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Panel Affirms Award Against Wal-Mart in Disability Bias Case

Mark Hamblett

Staking out an exception to the general rule that the requirement to accommodate is normally triggered by a disabled employee's request, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said an employer must take action "if the employer knew or reasonably should have known that the employee was disabled." <i>Brady v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.</i>, 06-5486-cv.

Case Notes

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Highlights of the latest product liability cases from around the country.

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Does the FDAAA's Data Dump Compute? The Potential Impact of the FDAAA on Product Liability

Alan G. Minsk & David Hoffman

This article describes some of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 provisions related to the expansion of information disclosure and discusses the potential effect of the provisions on product liability exposure.

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The Impact of New Vehicle Technology: Reaffirming Parental Responsibility in Automotive Safety Cases

Norma Gant & Nicole Dinardo

Product liability litigation sometimes arises when children are injured in and around motor vehicles ' whether it involves a moving or non-moving vehicle. When evaluating responsibility, the acts, omissions, and fault of the caregiver, parent, or person responsible for the child must be considered. In defending this type of litigation, evaluating such responsibility is part of the overall analysis of the design and performance of the motor vehicle and whether having different or additional safety technology would have made a difference or resulted in a different outcome.

A Primer on Counterfeit Products: What Should A Company Consider?

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

What duty, if any, do companies have to police the marketplace and protect consumers against dangers arising from counterfeits? These counterfeits, a number of which are manufactured in China, are generally of a much lower quality and are manufactured without appropriate QA/QC mechanisms that many large companies have in place.

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Reading Patents in Depth

H. Jackson Knight

The first installment of this article discussed 'active' reading; understanding the structure of a patent publication; and understanding why certain words were used and others were not. This conclusion addresses how to obtain technical information.

Patent Application Foreign Filing Licenses: Export Control for Sensitive Technologies Described in Patent Applications

Karen Canaan

To protect national security, some countries require patent applicants to obtain a foreign filing license prior to filing a patent application abroad. The grant of a foreign filing license provides a governmental stamp of approval that the technology described in the patent application is available for export.

Decisions of Interest

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Recent rulings of interest to you and your practice.

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NJ & CT News

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Important rulings in neighboring states.

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Hearsay Evidence in Custody Cases

Bari Brandes Corbin & Evan B. Brandes

An admission ' an act or declaration of a party or his agent that constitutes evidence against the party at trial ' is an exception to the rule against hearsay. As a general rule, any declaration or conduct of a party or his agent, oral or written, that is inconsistent with that party's position at trial is admissible at trial as an admission.

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