In Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court recently held that an insurer with financial responsibility for claims against a debtor, and who may directly and adversely be affected by the debtor’s bankruptcy, qualifies as a “party in interest” entitled to participate in the debtor’s Chapter 11 case. Prior to Kaiser, courts routinely employed the “insurance neutrality doctrine” to bar insurers from interjecting in the Chapter 11 plan process.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or the Commission) is a small federal agency with a big job: protecting consumers from unreasonable risks of injury associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products.
Effective January 1, 2024, the California Evidence Code will contain a new provision governing expert testimony that effectively raises the standard for defense experts testifying as to medical causation relating to alternative causes.
The Federal Trade Commission has unanimously voted to update its Green Guides, which provide guidance for marketers to avoid making unfair or deceptive environmental claims. The Green Guides — last revised in 2012 — apply broadly to “claims about the environmental attributes of a product, package, or service in connection with the marketing, offering for sale, or sale of such item or service to individuals.”
