Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Product Liability Primer for Start-up Businesses

What to do in the event of a product recall
So, you’ve either got your business up and running or you’re in the planning stages. A lot goes into running a business and keeping it running smoothly. Have you thought about how a product liability issue could affect your operations and even your abi...

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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Product Liability and the Internet of Things

Is IoT a Pandora’s box of litigation?
While shopping for a smoke alarm I noticed that there are now wireless models on the market. When connected to a Wi-Fi network, the smoke alarm that senses smoke will set off all the other smoke alarms in the network. That’s pretty nifty technology for own...

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Monday, August 1, 2016

Robotics and Product Liability

Medical technology and the law
Surgical robots have been assisting surgeons for years now. However, we’re on the cusp of a new era in which fully-autonomous surgical robots will be actually conducting the surgery, not assisting.
The goals are less invasive surgeries, less pain and blood loss, a...

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Monday, July 25, 2016

Growing pains in the marijuana products industry

What the future holds for marijuana retailers, distributors and manufacturers
It’s been interesting to watch public, medical and legal opinions evolve on the pros and cons of marijuana use over the years since the days of Reefer Madness. It’s likely that future generations will look back in bew...

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Marijuana Liability: cannabis liability, marijuana edibles, marijuana products liability, medical marijuana

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Will e-cig innovation vaporize with new regulations?

Cost of compliance could hamper research
The FDA recently released the much-anticipated additional regulations for tobacco and nicotine products. An earlier phase of the regulation changes was released in April 2014. This second phase is slated to go into effect in August 2016.
The updated...

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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Nanotechnology Extending Battery Life

Scientists keep them going and going and going.
I’ll be you’ve been tempted to toss your smart phone or laptop across the room in frustration because the battery weakened over time and needed recharging more and more frequently. What good are all these electronic gadgets if the batteries peter ou...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Product Liability and the Marijuana Industry

It’s the growing season for recalls, lawsuits
As we predicted in an earlier blog post, the young marijuana industry is experiencing legal growing pains.
Only a handful of states have legalized the growing, sale and use of marijuana for recreational purposes. Medicinal marijuana is legal in 24 s...

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Banned Substance found in Dietary Supplements

Athletes’ careers tarnished by unapproved stimulant
We’ve posted in the past about the lax regulations for dietary supplements in the U.S. The two main issues surrounding supplements are the lack of standards regarding their effectiveness or safety and quality control industry-wide is less than i...

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Friday, February 26, 2016

Pesticides are Reason for Huge Cannabis Edibles Recall

Future cannabis product recalls imminent, so plan now
In late December 2015, the Colorado cannabis product industry took a big hit in a voluntary product recall by a well-known edibles company. Banned pesticides were found in some of the nearly 100,000 packages of cannabis-infused edibles that...

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Manufacturing Your Own Products

Where will 3-D printing take us?
New technology doesn’t even have a chance to get old before the next best thing is upon us. I wrote about this dizzying concept in a previous article.
3-D printing is a technology most of us are aware of, but few of us are using on a day-to-day basis. But we’ll ha...

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

E-cig Research Shows Damage to DNA

 E-cig vapor exposure could lead to cancer
The battle lines are being drawn in the ongoing argument over the safety of e-cigarettes. Proponents of e-cigs tout them as a safe alternative to smoking and tool in weaning smokers off traditional cigarettes But results from a recent study just added ...

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Monday, January 11, 2016

Kratom Brew: Soothing or Addictive?

Addicts claim ingredient sabotages recovery efforts
There’s a nonalcoholic beverage being served in bars around the country that former drug addicts like because it soothes their withdrawal cravings. Well, no wonder. Apparently, an ingredient in the beverage, kratom, is just as addictive as the d...

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Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals, Product liability:

Monday, January 4, 2016

Undisclosed E-cig Toxins and “Popcorn Lung”

Class-action suit filed in California
Electronic cigarettes are supposed to be a safe smoking product and many applaud their use for those who want to quit smoking tobacco. But not everyone is a fan of the e-cig. Plenty of people protest that the “healthier alternative” to traditional cigarettes ...

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