Does “Side-Impact Tested” Mean That The Product Provides Increased Safety In Side-Impact Collisions?

In a lawsuit against Graco Children’s Products, the plaintiffs alleged that Graco advertised that certain booster seats that the company sells are “side impact tested” and are also safe for children as small as thirty pounds and as young as three years old.  The plaintiffs argued that these claims — which appeared on Graco’s website, on product packaging, on the seats themselves, and elsewhere — were false, since the booster seats do not appreciably […]

By | September 7th, 2021 ||

Rapid-Fire Update On International Developments In Products Law: Webinar Recording

On 28 July, Cooley’s international products team hosted a 30-minute rapid-fire webinar covering the latest important developments in the EU and US for product stakeholders.

Topics included:

Important changes made in the revised 2022 EU Blue Guide and why they matter.
An update on the progress of the EU’s General Product Safety Regulation and Common Charger initiatives.
The new right to repair laws passed in New York state.
The implications of a recent civil penalty issued by the US […]

By | August 5th, 2021 ||

Product Liability Update – February 2021

Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable to Massachusetts, but also featuring selected developments for New York and New Jersey. If you find this update useful, please encourage your colleagues and contacts to also register with us on our Web site. As always, you can access all of our publications at  www.foleyhoag.com.

Included in this Issue:
MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds […]

By | March 23rd, 2021 ||