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Foley Mansfield is pleased to announce its recognition in the 2026 Chambers USA Guide, earning a national ranking in Products Liability & Mass Torts – Nationwide, Highly Regarded. Chambers & Partners, which produces the Chambers USA Guide, is one of the most respected and widely cited legal ranking publications, globally….

New York, NY – Congratulations to Foley Mansfield New York litigation team including, Dennis Vega, Michael Tuttle and William Miedel, on securing a win for their municipality client in a contested summary judgment, resulting in a complete dismissal of all claims before trial. The matter arises from a personal injury…

The Foley Mansfield Ultra-Processed Foods (“UPF”) Litigation Team continues to monitor the developing UPF litigation involving claims against major food and beverage manufacturers. Although these cases remain in their early stages, recent developments reflect a broader effort by plaintiffs’ counsel to preserve and expand UPF theories through both individual personal-injury…

A Foley Mansfield team from the firm’s Tampa office, led by Partner Wayne Clark, including Associates Lydia Signorin and Niko Filipi and paralegal Justine Williams, secured a successful result for a Fortune 500 client through drafting and arguing a highly contested motion for summary judgment in a personal injury action…

Food manufacturers continue to face expanding litigation alleging injuries arising from the consumption of ultra-processed foods (“UPFs”). Following earlier actions, including Martinez in Pennsylvania and People of the State of California v. Kraft Heinz Company, in San Francisco Superior Court, plaintiffs have now initiated parallel federal actions in Louisiana and…

The City of San Francisco recently filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against food product manufacturers, for violations of the California Unfair Competition Law and Public Nuisance statutes, for injuries to its citizens that the City alleges were caused by ultra-processed foods (“UPFs”). City Attorney David Chiu seeks a statewide injunction that…

As of August 15, 2025, corporations doing business in Illinois, including those with limited ties to the state, face a new legal landscape with the signing of Illinois Senate Bill 0328. The bill amends the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, significantly broadening the circumstances under which companies can be sued…

Across the country, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday life—both in our private lives and across corporate sectors—has accelerated rapidly. In response, state legislatures have introduced a growing body of bills aimed at regulating the multifaceted applications of AI. These legislative efforts cover a variety of key areas…

The Hon. Sabrina Krauss of the Supreme Court, New York County issued a decision and order from the bench after oral arguments that the Firm’s client, a non-party and former representative of the estate of a clergy member who was accused of sexual misconduct occurring decades earlier, should not be…

A federal judge in the Southern District of New York has granted summary judgment in a Jones Act case involving multiple etiologies of Plaintiff’s injuries in favor of an oil shipping defendant.  This ruling stands to have far-reaching impact in lung cancer cases when there are other viable causes of…

By Dino Haloulos (As published in Law360 on January 31, 2025)   The 1970s red M&Ms controversy, although centered on Red No. 2, foreshadowed the eventual decline of its relative, Red No. 3. For decades, this synthetic dye, known chemically as erythrosine, lent its bright cherry hue to countless products…

Mandated by the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule—yet to be finalized—to establish standardized testing methodologies to detect the presence of asbestos fibers within talc used in cosmetic products. The FDA determined that the current non-regulatory methods…

With lawsuits concerning Ozempic and similar weight-loss drugs potentially becoming the next major mass tort in the U.S., companies should consider key defense strategies ranging from alternate dispute resolution to enhanced drug safety.   By C. Dino Haloulos and Jarif Khan, as published in Law360, July 26, 2024   What…

The Minnesota legislature recently wrapped up its latest session with a bevy of revised laws (and some new ones too) impacting employers. This article examines some of the biggest changes that employers should know about. Amendments to Earned Sick and Safe Time Law (“ESST”) ESST is paid leave that an…

The Florida Supreme Court has upended a longstanding common law understanding of spousal recovery in wrongful death cases. In a recent decision, the Florida Supreme Court held that a spouse who married a decedent after the onset of the injury that caused decedent’s death is in fact a “surviving spouse”…