Ninth Circuit Should Affirm Dismissal of “Carbon Neutral” False Advertising Suit

To support “carbon neutral” claims for its Vuse-brand e-cigarettes, R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. relied in part on its purchase of carbon-offset credits. The credits and their underlying carbon-offset projects were certified by an independent, nonprofit organization, Verra, under its scientifically rigorous Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program—the world’s most widely used greenhouse gas crediting program. Three

Ninth Circuit Should Affirm Dismissal of “Carbon Neutral” False Advertising Suit Read More »

Capital Appellate: Washington, DC’s Only Chambers-Ranked Solo Appellate Practice

Chambers has selected Capital Appellate Advocacy PLLC for inclusion in the inaugural edition of the Chambers Spotlight Washington, DC Metropolitan Area Guide. Of the 128 law firms ranked across 35 practice areas, only three were selected for Appellate Law, and Capital Appellate is the only solo-practice firm among those three. Capital Appellate founder Larry Ebner

Capital Appellate: Washington, DC’s Only Chambers-Ranked Solo Appellate Practice Read More »

Larry Ebner Elected to DRI Board of Directors

At its October 2026 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Larry Ebner was elected to a three-year term as a National Director of DRI | Association of Lawyers Defending Business. DRI is the largest international membership organization of attorneys defending the interests of business and individuals in civil litigation. As one of 12 National Directors, Larry

Larry Ebner Elected to DRI Board of Directors Read More »

Opinion: Farmers and all aggies need to focus more attention on judicial advocacy

On September 28, 2026 Agri-Pulse, a leading source of agricultural news, posted an op-ed co-authored by Jay Vroom and me titled Farmers and all aggies need to focus more attention on judicial advocacy. For 20 years Jay represented the crop protection/biotech industry as CEO of CropLife America. Our op-ed discusses the significance of the Monsanto

Opinion: Farmers and all aggies need to focus more attention on judicial advocacy Read More »

Supreme Court Should Reaffirm Parental Rights In Gender-Transition Case

The petitioners in International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc. v. Ferguson (25-840) are children’s rights organizations and parents. They are challenging Washington State laws that deprive parents of their natural and legal rights when their child runs away from home to seek “gender-affirming care”—a euphemism that includes gender-transition “treatments” such as hormone injections, double mastectomies, and genital

Supreme Court Should Reaffirm Parental Rights In Gender-Transition Case Read More »

Supreme Court Should Curb Abusive Forum Shopping By Plaintiffs’ Bar

Toles v. Mead Johnson & Co. is one of thousands of product liability suits involving lifesaving nutritional products that the nation’s neonatal intensive care units rely upon to care for preterm infants. The core allegation in these suits—despite federal agencies’ scientific and medical consensus to the contrary—is that the nutritional products at issue cause necrotizing

Supreme Court Should Curb Abusive Forum Shopping By Plaintiffs’ Bar Read More »

Monsanto Co. v. Durnell: Common Sense & Sound Science Prevail At Last!

For more than 35 years, Capital Appellate Advocacy founder Larry Ebner has argued in federal and state appellate and trial courts throughout the United States that federal law preempts personal injury suits alleging that a pesticide manufacturer failed to include a necessary health or safety warning on its U.S. EPA-regulated and approved product labeling. Larry’s federal preemption

Monsanto Co. v. Durnell: Common Sense & Sound Science Prevail At Last! Read More »

Consent-By-Registration Needs Due Process Guardrails

In a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court held in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 600 U.S. 122 (2023), that a Pennsylvania statute explicitly providing notice that registering to do business in that state represents consent to the state’s general “all purpose” jurisdiction does not violate due process. Mallory, however, left unanswered important constitutional

Consent-By-Registration Needs Due Process Guardrails Read More »

Strategic Use of Amicus Support: When to Seek It, How to Get It, and Tips forWorking with Amicus Counsel

On June 23, 2026, members of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy’s Amicus Committee presented an online “lunch-and-learn” for the DRI Corporate Counsel Committee (C3) titled “Strategic Use of Amicus Support: When to Seek It, How to Get It, and Tips for Working with Amicus Counsel.” Designed especially for in-house corporate counsel, the

Strategic Use of Amicus Support: When to Seek It, How to Get It, and Tips forWorking with Amicus Counsel Read More »

ALF Urges California Supreme Court To Enforce Finality of Arbitration Awards

On behalf of ALF, I have submitted an amicus letter supporting a petition for review urging the California Supreme Court to resolve, inter alia, a disagreement among California lower courts about whether the losing party in an arbitration proceeding can challenge the arbitrator’s jurisdiction, for the first time, in the Court of Appeal after the trial

ALF Urges California Supreme Court To Enforce Finality of Arbitration Awards Read More »

Scroll to Top