JD Supra

Strict Liability for Debt Collectors Attempting to Collect a Time-Barred Debt Through Litigation

In 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) promulgated 12 C.F.R. § 1006.26, amending Regulation F, to implement and interpret the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). It will ...
JD Supra

Strict Liability Energy: IPO Litigation and Risk Management

IPO companies are sued more frequently than mature public companies for many reasons. In this week’s D&O Notebook, my colleague Walker Newell focuses on why “registration statement” or Section 11 ...
Law

No Strict Liability for Livestock Owner in Car-Cow Collision

A Pennsylvania judge has declined to impose strict liability on the owner of a cow that entered a Pennsylvania highway and was struck by a man's car, resulting in injury to a passenger, the driver's ...
Law

Medical Device Litigation—Is the End Near for Comment K?

Comment k was intended to be a narrow exception to strict liability and only applied in cases where an otherwise useful product is "incapable of being made safe." On May 27, the Legal Intelligencer ...
The News-Gazette

The Law Q&A | Strict product liability

Last week we discussed what it takes to prove liability for an injury arising out of the conduct of emergency personnel providing medical services. Holiday shopping involves buying products. Today let ...
Reason

Washington S. Ct.: Strict Liability Drug Possession Ban Unconstitutional

From the majority opinion in State v. Blake, by Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud: Washington's strict liability drug possession statute, makes possession of a controlled substance a felony punishable by ...