Consumer and Product Liability

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Tragédia de Mariana: sentença contra BHP é marco para o direito brasileiro
A recente decisão da Suprema Corte inglesa, que responsabilizou a mineradora anglo-australiana BHP pelo rompimento da barragem de Fundão, em Mariana (MG),...
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A Constituição de 1988 e a legitimidade de municípios para demandar no exterior
A controvérsia em torno da possibilidade de os municípios brasileiros terem legitimidade ativa para propor ações no exterior, notadamente buscando compensação...
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Tragédia de Mariana: a luta continua
Foram necessários dez anos para que mais de 600 mil pessoas atingidas pela tragédia de Mariana (MG) pudessem assistir ao reconhecimento judicial de que...
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Tragédia de Mariana e BHP: falta um coração no monstro de ferro
Há 10 anos, quando ocorreu o desastre criminoso da barragem de Mariana, explorada pela Vale e pela maior mineradora do mundo, a inglesa BHP, só me restava...
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Navigating Medical Treatment for Gender Dysphoria in Young People: Insights from the Cass Review April 2024
The Final Cass Report was published in April 2024, over three and a half years later and two years after her Interim Report was published. The purpose...
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Why group litigation is a powerful tool in ensuring women’s voices are heard
Listening to those we represent describing their lives with a failed medical product can be harrowing, but helping them access justice is a remarkable...
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NHS England to stop prescribing puberty blockers
Puberty supressing hormones will no longer be routinely offered as a treatment for gender dysphoria in children and adolescents according to new NHS England...
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Secondary victim claims effectively barred in medical negligence cases
The Supreme Court has passed a landmark judgment setting out an approach for secondary victims claiming for psychiatric harm in a clinical negligence...
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Michigan takes action to revoke drugmaker immunity protection
Michigan has repealed a blanket immunity law for drugmakers. This law had hindered the rights of residents for decades, preventing them from addressing...
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Safeguards to be developed for gender identity treatment of children and young people in Scotland
NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) have been ordered by the Scottish Government to report on the service provided at Sandyford clinic for the treatment...
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