Baker McKenzie LLP’s product liability and safety team defends global manufacturers and retailers in product liability lawsuits, class actions, and product recalls. The team provides regulatory compliance advice and manages product crises, representing businesses across multiple industries such as the manufacturing, automotive, food and beverages, and pharmaceutical sectors in US courts and arbitrations, and before agencies like the FDA and NHTSA. The team also has expertise in conducting legal audits to minimize liability and recall risks, and in carrying out reputation protection and risk mitigation. Notable clients of the firm include Google, Yves Saint Laurent, and Bose. As co-chair of the firm’s North America commercial litigation group, San Francisco-based Mark Goodman leads complex multidistrict litigation, including multidistrict cases and trials, and handles class actions, specializing in product liability, food labeling, and specialty insurance.
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Témoignages

Collectés indépendamment par l'équipe de recherche du Legal 500.

  • ‘Cross-functional expertise. ’

  • ‘Mark Taylor (partner) - true project leader, very sound legal advice, resourceful

  • Laura Kelly (associate) - great control and organization over multi-jurisdiction lawsuits, strong client facing skills ’

Clients clés

  • Google
  • Yves Saint Laurent
  • Bose

Points forts

  • The firm is representing Mondelēz in a landmark environmental nuisance and consumer fraud action involving plastic packaging for food and beverage products and the labelling of those products and packaging.
  • The firm is representing Mondelēz and Nabisco in a class action filed in the Northern District of California alleging that Mondelēz’s Wheat Thins products are labelled in such a way as to mislead consumers to believe the products contain only whole grains when they contain corn starch, which is a processed grain.
  • The firm is defending Google/Alphabet in two product liability actions filed in the DC Superior Court in spring 2019 by individuals who allege that cell phone RF radiation caused brain cancer.

Avocats

Responsable de la pratique

Mark Goodman