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Events List

09/25/2012Ohio Chemistry Technology Council Northeast Ohio Regional Meeting
12/09/2011What’s Next in Chemical Industry Regulation, Litigation and Advice
09/30/2011Regulating Tiny Technology: Preparing for Big Impacts on Innovation and Commercialization
03/22/2011Thompson Hine Partner Fern O'Brian presented on Product Liability Risks from Drug and Device Recalls
12/17/2010SaferProducts.gov: What Will It Mean For Your Bottom Line?
11/12/2009Best Practices in Mass, Complex and Toxic Tort Litigation
07/21/2009Teleseminar: Is the Grass Really Greener? Managing the Risks of Greening Your Products
03/27/2009Best Practices in Mass, Complex and Toxic Tort Litigation
04/30/2007The Art of Negotiating - Taking Off the Gloves (Cleveland)

In the News List

10/17/2012Cox Details Product Lability Risks - Plastics News Mobile
06/12/2012Conducting A Product Liability Risk Assessment
06/04/2012The Increasing Importance Of Timely Reports To CPSC
02/15/2012The Voice: Summary Judgment for BASF
07/27/2010ACC Docket July/August 2010
08/06/2009Association plans Latin Fever Ball
07/28/2009Nanotechnology Litigation: Factors to Consider When Advising Your Clients
05/15/2009What's New in the Business Scene
02/02/2009SUE Magazine Features Missy Wright
10/24/2008Product Liability: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
12/01/2006Metro, Legal Aid Pair to Advise on Nonmedical Issues
04/01/2006A Book of Your Own
10/12/2005Former Asbestos Maker Seeks Review of Split-Up Insurance
07/11/2005What’s Age Got To Do With It?
04/01/2005Monnin Chairs National Foundation of Judicial Excellence
04/01/2005The Shortlist
03/03/2004Partners Featured As Ohio Super Lawyers

Press Releases List

05/09/2013Ten Thompson Hine Lawyers Recognized by Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers
01/28/2013Thompson Hine Shortlisted by Benchmark Litigation as Midwest Product Liability Firm of the Year
08/19/2012Thompson Hine Recognized by LMG Life Sciences 2012
05/17/2012Thompson Hine’s Jennifer Mountcastle Named a Rising Star
02/14/2012Thompson Hine Files Ohio Supreme Court Brief on Behalf of Ohio Chemistry Technology Council, American Chemistry Council and PolyOne Corporation
08/17/2011Thompson Hine Adds to Business Litigation Group
04/20/2011Thompson Hine Lawyer Named to Dayton “Forty Under 40”
03/31/2011Thompson Hine Lawyer Appointed to Ohio House
09/29/2010Thompson Hine Named a "Standout" Litigation Firm in Survey of Corporate Counsel
06/28/2010Thompson Hine Expands Product Liability Practice Group
06/17/2010Thompson Hine Lawyer Named to Leadership Position
02/04/2009New Jersey Court Throws Out Plaintiff's Cancer Causation Experts; Dismisses Plaintiff's Claims in PVC Case
01/28/2009Ohio Court Throws Out Plaintiff’s Conspiracy Expert
12/17/2008New Jersey Court Throws Out Plaintiff's Cancer Causation Experts
05/23/2008Product Liability Group Joins Thompson Hine's Atlanta Office
07/02/2007Twenty-Six Thompson Hine Lawyers Named “Rising Stars”
04/04/2007Thompson Hine Partners Win YWCA Women of Professional Excellence Award
09/14/2006Thompson Hine Lawyers Recognized in The Best Lawyers In America® 2007
01/23/2006Thompson Hine Names Elizabeth Wright Product Liability Practice Group Leader
05/02/2005Williger and Wilson Receive Burton Award
03/03/2004Firm Recognizes Super Lawyers®

