Insurance Journal

JULY 26, 2024

A manufacturing flaw led to a turbine blade failure at the Vineyard Wind offshore project off the coast of Massachusetts this month, the part’s producer, GE Vernova, said on Wednesday. The turbine blade broke on July 13 and left potentially …

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Manufacturing 111

Insurance Journal

JULY 19, 2024

While one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of commercial flooring and surfaces — including recycled rubber products used throughout the nation in playgrounds, fitness centers and sports fields — touts its products’ safety and environmental benefits, a U.S. Department of …

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Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Massachusetts attorney general has reached a $600 million settlement with major tobacco manufacturers, resolving some of the state’s complaints over how much the tobacco companies owe it under a 1998 master settlement with the industry. While the manufacturers have …

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Manufacturing 64

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2024

A Hubbard, Ohio industrial manufacturer failed to protect their employees from molten metal that was heated to more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, the U.S. Department of Labor determined after its investigation into how a 30-year-old employee suffered fatal injuries. Investigators …

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Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 13, 2024

James Kirsh expects the cost of the property and casualty insurance for his family-owned foundry in Wisconsin that makes cast iron parts for tractors and other equipment to at least double when it’s up for renewal this fall. He’s been …

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Manufacturing Insurance 126

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Two major trade organizations representing global vaccine manufacturers are officially backing a proposal submitted to the G20 and G7 countries in July that they claim offers practical solutions for future pandemics to avoid the inequities that have been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 31, 2023

On Friday, July 28, President Biden announced a new Executive Order titled “Federal Research and Development in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs.”

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Manufacturing Technology 98

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 4, 2024

AP) — Two North Carolina facilities that manufacture the high-purity quartz used for making semiconductors, solar panels and fiber-optic cables have been shut down by Hurricane Helene with no reopening date in sight. SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (AP) Sibelco and The Quartz …

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Manufacturing Insurance 115

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 7, 2024

gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico judge dismissed on Wednesday much of Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. Mexico border. District Judge Dennis Saylor in Boston …

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Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 15, 2024

A Connecticut-based manufacturer has been denied another opportunity to seek $100 million in insurance coverage for business losses it claims it sustained because of the COVID-19 virus. a manufacturer of connectors, antennas, sensors, and high-speed specialty cable – … Amphenol Corp.–

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Manufacturing Insurance 104

IP Watchdog

MARCH 3, 2023

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced a record year for Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications; the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) switches over to electronic patent grants; the federal CHIPS Program Office is now accepting applications for around $50 billion in (..)

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Manufacturing 59

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

A federal whistleblower investigation has found a Virginia subsidiary of one of the world’s largest building materials manufacturers fired a truck driver in September 2023 illegally after the employee raised safety concerns. The driver expressed concern that the loads and …

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Manufacturing 111

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 18, 2024

Security leaders should be exercising every available option to upgrade their security posture, and cyber insurance policies could make or break the resiliency for many organizations across nearly all industries — K-12 education, retail, healthcare, manufacturing and more. Just last …

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Insurance Journal

AUGUST 26, 2024

The plant, which makes chemicals used to manufacture tires, lost power during a … Texas chemical producer TPC Group Inc. has restored normal operations at its facility that spewed thick, black smoke into the Houston sky for almost four hours Monday.

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Manufacturing 111

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 27, 2024

Apparel manufacturer Fanatics has refiled its lawsuit against Arizona Cardinals rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr., adding his father, former NFL star Marvin Harrison Sr., and fraud allegations in addition to breach of contract. The lawsuit was originally filed in New …

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Manufacturing 105

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 14, 2024

South Korea is urging automakers operating in the country to disclose the manufacturer of batteries used in electric vehicles (EV) as authorities try to calm fears over fires involving EVs, after a recent blaze in an underground parking lot that …

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Manufacturing Insurance 111

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2024

DLD Insurance Brokers specializes in serving companies in the construction, real estate, manufacturing, medical device and technology sectors. PCF Insurance Services acquired the insurance business of DLD Insurance Brokers in Irvine, California. PCF Insurance Services is headquartered in Lindon, Utah, …

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Insurance Real Estate Manufacturing Construction 111

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 29, 2024

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tesla’s federal court challenge to a Louisiana law that prohibits automobile manufacturers from selling directly to consumers has been revived by an appeals court. The lawsuit by the electric car company owned by billionaire Elon Musk …

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Manufacturing 104

IP Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2024

GlaxoSmithKline filed a four-count civil action for patent infringement in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware late last week seeking damages for Pfizer and BioNTech’s infringing manufacture, use, sale and marketing of both the original “monovalent” and “bivalent” Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccines.

