Autonomous trucking product liability risks are rising as technology outpaces regulations. Explore legal challenges, ...

Discover what risk retention groups (RRGs) are, their key benefits, and historical context. Learn how RRGs provide important ...

As the physical products we use evolve to become increasingly complex, traditional products liability frameworks may not always fit to provide remedies for harm that can result from using novel ...

The European Union has significantly overhauled its product liability regime with a new directive concerning liability for defective products (Product Liability Directive). EU member states have until ...

Given the significant costs associated with litigating product liability claims, product manufacturers should expend time and resources to reduce product liability risks and react quickly to product ...

On 18 November 2024, Directive (EU) 2024/2853 was published in the EU Official Journal, with the aim of ensuring product liability rules are fit to address digital-era challenges. Coming into force in ...

3-D printing has enabled a variety of new manufacturing processes that will blur fundamental distinctions in the law of product liability — potentially exposing companies to liability they did not ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

April 11, 2025 - Patrick Reilly, Eldin Hasic and Nikolas Spilson of Faegre Drinker discuss the European Union's new product liability directive, which makes substantive changes that impact ...

Today the Council adopted a directive to update the EU’s civil liability law. The new liability rules better take into account that nowadays many products have digital features and that the economy is ...

Your business is responsible for the products you make, sell or distribute, as well as the completed services you provide. You can be held liable and accountable for any losses or damage if one of ...

In 1977 Esther Kociemba began wearing the "Cu-7," a copper intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) manufactured by G.D. Searle & Co. A year and a half later, hoping to become pregnant, she removed the ...