Clients facing Product Liability actions report larger claims in a broader array of industries. A growing number of companies are selling their products on a global scale—meaning exponentially more customers using their products. Meaning exponentially more customers are exposed to potential product-related issues, providing more opportunity for plaintiff’s counsel to identify Product Liability cases—which can quickly result in a class action.
Clients are reevaluating who and what types of firms they want to use as the nature of Product Liability claims undergoes a fundamental change. As the market sorts itself out, clients point to the following law firms as the Product Liability Powerhouses & Standouts in the just-released BTI Litigation Outlook 2018:
Product Liability Litigation Powerhouses 2018
Cooley
Dentons
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins
Skadden
Product Liability Litigation Standouts 2018
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
Baker McKenzie
Cleary Gottlieb
Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Davis Polk
Dechert
DLA Piper
Gibson Dunn
Greenberg Traurig
Hogan Lovells
K&L Gates
Kirkland & Ellis
Morgan Lewis
Paul, Weiss
Pillsbury
Reed Smith
Sullivan & Cromwell
Wachtell Lipton