Eric Strober’s article, “Insurers and Defendants Take Note: There Has Been a Monumental Change to Negligence Litigation in New York” was published in the Eye of the Experts column in FC&S Legal.

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Marc Ullman published an article in Natural Products Insider entitled, “‘Made in the USA’ Claims: Handle With Care.” The article focuses on how the Federal Trade Commission has increased its enforcement of its “Made in the USA” standards, which states “all or virtually all” of a product must be made/produced in the United States.

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Cybersecurity breaches have become commonplace. In 2017, the global economy incurred an estimated loss of over $450 billion for cyber-related crimes and security breaches. It is no longer a question of whether a business will fall victim to a security breach or malware attack, but only a question of when.  A cybersecurity event can have

Paul Majkowski published an article entitled, “Update on Glyphosate: The Roundup MDL General Causation Daubert Hearings,” in Mass Torts Litigation, a publication of the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation.

The article discusses Judge Vince Chhabria’s comments in a Daubert hearing conducted on general causation as to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which heard from a dozen witnesses.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a new law, known as “Lavern’s Law,” that extends the amount of time a patient has to file a medical malpractice claim for a missed cancer or malignant tumor diagnosis. Patients now have 2 1/2 years to file a claim from the date the misdiagnosis is discovered by the patient,

Benjamin Malerba, David Richman and Ada Kozicz wrote an article published in Health eSource, a publication of the American Bar Association’s Health Law Section entitled, “The Status of Telemedicine Reimbursement: States’ Efforts to Incentivize Providers to Utilize Telehealth Technologies.”

The article centers on the importance of creating legislation that will provide insurance reimbursement for telemedicine, as a means to

There is good news for U.S. companies operating online, which nowadays, of course, includes virtually every business. The European Commission has published its first annual report on the agreement reached last year by the Commission and the U.S. government to protect personal data transferred from the European Union (EU) to U.S. companies for commercial purposes,

Paul Majkowski published an article in the American Bar Association – Mass Torts Litigation, “Update to In re: General Mills Glyposate Litigation.

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Data often is the lifeblood of a business. When a database is breached in one way or another, the results can be devastating—especially if the data falls into the hands of a competitor.

Many companies suffering this kind of loss turn to litigation. Perhaps in an effort to obtain federal court jurisdiction, they may assert

As is frequently the case, a regulatory development or finding will serve as the impetus for activity in the realm of toxic tort. From the plaintiff’s perspective, the underlying science has been given the patina of credibility by the regulatory action; from the defense view, the regulatory action does not elevate the underlying science to