As a small-business owner, you can protect yourself and your business from costly litigation by recognizing situations that expose you to tort liability. A tort is a civil wrong causing injury to ...

Michael Sena examines how manufacturers can navigate the intricacies of strict liability claims, the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA), and the shifting legal precedents in the circuit courts — ...

It is becoming almost impossible to avoid being exposed to multiple different chemicals on a daily basis. Companies use them to make their environments look and smell cleaner, to keep pests away, and ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted summary judgment to defendant Schepens Eye Research Institute on the sole remaining claim of strict products liability due to a design defect in a surgical ...

For Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph Coronato, a drug overdose death is not accidental. It’s a homicide. And homicides, he says, should be treated as crime scenes with detectives searching for clues ...

Most critics of the Hague tribunal in Serbia share the view of command responsibility as a form of strict liability. They argue that command responsibility entails responsibility of a superior for the ...

Product liability comprises a number of laws and court rulings that apply to any business that makes or sells a product. Businesses that make or sell products are responsible for ensuring that those ...

I think that a strict liability standard is coming to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement. A number of factors have caused me to come to this conclusion. While there may well be wide ...