It is becoming almost impossible to avoid being exposed to multiple different chemicals on a daily basis. Companies use them to make their environments look and smell cleaner, to keep pests away, and ...

It was a pleasure to speak in Geneva earlier this month at a consultation hosted by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (“OHCHR“) on the scope for making businesses ...

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a decision filed on April 27, 2026, punted a potentially industry-shaping question to ...

As a small-business owner, you can protect yourself and your business from costly litigation by recognizing situations that expose you to tort liability. A tort is a civil wrong causing injury to ...

We were certain that the Azzarello standard, the artificial distinction between negligence and strict liability, was going to fade to some extent and strict liability defendants were going to be ...

Q If a product is dangerous, causes harm, and it’s being used in a perfectly normal way, why would you need an expert witness in a lawsuit? Isn’t that strict liability? A Your opponent is going to ...

Paul was a Senior Legal Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. Not everyone agrees with the validity of the Supreme Court’s approach to statutory interpretation, but if the question is whether ...

An Indiana appeals court has ruled that a watercraft exclusion in excess liability policies bars coverage for EPA Superfund ...

Strict liability is the underlying principle of anti-doping: riders are solely responsible for any prohibited substance found in their system despite whether there was an intention to cheat or not. It ...