Critical and ameliorating thoughts on consumer protection concerning product liability

Critical Thoughts on Cosmology

An overview is given in section 1, of uncertain building blocks of present-day cosmologies. Thereafter, these edited lecture notes deal with the following four special problems: (1) They advertise Wiltshire’s result – making ‘dark energy’ obsolete – that accelerated cosmic expansion may be an artefact, due to an incorrect evaluation of the cosmic timescale in a Universe whose bulk matter is inh...

Product liability.

Product liability litigation has made important contributions to tobacco control, especially by uncovering incriminating industry documents and publicizing product dangers and industry misconduct. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 19 encourages Parties to strengthen legal procedures to facilitate these lawsuits and to establish mechanisms for mutual assistance. Creative...

Further Thoughts on Critical Loss

In a recent issue of The Antitrust Source, David Scheffman and Joseph Simons presented their views on critical loss, responding to our earlier article and a closely related article by Daniel P. O'Brien and Abraham L. Wickelgren. 1 In the interest of advancing the debate on the use of critical loss in merger analysis, and to avoid any unnecessary confusion, we take this opportunity to respond to...

Pharmaceutical Product Liability

Product liability is one of the fastest growing and most economically significant applications of tort law. Product liability actions against pharmaceutical companies are among the most widely publicized classes of suits in the United States and Europe, prompting pharmaceutical companies to lobby vigorously for tort reform. (Nace et al., 1997). The liability burden on pharmaceutical companies h...

Product liability comes closer.