Century Arms, Inc. is now subject to a class-action lawsuit filed on January 19th over defective AK-47 safety / selectors. In short, the lawsuit claims that the safety / selector used on most Century Arms AK’s after 1995 are capable of moving past safe and when [Read More…]
Taurus has released statements through Shooting Sports Retailer regarding their recent settlement of a class-action lawsuit regarding several its pistol models, all of which were susceptible to discharge when dropped. Anthony Acitelli is the CEO of Taurus USA, the US [Read More…]
If you own a Taurus handgun, you will want to read this post. Recently, Iowa deputy sheriff Chris Carter brought suit against Brazilian firearms manufacturer Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc. for a defect in their handguns whereby the weapons could potentially [Read More…]
The Remington 700, a favorite of US hunters and sportsmen for decades, is once again gripped in the jaws of a scandal surrounding its trigger mechanism. CNBC recently released a detailed article outlining several recently disclosed company documents, allegedly hidden [Read More…]
The $212 million contract that Colt and FN won for M4A1 Carbines is not going through uncontested. Remington Arms Co. has named the two companies, along with the Federal Government in a sealed lawsuit, reports Guns.com: Remington Arms named the federal government, FN [Read More…]
Well that escalated! Hot on the heels of the U.S. Government suing EOTech for the alleged fraud in their sights, specifically in claiming that their sights could work in certain cold weather and humid environments, then trying to cover up this error in an upgrade, the [Read More…]
L3 Communications, the holding company that owns EOTech, is being sued by the United States Government for fraud. Their products were the subject of a recent SOCOM warning that the EOTech holographic sights experienced shifting zero across different temperature [Read More…]
In the summer of this year we reported about the class action lawsuit that Taurus lost, and was filed by a sheriff in Iowa over some defective conditions of their semi automatic line of handguns. The payout was over millions of dollars. However a video has recently been [Read More…]
Australian company Metal Storm, home of the eponymous electrically-fired sequential-firing high rate of fire concept, became insolvent and was placed under administration in 2012, but the fallout is ongoing, and could become considerable. Financial Review reports: A [Read More…]
The legal fight for control of Glock after Gaston & Helga’s nasty divorce has taken an interesting turn. By using US law, Helga Glock has secured access to over 500,000 documents that were originally disclosed in their Austrian divorce and allows them to be [Read More…]
In a case that almost made it through the cracks TopClassActions reports that Taurus agreed in May of this year to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over nine handgun models, including six of the PT Millennium models. In response to common practice, Taurus [Read More…]
The legal saga at Glock continues to go deeper down the rabbit hole, that if true, shows that Gason Glock and the company has committed serious fraud and framed multiple former employees in an attempt to cover up his and the company’s own malfeasance. Paul [Read More…]
Bad news for the oldest gunmaker in the world. Adcor Industries – makers of the BEAR rifle – have sued Beretta, alleging the company stole proprietary information later used in the development of the ARX-100 rifle. From the Courthouse News Service: BALTIMORE [Read More…]
Glock Inc. and a few of its attorneys are being sued by their former internal investigator, Jeffrey Pombert. Ironically, Pombert was employed by Harper’s Investigations who Glock hired to investigate and eliminate corruption. Previously, Pombert was charged with [Read More…]
On October 16th, MagPul filed a claim against Elite Tactical Systems for patent infringement in the Colorado District Federal Court.. The claim alleges that Elite Tactical Systems has infringed on three MagPul patents, 8,069,601, 8,635,796, and 8,839,543. The initial [Read More…]
Guns.com is reporting that the Sig Sauer and the ATF have not yet come to a resolution on their previously reported dispute over the civlian-oriented MPX pistol-caliber carbine muzzle brake. As we reported in July, Sig contends that the brake is just a brake, where the [Read More…]
Arstechnica reports that a three-judge panel in the Chicago-based circuit court of appeals has dismissed a lawsuit against Armslist.com alleging negligence and that Armslist was promoting the illegal sale of firearms. The full Opinion for the Court is available here, [Read More…]
Remington just can’t seem to get itself out of legal battles, now being sued by Daniel Defense for trademark infringement. Daniel Defense claims that Remington, more specifically Remington’s subsidiary DPMS, has been knocking off their slogan [Read More…]
SeaCoastOnline has reported that the lawsuit between the Sig Sauer and the BATFE is now suspended pending the ATF’s reevaluation of the MPX muzzle brake. The suspension is mutually agreed upon by both the ATF and Sig until the ATF concludes a formal third [Read More…]
Last year Glock sued Maxsell Corp, claiming that the Zoraki M917 blank firing replica they were importing violated Glock’s trade dress protection. The case has now been settled. The lawyers will not reveal the details of the settlement but I think it is safe to [Read More…]
The Blaze reports … The ruling by the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court‘s 2011 dismissal of victim Daniel Williams’ complaint, which accused Ohio gun maker Hi-Point and distributor MKS Supply Inc. of Ohio of intentionally [Read More…]
Being the generous person I am, I decided to take it upon myself to do some pro bono work for Glock’s legal team and find other non-gun products that infringe on their trademark. All of these products feature Glock’s trademarked “blocky and squared-off [Read More…]
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