Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c64959) has announced the addition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to - Product Liability 2007 to their offering.
This guide provides the international practitioner and in-house counsel with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of the law and regulations of product liability.
It is divided into two main sections:
11 general chapters. These are designed to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of key product liability issues, particularly from the perspective of a multi-jurisdictional transaction.
Country question and answer chapters. These provide a broad overview of common issues in product liability law and regulation in 33 jurisdictions.
All chapters are written by leading product liability lawyers and we are extremely grateful for their excellent contributions.
Special thanks are reserved for the contributing editors Ian Dodds-Smith of Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP and Michael Spencer QC of Crown Office Chambers, for all their assistance.
General Chapters
- Recent Developments in European Product Liability - Ian Dodds-Smith & Alison Brown, Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP
- Strategies For Dealing With the Risk of Punitive Damages - Harvey Kaplan & Angela Seaton, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
- Product Safety: The New EU Regime - John Meltzer & Rod Freeman, Lovells
- Class Actions in the EU - A Jeremiad? - Paul Llewellyn & Stephen Barker, Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP
- Pandora's Box: Clinical Trial Data in Mass Tort Litigation Against Pharmaceutical Companies in the United States - Joseph Hetrick & Heather S. Brown, Dechert LLP
- REACH: What the EU's New Chemical Reforms Mean For Consumer Products Companies - Andrew Austin & Paul Bowden, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- Use of Sample Surveys in Product Liability Litigation - Kent D. Van Liere, NERA Economic Consulting
- International Electronic Discovery - Timothy Smith & Nicole Boehler, Smith & Partners
- Border Control: Keeping Foreign Regulatory Evidence Out of U.S. Pharmaceutical Litigation - Paul W. Schmidt & Michael X. Imbroscio, Covington & Burling LLP
- A Primer on the Use of Epidemiological Studies in Product Liability Litigation - Christy D. Jones, Trey E. Bourn & Lisa Martin, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC
- The Goldilocks Dilemma: Ensuring That Juries Use Other Similar Incidents Evidence "Just Right" - Jere F. White, Jr. & Harlan I. Prater, IV, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C.
Country Chapters
Argentina Noetinger & Armando: Miguel Norberto Armando & Luis E. Denuble Sánchez
Australia Clayton Utz: Colin Loveday & Stuart Clark
Belgium Thelius: Jean-Luc Fagnart & Beatrice Toussaint
Canada Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP: David T. Neave & Kathryn J. Manning
China & Hong Kong Lovells: Allan Leung & Douglas Clark
Denmark Kromann Reumert: Jens Rostock-Jensen
England & Wales Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP: Ian Dodds-Smith
Crown Office Chambers: Michael Spencer QC
France August & Debouzy - Olivier Debouzy
Germany Lovells: Ina Brock & Stefan Lenze
Greece M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices: Christina Vlachtsis & George Atie
Hungary CMS Cameron McKenna LLP: Milan Kohlrusz & Zsolt Okanyi
India Premnath Rai Associates: Premnath Rai & R. Jawahar Lal
Ireland Matheson Ormsby Prentice: Lisa Broderick & Michael Byrne
Israel Naschitz, Brandes & Co.: Peter Gad Naschitz & Azriel Rothman
Italy Lovells: Francesca Rolla & Francesco MinÃ
Japan White & Case LLP: Yuji Ogiwara & David E. Case
Korea Kim & Chang: Sang Ho Han & Kwan Seok Oh
Latvia Lejins, Torgans & Partners: Girts Lejins & Guntars Zile
Lithuania Law firm Saladzius & Partners: Rimtis Puišys & Ruta Radzeviciute
Mexico Basham, Ringe y Correa: Carlos F. Portilla & Enrique Valdespino
Netherlands Lovells: Klaas Bisschop & Sjoerd Meijer
New Zealand Simpson Grierson: Robert Gapes & Oliver Passmore
Northern Ireland O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors: Brian J. Stewart & Joseph Moore
Norway Advokatfirmaet Haavind Vislie AS: Rasmus Asbjornsen & PÃ¥l Martin Abell
Poland Lovells: Ewa Rutkowska
Portugal Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados: Andreia Guerreiro & João Matos Viana
Romania Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii: Razvan Gheorghiu-Testa & Sebastian Radocea
South Africa Hofmeyr Herbstein & Gihwala Inc.: Pieter Conradie
Spain Cuatrecasas: Pablo Salvador Coderch & Alfonso Iglesia
Sweden Kilpatrick Stockton Advokat KB: Jörgen Eklund & Rickard Samuelsson
Switzerland Winston & Strawn LLP: Franz X. Stirnimann & Marc S. Palay
Ukraine Grischenko & Partners: Vladyslav Podolyak & Oleksandra Androschuk
USA Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP: Harvey L. Kaplan & John F. Kuckelman
This title features contributions from the following firms:
Noetinger & Armando
Clayton Utz
Thelius
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Lovells
Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP
Crown Office Chambers
August & Debouzy
M. & P. Bernitsas Law Offices
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Premnath Rai Associates
Naschitz, Brandes & Co
White & Case LLP
Kim & Chang
Lejins, Torgans & Partners
Law firm Saladzius & Partners
Basham, Ringe y Correa
Simpson Grierson
O'Reilly Stewart Solicitors
Advokatfirmaet Haavind Vislie AS
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
Hofmeyr Herbstein & Gihwala Inc
Hardy & Bacon LLP
Grischenko & Partners
Winston & Strawn LLP
Kilpatrick Stockton Advokat KB
Cuatrecasas
Africa Hofmeyr Herbstein & Gihwala Inc
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