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Case Notes
Highlights of the latest product liability cases from around the country.
Today's Pharmaceutical Criminal Investigation Is Tomorrow's Product Liability Lawsuit
In today's notoriously litigious atmosphere, a spark of governmental investigation can quickly ignite into product liability litigation. The events surrounding the recent $430 million Neurontin global agreement provide a notable example.
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Practice Tip: Web Site Hyperlinks as Adoptive Admissions
Companies are increasingly communicating with consumers via the Internet. With the explosion of the Internet during the last decade, the company Web site has become one of the most comprehensive and convenient locations to obtain information on a product. As the number of people using the Web has increased, company Web sites have gone from bare-bone sites of basic corporate information to becoming the starting point in any search for information on a company and its products. The swell in the use of such Web sites has increased their importance as a corporate voice and as a resource for consumers. Should a company change its Web site if a governmental or private agency issues a report that presents findings relating to one of its products and a risk of personal injury?
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Discoverability of Attorney Work Product Communications Supplied to Experts
Federal courts are split on the issue of whether a party must produce all communications and materials that were supplied by the party's attorney to a testifying expert, even if these communications (oral or written) would otherwise be protected as attorney work product. This two-part article will discuss and compare the majority and minority views.
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Working At Home, And At Play
Constant connectivity creates pressure to work around-the-clock, wherever you may be. After all, the Net is always on ' and open for business.<br>However, as the traditional office becomes less important ' because technology lets work shift location with the workers ' will the legal rules for the workplace also follow?
Avoiding The Top 10 Legal Difficulties Facing Home-based e-Commerce Ventures
With the Internet being everywhere, it's no surprise that it penetrates every aspect of a home-based e-commerce venture, along with Internet law, which has developed in lock step with the Internet. <br>And as more people chagrined by the fickle economy turn to their own residential Internet connections as conduits for electronic business, these entrepreneurs find themselves exposed to legal difficulties previously reserved for large traditional businesses. <br>To succeed, this new generation ' and older commercial operations that have adapted to the Information Age ' must know about Internet law, as do counsel who advise them.
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e-Commerce Docket Sheet
Recent cases of interest in e-commerce law.
New U.K. Rules Mean Telemarketing Just Got Harder
Since June 25, companies in the United Kingdom will for the first time be able to avoid receiving "cold calls" ' unsolicited telemarketing calls ' by registering their phone number on a statutory list that bars the calls. <br>This has caused some consternation in the U.K. telemarketing industry, but it should be seen as just the latest development in information privacy in Europe.
In the Spotlight: Tenant Improvement Allowance — Two Perspectives
How a tenant is permitted to apply its tenant improvement allowance for its build-out is frequently a controversial topic during lease negotiations.
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