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Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals Technology Litigation 111

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 7, 2024

a manufacturer of industrial and food-grade, corn-based alcohols, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it terminated an electrician from its campus in Pekin, Illinois, because of his disability, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged … Alto Ingredients, Inc.,

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing 105

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In recent months, two U.S. government executive initiatives have reshaped the landscape concerning intellectual property and the domestic production of products resulting from federally funded research.

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Manufacturing Technology 64

Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

Wade has specialized in property/casualty insurance for construction, manufacturing, health care and technology sectors, Hub said in … Hub International Ltd., a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired Wade Associates, an independent agency with offices in North Carolina.

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Manufacturing Construction Insurance Technology 105

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2024

states over the drug manufacturer’s alleged role in spreading opioid addiction across the United States, New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Friday. Indivior reached an $86 million settlement with 16 U.S. James said the settlement in principle concerned …

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Manufacturing Litigation 98

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The manufacturer on Tuesday canceled several agreements … Volkswagen AG is ending job protections for auto workers in Germany as part of its cost-cutting push, setting up a showdown with unions as the country’s most important industry fights for its future.

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Manufacturing 81

IP Watchdog

JUNE 5, 2024

Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) are among a number of organizations that have recently submitted comments on the U.S.

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Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing 103

IP Watchdog

MAY 8, 2022

Only two days after being sworn in, Director Kathi Vidal announced the release of the USPTO’s Summary of public views on the article of manufacture requirement of 35 U.S.C. § manufacturers. manufacturers. This report summarized public comments received in response to a December 2020 request by the USPTO.

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Manufacturing Technology 105

Legal Dive

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The widely recognized technique for operational improvements was pioneered by manufacturing companies but its principles can work well for legal teams.

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Manufacturing 59

IP Watchdog

JULY 25, 2024

Rather, the Federal Circuit applied the unremarkable principle that generic drug manufacturers are obligated to ensure that their labeling and other representations do not induce infringement of an innovator’s method-of-use patents.

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Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals 60

IP Watchdog

MAY 9, 2022

A large portion of the technology that we rely on daily—cell phones, computers, and the sensors and infrastructure that connect them, as well as an increasing percentage of drugs—is manufactured outside the United States, and in particular China. Indeed, over the past 25+ years the value of goods imported from China has increased ten-fold.

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Manufacturing Technology Litigation 122

Attorney at Work

MAY 5, 2022

If hipster manufacturers made these journals, they’d cost five times as much, but they’re made at scale by enduring global manufacturers. This may lead one to wonder if these pads are manufactured in a way that’s environmentally sound, something that is hard to prove. There are choices the manufacturers make that matter.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The case, which was lodged by the pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb (“BMS”) and consolidated with several other pharmaceutical challenges, alleges that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compels drug manufacturers to provide Medicare with “access” to their leading medicines at steep discounts, effectuating to an unconstitutional taking in violation (..)

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Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Litigation 64

IP Watchdog

APRIL 8, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal vacated and remanded a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) on Friday that had denied institution of an inter partes review (IPR) requested by auto parts manufacturer, Mahle Behr Charleston, Inc.

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Manufacturing Litigation 105

Securities Docket

OCTOBER 15, 2024

a New York-based global manufacturer of motion controls systems for aerospace, defense, industrial and medical markets, agreed to pay a civil penalty of $1.1 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Moog Inc.,

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Manufacturing 52

IP Watchdog

JUNE 17, 2024

If you manufacture a highly colorful product, are the owner of a well-known trademark, are an AI start-up company or are testing the waters as to whether a certain, unsavory word is protectable, pay attention to developments that have happened in just the first half of 2024. It has already been quite a year in the world of U.S.

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Manufacturing Technology Litigation 69

Expert Witness Blog

AUGUST 16, 2024

This case involved a tragic motor vehicle collision that resulted in severe injuries to a toddler, raising questions about the safety and design of a booster seat manufactured by the defendant, Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. , the expertise of a Biomechanics Expert Witness was crucial. Continue reading

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Witnesses Manufacturing 52

IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Federal Circuit’s denial of en banc rehearing and the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari review mean the decision in American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Neapco Holdings LLC, 967 F.3d 3d 1285 (Fed. 2020), is the latest word on subject-matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §

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Manufacturing Precedent Litigation Technology 85

Practice of Law

AUGUST 2, 2024

Lawsuits Against Parts Manufacturer Was anything done about it, from a legal standpoint? Many claim that the plane’s manufacturers are responsible. For example, Spirit AeroSystems (not to be confused with Spirit Airlines) is a major non-OEM aerostructures manufacturer that supplies parts like fuselages to Boeing.

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