Skip to main content
Search
Cart 0
0

User account menu

  • Sign In

Main navigation

Sign In
  • About us
    • About ALI Overview
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Governance
      • Governance
      • Officers
      • Council
      • Committees
        • Committees
        • Standing Committees
        • Special Committees
        • Joint Committees
    • Awards
      • Awards
      • Henry J. Friendly Medal
      • John Minor Wisdom Award
      • Distinguished Service Award
      • Reporter's Chairs
      • Early Career Scholars Medal
    • Contact Us
      • Contact Us
      • ALI Staff
      • Employment Opportunites
    • ALI CLE
    • Video Library
  • Publications
    • All Publications
    • Get Email Updates
    • Trial Manual Electronic Publication
    • Style Manual
    • Reprint Permission
    • Publications FAQ
    • Customer Service
  • Projects
    • All Projects
    • Project Life Cycle
    • Style Manual
  • Meetings
    • All Meetings
    • Health and Safety
  • Members
    • Members Overview
    • About Our Members
      • About Our Members
      • In Memoriam
      • Regional Advisory Groups
      • Milestones
      • Newly Elected Members
    • Member Directory
    • Make a Gift
    • Membership FAQ
  • Giving
    • Giving Overview
    • Annual Fund
    • 100 for 100
    • Member Giving Circles
    • Life Member Class Gift
      • Life Member Class Gift
      • 2000 Life Member Class Gift
      • 1999 Life Member Class Gift
    • Sustaining Members
    • Ways to Give
    • Planned Giving
    • Law Firm Giving
    • Fundraising Disclosure Statement
    • Contact Us
  • News
    • News
    • Quarterly Newsletter
    • Podcast
    • Press Releases
    • Video Library
    • Annual Reports
    • ALI In the Courts
    • ALI CLE Programs
Donate
  1. Home
  2. News
  3. Nicholas Wittner on Class Actions and Economic Loss Increase
Home Nicholas Wittner on Class Actions and Economic Loss Increase
  1. News
In the News • Member News

Nicholas Wittner on Class Actions and Economic Loss Increase

February 08, 2016

According to ALI member Professor Nicholas Wittner of Michigan State University College of Law, the number of products liability claims involving personal injury allegations may have declined, but the number of products-related class action lawsuits filed by consumers claiming economic loss is on the rise. He states that corporate legal compliance programs work to make the laws better for consumers and easier for manufacturers to comply.  

“They are essential to promote safety and help avoid civil and criminal penalties, as well as reduce the potential for product liability risk. That importance is underscored by the new project by the American Law Institute to prepare Principles of the Law: Corporate Compliance and Enforcement,” Wittner said.

"That project will provide assistance to corporations and other entities who are either establishing or evaluating the adequacy of existing compliance programs."

Professor Wittner is an Adviser on the Restatement of the Law, The Law of American Indians project, and he is also on the Members Consultative Group for several other ALI projects, including the Principles of the Law, Compliance, Enforcement, and Risk Management for Corporations, Nonprofits and Other Organizations project.

Read full article here.  

More News

See All

Erik Knutsen Unpacks Insurance Law’s Broad Reach

Nanette Jolivette Brown Inducted into Tulane Law Hall of Fame

Judy Perry Martinez to Receive 2025 American Inns of Court James E. Coleman Jr. Award for Professionalism in the Fifth Circuit

Address

4025 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104

215-243-1600

Footer

  • Privacy Policy
    Terms of Use
Donate

© Copyright 2024. All Rights Reserved.