Alert

Expert Testimony in the Age of Generative AI: Recent Case DevelopmentsIllinois Senate Bill 328 May Impact Foreign Corporations in Toxic Tort CasesTrademark Owner Liable to Consumer for Product Defect, European Court of Justice Rules

All Natural Litigation

Greenberg Traurig to Present at Natural Products Expo WestCourt Rejects Preemption and Primary Jurisdiction Arguments in "All Natural" CaseIs 'Unscented' the New 'All Natural'?

Arbitration

Recent California Appellate Opinion Raises Issue of Concepcion's Scope

Asbestos Litigation

VA Supreme Court Adopts Take Home Asbestos Liability Exposure

Attorneys' Fees

Wary of Class Action Abuses, Seventh Circuit Slams 'Scandalous' Settlement Over Allegedly Defective WindowsCautionary Tale - Modify Business Practices and on the Hook for Catalyst FeesConsumer Class Actions Trending From Attacking 'All Natural' to 'Raw'

Awards & Recognition

GT’s Rob Herrington Honored by Century City Bar Association as 2017 Class Action Litigation Lawyer of the Year

California

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeCalifornia Creates Extended Producer Responsibility Program for TextilesExtended Producer Responsibility Packaging and Greenwashing Laws Expand, Targeting Plastic Reduction and Recycling Management

Class Action Defense Strategies

Decision May Make Class Action Lawsuits More Difficult to SettleClass Action Defense Tip – Don’t Forget that UCL Claims Are EquitableGrowing Risk for Consumer Products Companies – Issue Classes

Class Action Litigation

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeConsumer Compass: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape | Mid-Year 20257th Circuit Lowers Removal Hurdle for Defendants That Assisted the Feds

Class Action Suits

Consumer Compass: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape | Mid-Year 2025Strategies for Defending Issue Class ActionsStanding and the Right to Sue Under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act

Class Certification

Growing Risk for Consumer Products Companies – Issue ClassesClass Actions: An Exaggerated DemiseRecent California Appellate Opinion Raises Issue of Concepcion's Scope

Consumer Fraud

Plaintiffs Must Plead Facts Which Directly Contradict Allegedly False Statements to Plead ICFA Claims Based on FalsityThe Seventh Circuit Undercuts Prominent Defenses in Data Breach Lawsuits and Class ActionsCourt Rejects Preemption and Primary Jurisdiction Arguments in "All Natural" Case

Consumer Protection

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape2026 New York Consumer Products Legislation: Key Bills to WatchSelf-Driving Vehicles Liability Assignment in Crashes and Violations

Consumer Safety

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape2026 New York Consumer Products Legislation: Key Bills to WatchJune 2-3 EVENT: Baby Safety Alliance Summit

Cosmetics and Beauty

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeIs 'Unscented' the New 'All Natural'?

Data Protection

Understanding the Telephone Consumer Protection ActIllinois Supreme Court Holds No Showing of Actual Harm Needed to State Claim Under Biometric Information Privacy ActSeventh Circuit Revives Another Data Breach Suit -- Lewert v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.

Environmental

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape2026 New York Consumer Products Legislation: Key Bills to Watch2025 California Proposition 65 Trends

EPA

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape7th Circuit Lowers Removal Hurdle for Defendants That Assisted the FedsBefore Making Pandemic Response Products, Consider Environmental Regulations

Event

June 2-3 EVENT: Baby Safety Alliance Summit2020 Saint Louis University Consumer Product Safety Certification ProgramGreenberg Traurig’s Gene Livingston to Chair Prop 65 Clearinghouse Annual Conference

FDA

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeBefore Making Pandemic Response Products, Consider Environmental RegulationsFDA and FTC Warn Companies for Unauthorized Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Claims

Featured

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape2026 New York Consumer Products Legislation: Key Bills to WatchJune 2-3 EVENT: Baby Safety Alliance Summit

Federal Trade Commission

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeFDA and FTC Warn Companies for Unauthorized Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Claims‘Made in USA’ Claims California Removes its Elevated Standard

Food & Beverage Industry

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape2026 New York Consumer Products Legislation: Key Bills to Watch2025 California Proposition 65 Trends

Food Litigation

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeHard, Hazy and Maybe Healthy—With a Chance of Liability and LitigationNorthern District of Illinois Employs the “Substantially Similar” Test to Decide Whether a Plaintiff Has Standing to Assert Claims for Products He Did Not Purchase

GT Alert

2026 New York Consumer Products Legislation: Key Bills to WatchSelf-Driving Vehicles Liability Assignment in Crashes and ViolationsExpert Testimony in the Age of Generative AI: Recent Case Developments

Injunctive Relief

The Injunction Conundrum – When Can a Class Action Plaintiff Sue for Injunctive Relief?

Internet and Technology

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeD.C. Circuit Limits the FCC’s Rulemaking Authority Under the TCPA … and the FCC Chairman AgreesNew Class Action Threat: Is Your Company Complying With California's Automatic Renewal Laws?

Litigation

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape2025 California Proposition 65 TrendsExpert Testimony in the Age of Generative AI: Recent Case Developments

Manufacturing

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeCourt Dismisses Massachusetts Chapter 93A Omission Claim When Product Safety Information Was Available Through HyperlinksTrademark Owner Liable to Consumer for Product Defect, European Court of Justice Rules

Motion to Dismiss

The Injunction Conundrum – When Can a Class Action Plaintiff Sue for Injunctive Relief?Court Rejects Preemption and Primary Jurisdiction Arguments in "All Natural" CaseFormer Lance Armstrong Endorsement of Supplement Company FRS Doesn't Support False Advertising Class Action, Court Rules

OSHA

OSHA Is Raising Its Maximum Penalty Amounts, Again!OSHA Significantly Reduces Exposure Limits to Beryllium and its Compounds

Personal Care Products

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeConsumer Compass: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape | Mid-Year 2025Is 'Unscented' the New 'All Natural'?

Product Safety

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape2026 New York Consumer Products Legislation: Key Bills to WatchJune 2-3 EVENT: Baby Safety Alliance Summit

Prop 65

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape2025 California Proposition 65 TrendsConsumer Compass: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape | Mid-Year 2025

Recognitions

Greenberg Traurig in Top 10 of ‘Product Liability Law360 100’ List

Retail

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape2025 California Proposition 65 TrendsConsumer Compass: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal Landscape | Mid-Year 2025

Supplements

Former Lance Armstrong Endorsement of Supplement Company FRS Doesn't Support False Advertising Class Action, Court RulesFTC Targeting Weight Loss Claims

Supply Chain

CONSUMER COMPASS: Navigating the Consumer Products Legal LandscapeExtended Producer Responsibility Packaging and Greenwashing Laws Expand, Targeting Plastic Reduction and Recycling Management7th Circuit Lowers Removal Hurdle for Defendants That Assisted the Feds

Technology

Self-Driving Vehicles Liability Assignment in Crashes and ViolationsExpert Testimony in the Age of Generative AI: Recent Case Developments5 Trends to Watch: 2024 Products Liability & Mass Torts

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