practice areas
Litigation Product Liability & Mass Torts Class Actions National Trial & Coordinating Counsel Mass Torts Life Sciences Advertising, Consumer Protection, & Privacy Radiation Litigationbar admissions
Pennsylvaniacourt admissions
U.S. Supreme CourtJames D. Pagliaro
Email: jpagliaro@morganlewis.com
education
Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, 1976, J.D.
LaSalle College, 1973, B.A.
Publications
| Date | Title | Publication |
| 03/05/0903/05/09 |
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Wyeth v. Levine Rejects Preemption of Failure-to-Warn Claim |
Litigation LawFlash |
| 12/01/00December 2000 |
The Alarming Rise in the Use of Civil Conspiracy Theories in Mass Tort Litigation, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel |
Article |
| 01/01/00January 2000 |
Aggressive Defense of a "Civil Action", The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel |
Article |
| 06/01/9906/01/99 |
A Civil Action: Defending the Groundswell of New Toxic Tort Cases (seminar handbook) |
Proceedings |
| 06/01/9806/01/98 |
Class Action Securities Litigation, presented at the ABA 1st Annual National Institute, New York |
Speech |
| 10/01/9710/01/97 |
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Recent Scientific and Legal Trends, presented at the 11th Annual Environmental Law Developments Seminar, Philadelphia |
Speech |
| 09/01/97September 1997 |
Asbestos Litigation - Supreme Court Decision, The In-House Lawyer |
Article |
| 07/01/9707/01/97 |
The Supreme Court's Decision in Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor |
White Paper |
| 02/01/97February 1997 |
Exporting to the USA: Product Liability and How to Avoid It, Engineering Management Journal |
Article |
| 12/01/96Winter 1996 |
Exporting to the U.S.: Product Liability and How to Avoid It, Engineering Management Journal |
Article |
| 11/01/9611/01/96 |
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Recent Scientific, Political and Legal Trends |
White Paper |
| 11/01/96November 1996 |
U.S. Product Liability and Preemption Under the Medical Device Amendments: The Business Implications of the Supreme Court's Medtronic Decision, Legal Mind, Vol. 152, Japan |
Article |
| 10/02/9610/02/96 |
Recent Developments in Environmental Litigation, presented at the Environmental Law Developments Seminar, Philadelphia |
Speech |
| 08/01/9608/01/96 |
Product Liability and Preemption Under the Medical Device Amendments: The Business Implications of Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr |
White Paper |
| 04/17/9604/17/96 |
Asbestos in Buildings: New Regulatory Requirements Imposed by OSHA Warrant Prudence, Not Panic, presented at the Indoor Environment '96: Strategies for the New Republican Era conference, Baltimore |
Speech |
| 11/01/95November 1995 |
EC Directive on Strict Liability: How Europe Has Avoided an American-Style Product Liability Crisis Under a Strict Liability Regime, European Community Law |
Article |
| 04/27/9504/27/95 |
Federal Justice Center Reference Manual On Scientific Evidence, presented at the Environmental Law Developments Seminar, Philadelphia |
Speech |
| 02/01/95February 1995 |
The Common Sense Legal Reform Act, Title I: Product Liability Reform, The Legal Intelligencer |
Article |
| 02/01/93February 1993 |
Litigation Strategy: Obtaining EPA Testimony In Civil Proceedings, Hazardous Waste and Toxic Torts Law and Strategy, Vol. 8, No. 9 |
Article |
| 02/10/9202/10/92 |
Proposal Is Based on CERCLA, The National Law Journal |
Article |
| 01/01/921992 |
Toxic Torts - Deskbook on Environmental Law |
Deskbook |
| 11/13/9111/13/91 |
Superfund/Superfund Development, presented at a ML&B Environmental Law Seminar, Los Angeles |
Speech |
| 09/01/91September 1991 |
The Consumer Product Safety Commission's New Regulations on Indoor Pollutants, Indoor Pollution Law Report, Vol. 5, No. 4 |
Article |
| 04/01/91Spring 1991 |
EC Directive on Strict Liability: Are the Member States of the European Economic Community Heading for an American-Style Liability Crisis in 1992?, International Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Business Laws, Inc.) |
Article |
| 04/01/9104/01/91 |
Product Liability Reform in the Soviet Union: Perestroika's Stepchild: ML&B White Paper |
White Paper |
News
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 02, 2009 |
Q&A With Morgan Lewis' James Pagliaro, Products Liability Law360 |
James Pagliaro is interviewed, discussing the past, present, and future of his practice and toxic tort and product liability litigation. |
| Feb 12, 2004 |
White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyers Help Clear Former Kmart Exec of Civil and Criminal Charges |
A federal judge in Detroit has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against former Kmart merchandising executive Joseph Hofmeister. |