Product Liability Defense

At Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (SHB), we are experts in the field of product liability defense. Our Product Liability Litigation Group has honed its product liability defense techniques for more than 50 years with some of the largest and most well-known organizations in the world.

Exemplary product liability defense requires staying on the leading edge of the most current decisions regarding products liability. The attorneys on our product liability defense team stay apprised of topical domestic and international legal decisions by regularly attending conferences and seminars as speakers as well as participants. Five SHB attorneys have contributed articles to Getting the Deal Through – Product Liability 2009 in 37 Jurisdictions, an annual report offering a comparative analysis of international products liability law and policy for corporate officers and cross-border legal practitioners. Two SHB attorneys also served as contributing editors, providing a questionnaire answered by leading global practitioners on the laws and regulations of particular relevance to the products sector. We also provide our employees with time-sensitive updates regarding key product liability defense approaches in the industry. The SHB Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Practice has produced the division's new Drug & Device Bulletin, alerting clients about two court decisions and efforts to repeal Michigan's drug-shield law. The Third Circuit decided that the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act preempts all design-defect claims sounding in strict liability or negligence; a Canadian appeals court ruled that a lower court erred in certifying a nationwide consumer-fraud and product-liability class involving the prescription drug Vioxx.

Our product liability defense team is gaining significant international experience working directly with in-country counsel in the defense of products liability and other complex litigation in Australia, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Korea, Japan, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and various other countries. We counsel our clients and provide assistance with regard to regulatory issues, developments in products liability and product safety laws as well as other issues of significance, in Asia, Western Europe and North America.

Learn more about our product liability defense approach. Contact us today.