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The Expanding Frontier: Product Liability Comes For AI And Digital Platforms
As generative AI and digital platforms face mounting legal challenges, companies must understand how plaintiffs are adapting traditional product liability theories to target modern technologies. This discussion examines emerging litigation strategies drawn from social media trials and AI lawsuits, exploring how these theories may extend beyond platform developers to enterprise users and service providers.
United States Litigation
AP
Arnold & Porter
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New Jersey Supreme Court Strengthens Expert Gatekeeping In Product Liability Cases: What Beavan v. Allergan Means For Defendants
In product liability litigation, the straightest path to a favorable outcome for the defense is disqualification of the plaintiff’s expert. In a unanimous decision, New Jersey’s Supreme Court in Beavan v. Allergan U.S.A., Inc., A-53-24 (N.J. May 27, 2026), has substantially bolstered the defense position in that critical fight.
United States Consumer
WE
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
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Register Now! Large Liability Models? Emerging Tort And Privacy Risks In Chatbots And Generative AI
Crowell partners examine emerging AI liability frameworks, focusing on chatbots, generative AI, and recent product liability rulings in the digital realm. The webinar explores high-risk behaviors that may trigger mental health litigation, federal preemption under new White House policies, and strategies to mitigate risks from non-consensual deepfakes and deceptive AI marketing practices.
United States Privacy
CM
Crowell & Moring LLP
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Catherina D. Narigon And L. Claire Hansen, “Plastics Industry Faces Rising Tide Of Litigation, Regulation And Reputational Risk,” Chemical Processing, May 13, 2026.
The plastics industry faces mounting pressure from evolving regulations, litigation risks, and public scrutiny over environmental impacts and product labeling. Legal challenges range from environmental violations and pollution claims to consumer protection allegations regarding misleading sustainability claims and product composition disclosures. As new claims emerge daily, stakeholders must navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape that threatens both financial resources and consumer trust.
United States Environment
BC
Bergeson & Campbell
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Are Your Products Ready? California’s Truth In Recycling Labeling (SB 343) Restrictions Become Effective In Less Than Five Months (October 4, 2026)
California's SB 343 "Truth in Recycling" law takes effect October 4, 2026, fundamentally reshaping how consumer products can display recyclability claims and symbols. Companies must now substantiate that their products meet specific collection, processing, and composition criteria before using the ubiquitous "chasing arrows" symbol or making recyclability statements.
United States Consumer
SP
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
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Artificial Advice, Real Liability: New York Weighs Restrictions On AI Impersonations Of Licensed Professionals
This monthly newsletter examines critical developments in product liability and mass torts, including New York's proposed legislation targeting AI chatbot operators for unauthorized practice of law, state efforts to curtail public nuisance claims, and the American Arbitration Association's expansion of AI arbitration tools. The analysis explores how these emerging legal trends and regulatory responses are reshaping the landscape for businesses facing complex litigation.
United States Technology
D
Dechert
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