Publications List

03/20/2013Product Liability Update: Supreme Court Rules on Removal Under CAFA
03/14/2013Green Products Update: FTC: VOC-Free Means VOC-Free
02/11/2013Product Liability eNewsletter - Winter 2013
09/04/2012Green Products Update: California Extends Public Comment Period for Proposed Green Chemistry Regulations
08/16/2012Product Liability Update: New Study: Phthalates Associated With Diabetes in Women
08/08/2012Green Products Update: California Proposes Formal Green Chemistry Regulations
05/09/2012Chemical Industry Update: Is Your Company Prepared for OSHA’s New NEP for Chemical Facilities?
05/01/2012Product Liability eNewsletter
04/25/2012Product Liability Update: FDA Issues Draft Nanotechnology Guidance to Food and Cosmetics Industries
04/03/2012Chemical Industry Update: Is Your Company Prepared for OSHA’s Revised Hazard Communication Standard?
03/05/2012Chemical Industry Update: EU and US EPA to Evaluate Risks of Dozens of Chemicals
09/07/2011Product Liability Update: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Medical Device Clinical Investigations Intended to Support Premarket Submissions
08/19/2011Product Liability Update: Seventh Circuit Holds That Product Recall Precludes Class Certification
08/18/2011Product Liability Update: FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Benefit-Risk Determinations in Medical Device Premarket Review
07/18/2011Product Liability Update: Lower Lead Limit in Children’s Products Effective August 14
07/01/2011Product Liability Update: Supreme Court Holds Warning Claims Against Generic Drug Manufacturers Are Preempted
06/24/2011Product Liability Update: Formaldehyde Designated as a "Known Human Carcinogen"
06/24/2011Product Liability Update: Supreme Court Limits Federal Courts' Power to Enjoin Class Actions In State Courts - Highlighting the Importance of CAFA
06/14/2011Product Liability Update: EPA Releases Methanol Noncancer Draft Assessment
05/10/2011Product Liability Update: Senator Introduces Latest Attempt to Overhaul TSCA
04/28/2011Product Liability Update: Supreme Court Upholds Consumer Arbitration Agreements That Bar Classwide Arbitration
04/18/2011Bottles, Cans, and Bans: The Latest Dispatch from the BPA Battlefield
02/28/2011Product Liability Update: CMS Delays Direct Data Entry Implementation Date Until July 2011
12/03/2010Product Liability Update: Sweeping Overhaul of FDA Regulation of Food Industry Promises New Challenges
11/22/2010Product Liability Update: Medicare Revises Implementation Timeline and Monetary Thresholds for Reporting Certain Personal Injury Settlements and Payments to Medicare Beneficiaries
10/13/2010Product Liability Update: Proposed California Green Chemistry Regulations to Impose New Requirements - Companies Have Until November 1 to Provide Comments
10/05/2010Product Liability Update: Plan Now for the New Publicly Accessible CPSC Complaint Database
09/22/2010Green Products Update - Beware of "Green" Penalties: DOE Aggressively Enforcing Energy Efficiency Certification Requirements
08/17/2010Product Liability & Environmental Update: EPA Proposes New Rule That Will Substantially Increase Data That Chemical Manufacturers Must Report
06/30/2010Mass & Toxic Tort Update: EPA Declares Formaldehyde a Human Carcinogen
06/04/2010Product Liability Update - CMS Announces New Medicare Reporting Option for RREs: Direct Data Entry
05/12/2010The Coming Wave of Greenwashing Class Action Lawsuits
04/12/2010Litigation and Employment Law Update: Court Rules Computer Use Policy Insufficient to Defeat Protection for Privileged E-mails Exchanged on Company Computers
03/24/2010Premises Liability and Employment Update: Ohio Supreme Court Finds Employer Intentional Tort Statute Constitutional
03/19/2010Green Products Update: New Green Construction Code Published for Public Comment
03/05/2010Product Liability Update: Recent Changes Affecting Medicare Reporting
03/03/2010Business Litigation Update: Ohio Court Upholds Class Action Waiver in Consumer Arbitration Agreement
02/17/2010Alice in Pharmaland: The "Curiouser and Curiouser" Case of Conte v. Wyeth
02/10/2010Mass & Toxic Tort Update: EPA Announces New Chemical Action Plans
01/21/2010Green Products Update: More Cops on the Green Beat
01/05/2010Mass & Toxic Tort Update – BPA: How Little Is Too Much? Consumer Reports Joins the Debate
12/04/2009Product Liability Update: CPSC Database Has Potential for Far-Reaching Business and Legal Implications
09/30/2009Risks And Rewards Of Greening Your Product
09/28/2009Mass & Toxic Tort and Environmental Update: EPA Air Monitoring Initiative Leads to Concerns and Litigation
08/27/2009Product Liability Update: Changes to New Requirement for Reporting Personal Injury Settlements and Payments to Medicare Beneficiaries
07/31/2009Mass & Toxic Tort Update: Appeals Court Declines to Apply Stricter Requirements; Competent Medical Authority to be Determined at Time of Filing
07/22/2009Despite Science, Legislation and Litigation Regarding Use of Chemical Bisphenol A Increase
03/25/2009Product Liability Update: New Requirement to Report Personal Injury Settlements and Payments to Medicare Beneficiaries
03/12/2009Wyeth v. Levine: "Tragic Facts Make Bad Law"
03/02/2009Mass & Toxic Tort Update: Courts Issue Decisions on Ohio Appeal Requirements & Take-Home Asbestos Liability - Businesses that face tort cases could be impacted by rulings
02/10/2009Mass & Toxic Tort Update: New Limitations on Phthalates In Effect February 10, 2009
12/01/2008Life Sciences and Product Liability Update: Conventional Wisdom No More: Recent Decision Calls Pharmaceutical Product Liability Defense Strategy Into Question - Conte v. Wyeth Inc., 08 C.D.O.S. 13931
11/21/2008Implications of the New REACH Laws
11/20/2008Product Liability Update: Supreme Court Limits Strict Liability for Nonmanufacturing Suppliers of Defective Products
10/23/2008Mass & Toxic Tort Alert - Ohio Supreme Court Finds Retroactivity of Statute Constitutional Results in Dismissals of Numerous Pending Asbestos-Related Claims
04/09/2008Nanotechnology Regulation Slowly Beginning to Appear
03/21/2008Ohio Appellate Court Finds Statute Unconstitutional; Makes It Simpler For Employees To Sue Employers
11/21/2007Mass & Toxic Tort Update - Phthalates Face Increased Scrutiny
12/19/2006Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Amendments
07/26/2006Thompson Hine Product Liability Lawyers Help Change the Rules Regarding Expert Witness Testimony in Ohio
07/26/2006Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Junk Science, Adopts Expert Standard
11/01/2003Chemical Industry Update
12/10/2001Product Liability Spotlight: Medical Monitoring