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September 16, 2019 Please join me at DRI’ s Talc Symposium: Medical and Scientific issues from September 19-20, 2019. I will be speaking at the NCC breakout session on Thursday. Over the past 24 months, there has been an avalanche of new cases involving allegations that there were measurable concentrations […]

September 11, 2019 Pennsylvania has long been known for its liberal general jurisdiction standards as provided by Pennsylvania statutes 15 Pa.C.S. § 411 and 42 Pa.C.S. § 5301, which collectively grant local courts general jurisdiction over foreign corporations registered to conduct business in the Commonwealth. But the days of liberally […]

September 11, 2019 In New Jersey, an entity seeking charitable immunity must establish that it “ (1) was formed for nonprofit purposes; (2) is organized exclusively for religious, charitable or educational purposes; and (3) was promoting such objectives and purposes at the time of the injury to plaintiff who was […]

September 5, 2019 In the published decision of Bove v. AkPharma Inc., a/k/a Prerelief Inc., et al. , 2019 N.J. Super. LEXIS 110 (App. Div. of N.J., Decided July 11, 2019), the court considered plaintiff, Charles Bove’s, appeal of a trial court decision dismissing his claim on summary judgment, and […]

September 4, 2019 Nearly a year ago Missouri voters approved Amendment 2, legalizing the use of medical marijuana in the state. The first dispensary will not open until 2020, but Missouri is on track to implement Amendment 2 by the end of this year, with applications for patients and businesses […]

September 3, 2019 In Monmouth Medical Center a/s/o Michael Annucci v. State Farm Indemnity Co. , A-3004-17T1 and A-4208-17T1, an August 12, 2019 published opinion discussing consolidated appeals, the New Jersey Appellate Division clarified whether it had the jurisdiction to review trial court decisions that vacated the decisions of Dispute […]

August 14, 2019 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuitrecently handed down a decision in the matter of Oberdorf v Amazon.com, Inc. , No 18-1041, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 19982 (3d Cir. July 3, 2019). In this ruling, the court considered whether the online retailer Amazon.com could be […]

August 13, 2019 MKC& I’s Syracuse, New York office recently obtained dismissal of a premises liability lawsuit against one of our clients, a sporting goods retailer, in Onondaga County, New York based on the “storm in progress” defense. In New York, this common law defense is available to property owners […]

August 6, 2019 Enacted in 2008, Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)was the first meaningful legislation passed to protect an individual’s biometric data, i.e. information reflective of one’s unique physical or behavioral characteristics, such as a fingerprint or voice patterns. 740 ILCS 14/1et seq. Despite being considered the gold standard […]