Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a merits-stage amicus curiae brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby, No. 15-513, urging the Court to hold that a willful violation of the False Claims Act’s mandatory seal requirement should result in dismissal […]
Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a certiorari-stage amicus curiae brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in FCA US LLC v. The Center For Auto Safety, No. 15-1211, urging the Court to establish a nationally uniform “good cause” standard for averting the unsealing of court-filed discovery documents containing confidential business
Law360 “Expert Analysis” by Lawrence S. Ebner & Lisa N. Himes (published Sept. 24, 2015) The Iraq war is still being fought in U.S. courtrooms. Federal courts of appeals and district courts continue to struggle with the fundamental question of whether, or to what extent, government contractors can be held liable under state tort law for
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Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a merits-stage amicus curiae brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar and the Professional Services Council-The Voice of the Government Services Industry in Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, No. 14-857, on the questions of class-action mootness and derivative sovereign immunity for federal government contractors. Read the brief here.
Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a certiorari-stage amicus brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in Dow Chemial Co. v. Industrial Polymers, Inc., No. 14-1091, urging the Court to curb the use of statistical modeling to establish predominance or commonality for class-certification purposes. Read the amicus brief here.
Lawrence S. Ebner filed in U.S. Supreme Court a merits-stage amicus brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, No. 13-339, on the question of whether a federal preemption provision that expressly refers to state statutes of limitations governing third-party environmental damages suits also applies to state statutes of
Lawrence S. Ebner filed in the U.S. Supreme Court a certiorari-stage amicus brief on behalf of DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar in Carpenter Co. v. Ace Foam, Inc., No. 14-577, arguing that the Court has certiorari jurisdiction to review district court class-certification decisions even when a court of appeals has denied Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) interlocutory
