Having clerked for a federal district judge and cut our litigation teeth in MDLs, federal court practice has burrowed deep. When we think of procedural issues, our brains reflexively think in FRCP terms, and sometimes in state court the mental shift takes a beat.
Most of the time, it is a pretty short beat. Sometimes
Today’s guest post comes from three Reed Smith colleagues and fellow European Union Product Liability Directive nerds, Jamie Lanphear, Greg Speier, and Wim Vandenberghe. As always, our guest posters get all the cheers for their work along with any jeers, though those are hardly likely.
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The Blog has been sounding the
If you are a regular blog reader, you may have seen some of our prior posts about the new Product Liability Directive adopted by the European Union and going into force this December.
Two weeks ago, we had the pleasure of Co-Chairing the inaugural forum on Life Sciences Product Liability Europe in Brussels
For about 18 months now, we’ve been feeling a bit like Chicken Little (or Henny Penny for those in Europe).
We have been posting about the dangers hidden in the impending implementation of the European Union’s Product Liability Directive (“EU PLD”), and bending the ear of any in house lawyer in reach about taking
December 9, 2026? What is that about?
Well, December 9, 2026 is the deadline for each member nation within the European Union to have incorporated the EU’s new Product Liability Directive (“PLD”) into their own national laws. In key markets like Germany, that work is well underway.
Not every EU member state will meet