Massachusetts Federal Court Rules that Heightened Pleading Requirements Apply in Product Liability Design Defect Cases
5/17/21
By: Kevin Kenneally and William Gildea
The United States District Court, District of Massachusetts (Hillman, J.), recently held that Plaintiffs must affirmatively plead and prove that there is a safer alternative product design in order to maintain defect claims against …
Pass That Dutch: California Insurers Respond to Budding Cannabis Industry
7/2/18
By: Kristin Ingulsrud
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on June 4, 2018 his approval of the Cannabis Business Owners Policy (CannaBOP) in California. The new CannaBOP program was designed for cannabis dispensaries, storage facilities, processors, manufacturers, distributors, and other …