Supreme Court considers truck driver’s RICO case over CBD product that cost him his job  

Supreme Court considers truck driver’s RICO case over CBD product that cost him his job  

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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in the case of a truck driver who was fired from his job after a wellness product marketed as free of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana,  caused him to fail a routine drug test. Douglas Horn sued the maker of the CBD product he took for chronic pain under federal racketeering law for economic harm.

But the companies that manufacture the product told the justices on Tuesday that because Horn’s … Read the rest

District of Utah Recognizes Product Liability “Big Three”

When this blogger thinks about the “Big Three” her mind goes to This is Us – Kevin, Kate and Randall.  Admittedly, that’s not the only “Big Three.”  Most people probably go to Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union in World War II.  But that alliance certainly was shorter than the Pearsons.  Now, if you want longevity, ABC, CBS, and NBC are referred to as the Big Three in traditional broadcast television.  Being the Big Three prior … Read the rest

Shameless Plug: Reed Smith team authors product liability chapter for digital health law guide

As our loyal readers know, the blog has been keeping a close eye on plaintiffs’ efforts to apply product liability law to software . This is of course an area of keen interest to medical device, software, and tech companies active or entering the digital health space.

The blog’s own Eric Alexander, with Reed Smith co-authors Gerry Stegmaier, Jamie Lanphear, and Michael Rubayo, has now written a very thorough chapter on this subject for the International Comparative Legal Guides’ fourth … Read the rest