On June 4, 2024 the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure decided to solicit public comment on proposed amendments to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29 concerning the filing of amicus curiae briefs in federal courts of appeals. The amendments in part would require all court of appeals amicus briefs to […]
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The U.S. Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules is considering a proposal to amend Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 29(a) by requiring that a motion for leave be filed with all non-governmental amicus briefs in federal courts of appeals. In other words, if the proposed amendment were adopted, obtaining the parties’ consent to the
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Law360 has announced that I have been selected to be one of 14 members of its 2024 Appellate Editorial Advisory Board. “The editorial advisory boards provide feedback on Law360’s coverage and expert insight on how best to shape future coverage.” I also was a member of the 2023 Appellate Editorial Advisory Board. Law360 is the
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(L-R): Angela Flowers, Elissa Haynes, Larry Ebner, Miranda Soto, Ann Trivett, Caryn Lilling At the 2024 Winter Meeting of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel in St. Petersburg, Florida, I organized and moderated a lively and insightful panel on the many benefits of including an appellate specialist in a trial team. Our distinguished panelists,
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At a ceremony held in the U.S. Capitol, CropLife America, the national trade association for the plant science industry, honored Larry Ebner for his “significant contribution to over many years, to developing, nurturing and defending the principle of FIFRA preemption.” CropLife thanked Larry “for serving as a thoughtful and zealous steward of this important principle.”
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Chemical Week magazine quotes Larry Ebner on his FIFRA preemption pesticide labeling victory before the California Supreme Court in Etcheverry v. Tri-Ag Service, Inc., 993 P.2d 366 (Calif. 2000). Etcheverry was the California Supreme Court’s first opinion on federal preemption of pesticide-related failure to warn claims.
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