USA – CALIFORNIA Trends and Developments Contributed by: Anne Marie Ellis, Marissa Alkhazov, Steven Di Saia and Christopher Van Gundy Buchalter, LLP
Nevada
California
Sacramento
Pacific Ocean
Buchalter, LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 600 attorneys across 15 offices, providing com - prehensive counsel across approximately 35 prac - tice areas and industry groups. This breadth allows the firm to guide clients through all stages of their business and legal needs with a deep understand - ing of industry-specific risks. Buchalter’s products li - ability group is widely recognised as a cornerstone of the US product liability bar. The group serves cli - ents across virtually all industries, from heavy indus - trial equipment, automotive, to consumer products,
food, beauty/cosmetics, children’s products, ap - parel/textile and chemicals, offering a fully integrated perspective on product risk, compliance, and litiga - tion exposure. Clients rely on the team for matters involving exceptional complexity and sensitivity, from regulatory compliance and risk mitigation to litiga - tion, trial, appeals, managing complex MDLs, class actions, and catastrophic injury claims. The group has a strong track record in high-stakes litigation, in - ternal investigations, and regulatory counselling, and is ranked Band 3 nationwide by Chambers.
Authors
Anne Marie Ellis is the office managing partner of Buchalter’s Orange County office and serves as California chairperson of the products liability practice group and chairperson of the Chemical Law and
Marissa Alkhazov is the northwest chairperson of Buchalter’s products liability practice group and chairperson of Buchalter’s FDA and regulatory practice group. Her practice revolves around representing
Proposition 65 Industry Group. She represents clients in complex product liability, personal injury, and commercial litigation, as well as regulatory compliance, CPSC Section 15 (b) reporting, recalls, and risk management. Nationally recognised by Chambers USA for Product Liability and Mass Torts, Anne Marie has extensive experience guiding manufacturers and importers through investigations, cross border reporting, Proposition 65 compliance, PFAS issues, and high exposure litigation across a wide range of industries.
manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in complex product liability, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and class action matters. She has extensive experience in mass torts, chemical exposure claims, and toxic tort litigation involving PFAS, benzene, silica, talc, asbestos, and other substances. Marissa has served as trial counsel to Fortune 500 companies and start-ups in the Pacific Northwest and all over the USA. Marissa is a trusted advisor to the cosmetic, supplement, food/beverage, medical device and pharma industry on regulatory compliance, labelling and warnings, due diligence, 510 (k) submissions, PMA’s, IDE’s, product approvals, warning letters and investigations before agencies.
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