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ANALYTICS: The Emerging Trend of Baby Food Safety Litigation March 14, 2021 On February 4, the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy published a report claiming that baby food products contain “dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals” which it said could cause harm to babies and children, specifically regarding their cognitive development. Days after this announcement, lawsuits began to be filed against Gerber Products Company and Beech-Nut, and later against each company that ...

Insights your username February 14, 2021 Some of the largest companies in the agriculture industry produce chemicals and seeds to sell to farms.  These companies provide herbicides, pesticides, and seeds that are resilient to both natural and man-made dangers to plants. These companies, including Bayer, BASF, Nutrien, Corteva, and Syngenta, have consistently been involved in various types of litigation. Recently, they were named beside each other as defendants in a series of class-action antit...

January 31, 2021 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on businesses across the country, several companies have thrived during the pandemic in areas such as the gig economy, work from home and e-commerce, entertainment, and social media. Litigation has also increased, in some cases linked to newfound success. The following is a representative sample of strong-performing companies that have experienced increased federal litigation during the pandemic in each of the aforementioned cat...

Agriculture your username January 18, 2021 Environmental lawsuits, frequently spearheaded by advocacy organizations trying to protect the enjoyment of wildlife and endangered animals, are filed fairly consistently in federal court according to Docket Alarm analytics. The data shows that filings under the Environmental Matters PACER Nature of Suit tag occurred an average of 1.3 times each day during the last two years.  These environmental lawsuits are filed fairly consistently although there a...

December 22, 2020 at 9:32 PM Shares18 (Image via Getty) We were all blindsided as 2020 unfolded, yet the momentum of technological change and innovation assured a steady stream of new products. I have identified five trends, which I have divided into three categories: unforeseeable, continuing and surprising. The trends I believe are worth noting — Unforeseeable: COVID-19 impacts; Predicable: state court analytics and innovative workflow tools; Surprising: legal news re-emerges as a competiti...

Insights your username December 20, 2020 Law Street Media’s November 29 article examining patent litigation analytics focused on the district court system, just one part of a complex system of patent litigation. This article examines a similar premise; a deep dive into the companies that have had their patents challenged the most in recent years before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, using Docket Alarm’s cutting-edge PTAB analytics.  As 2020 comes to a close, it is apparent that total ...

Agriculture your username December 13, 2020 E-cigarette company Juul Labs, according to Docket Alarm’s database of court filings and analytics, has been involved as a party in at least 2,753 lawsuits since the beginning of 2019 through November 2020. In the large majority of those suits, about 95 percent, Juul is named as a defendant. The main cause of action for the cases, cited in at least 2,011 lawsuits, is Product Liability. Other case types include antitrust, intellectual property, and s...