The Consumer Product Safety Commission released a report of an investigation it had requested be performed by the CDC’s National Center for Environmen
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Drywall Litigation Update
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The Georgia Superior Court has preliminarily approved a $6.5 million settlement between the Lowe’s home improvement stores and a nationwide proposed c…
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Update on Foreign Manufacturers Liability Act
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We have posted before about legislative efforts to make it easier for U.S. consumers to sue foreign product manufacturers. Last week the the House Sub…
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Update on Chinese Drywall Litigation
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission last week announced the results of testing performed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on allegedly …
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Federal Court Sends Melamine Contamination Claims To China
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A federal court recently sent back to China various Chinese families’ product liability cases stemming from alleged melamine contamination of infant f…
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Update on Chinese Drywall MDL
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A quick update on the Chinese Drywall MDL. With the recent filing of an omnibus complaint, approximately 3,000 plaintiffs are now involved in the prod…
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CPSC Releases Study of Chinese Drywall
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To date, CPSC has received more than 2000 reports from 32 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, from consumers and homeowners concerned ab…
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Developments in Proposed Class Actions in China Drywall MDL
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In the Chinese Drywall MDL, certain plaintiffs recently moved for leave to amend their Class Action Complaint to expand the class definition as to def…
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Federal Inter-agency Task Force Releases Preliminary Test Results On Chinese Drywall
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The federal inter-agency task force investigating alleged problems with Chinese-made drywall released initial results of three studies last week, whic…
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Chinese Drywall Update
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On the eve of the 3rd biennial United States–China Consumer Product Safety Summit, to be held in China, the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commi…
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