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Nov 4, 2024 | 
laweconcenter.org | Ian Adams |Kristian Stout |Geoffrey Manne |Jeremy Kidd
Amicus Brief I. INTRODUCTIONThis case presents a pivotal question that could fundamentally reshape product liability law and significantly impact product innovation.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Dan Roe |Amanda Bronstad |Kat Black |Jeremy Kidd
Lawyers from Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein have filed four more products liability complaints in a week against medical device maker CooperCompanies and one of its subsidiaries, CooperSurgical, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The lawsuits alleged “manufacturing defects” in a product used for in vitro fertilization treatments. Want to continue reading?
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
propertychronicle.com | Jeremy Kidd
Capitalism has raised millions, if not billions, of people out of poverty. It is the greatest engine of human flourishing that has ever existed. It is worth defending, but those willing to do so are few and far between, even in the societies that have most benefitted from the wealth that capitalism has generated. In the late twentieth century, economist Milton Friedman stood against the tide of anti-capitalist propaganda that flourished in the halls of academia.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
aier.org | Jeremy Kidd
Capitalism has raised millions, if not billions, of people out of poverty. It is the greatest engine of human flourishing that has ever existed. It is worth defending, but those willing to do so are few and far between, even in the societies that have most benefitted from the wealth that capitalism has generated. In the late twentieth century, economist Milton Friedman stood against the tide of anti-capitalist propaganda that flourished in the halls of academia.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Ross Todd |Maria Dinzeo |Jeremy Kidd |Cheryl Miller
We hope you enjoy this excerpt from Litigation Daily, the exclusive source for sharp commentary on mega court battles, winning strategies and the issues that obsess elite litigators. Law.com subscribers can sign up for the The AmLaw Litigation Daily newsletter here. Anyone else can click here to subscribe. Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California says the adversarial system is “wonderful” for about 95% of what judges do.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Jeremy Kidd |Avalon Zoppo |Cheryl Miller |Ross Todd
U.S. District Judge Wesley Hsu admits it. He’s predisposed to hate the idea of artificial intelligence. Yesterday, Hsu, who has been on the federal bench in Los Angeles for about 10 months, told an audience of lawyers at the Western Alliance Bank’s Class Action Forum that “The Terminator” is one of his all-time favorite movies. He called it “a foundational film for my being,” in a tone that indicated that he was at most half-joking. Want to continue reading?
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Cassandre Coyer |Jeremy Kidd |Riley Brennan |Ross Todd |Alaina Lancaster
Class action and privacy litigator Tony Weibell moved to Mayer Brown’s Palo Alto, California, office in January after spending his entire career, nearly 19 years, at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Weibell, known for his representation of major tech players such as Google LLC, TikTok Inc. and Roblox Corp., said a Wilson-Sonsini-partner-turned-recruiter tipped him off that Weibell would really appreciate Mayer Brown’s focus on building a world-class tech litigation practice.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
laweconcenter.org | Geoffrey Manne |Dirk Auer |Kristian Stout |Jeremy Kidd
Regulatory CommentsExecutive SummaryWe welcome the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s call for contributions on competition in “Virtual Worlds”.[1] The International Center for Law & Economics (“ICLE”) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan global research and policy center founded with the goal of building the intellectual foundations for sensible, economically grounded policy.
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Mar 9, 2024 | 
laweconcenter.org | Geoffrey Manne |Kristian Stout |Jeremy Kidd |Dirk Auer
Amicus BriefDear Justice Guerrero and Associate Justices,In accordance with California Rule of Court 8.500(g), we are writing to urge the Court to grant the Petition for Review filed by Petitioner Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Petitioner” or “Gilead”) on February 21, 2024, in the above-captioned matter.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Jeremy Kidd |Riley Brennan |Avalon Zoppo |Maria Dinzeo |Amanda Bronstad
Plaintiffs’ lawyers asking to approve a $45.5 million class action settlement with Altria over Juul cigarettes told a federal judge Wednesday that they received 14.4 million claims, nearly five times what was expected—but about 80% of them were likely invalid or fraudulent. “The innovation appears to be endless,” Dena Sharp, co-lead plaintiffs counsel in the Juul multidistrict litigation, told U.S. District Judge William Orrick III at a hearing.
