On June 27, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision addressing personal jurisdiction over foreign manufacturers for product liability claims involving products shipped to and sold in the United States.
After Riegel, federal appellate and district courts have reached divergent conclusions regarding the level of specificity required to plead a parallel claim that survives a motion to dismiss. This article provides an overview of the case law on the topic.
The New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in that state, recently denied a summary judgment motion, based only on an attorney's affidavit, to the defendants in a product liability case.
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It's been a good stretch for Marvel Entertainment and its former president Stan Lee, the ever-youthful 87-year old face of the company. Marvel characters Thor and Captain America have dominated the box office. Lee keeps winning over young fans with his blink-and-you'll-miss-them film cameos. Now, thanks to a Stan Lee role on the witness stand, Marvel and its parent The Walt Disney Co. were able claim a win in the courtroom.
Counterfeiting and piracy never go out of style. Fake handbags and illegal copies of first-run movies can be found on city street corners and throughout Internet websites. These illegal activities have been in the U.S. government's cross hairs of late. In addition to Congress introducing legislation designed to protect against intellectual property theft, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) principal investigative arm, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has applied pressure to Internet-era counterfeiters and pirates.
