On January 14, 2022 I had the privilege of presenting a live webinar for the Beverly Hills Bar Association titled Friendly Persuasion: Drafting Effective Amicus Briefs & Using Them Strategically. BHBA President-Elect, Malcolm McNeil, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Legal Foundation, engaged me in a 60-minute conversation that covered […]
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The following commentary was originally published by Jurist on November 5, 2021. My client, Jamie Belcastro, a registered pharmacist, started Belmora LLC, a small, Virginia-based company that sells nonprescription Flanax pain relief products, about 20 years ago. For much of this time Bayer AG, the multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in Germany—whose gross revenues approach $
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When scientists employed by universities, nonprofit institutes, or corporations publish scientific studies, they routinely make their underlying research data available to peer reviewers and anyone else who is interested. A recent D.C. Circuit decision¸ Pavement Coatings Technology Council v. United States Geological Survey, 995 F.3d 1014 (D.C. Cir. 2021), confirms that federal government scientists should
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On September 9, 2021 I participated in a panel discussion on Scientific Evidence In the Courtroom. The panel, part of a virtual event on sponsored by the R Street Institute, was moderated by R Street Fellow Anthony Marcum and also included former Boston Scientific General Counsel Tim Pratt. Our panel focused on the trial court
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On May 27, I moderated and participated in a lively panel discussion on Strategic Use of Amicus Briefs In Appellate Advocacy. Steve Lehotsky of Lehotsky Keller LLP and Richik Sarkar of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP joined me in the discussion, which was part of the DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee’s annual seminar. Amicus curiae briefs have
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Is your case going on appeal? As an appellate specialist, I know that these are the questions many clients want answered: 1. How do appeals differ from trials? 2. What are the key steps in an appeal? 3. Do I really need to hire an appellate specialist? 4. How much will the appeal cost? This
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Law360 has published my Expert Analysis/Opinion, Keep Junk Science Away From Juries. The article explains that juries are being called upon to assess an increasingly broad range of scientific issues—ranging from medical causation in class-action/mass-action product liability litigation to the alleged effects of fossil-fuel emissions in climate-change damages suits. For this reason, trial judges’ “gatekeeper”
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In its March/April 2021 online and print editions, the Corporate Counsel Business Journal (CCBJ) has published an interview with Capital Appellate Advocacy founder and Atlantic Legal Foundation Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Larry Ebner. In the interview, titled Representing Amici Curiae In High Profile Appeals, Larry discusses the important functions that amicus briefs serve in appellate
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In its March/April 2021 online and print editions, the Corporate Counsel Business Journal (CCBJ) has published an interview with Atlantic Legal Foundation (ALF) Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Larry Ebner. The interview was arranged by Kristin Calve, Publisher & Co-Founder of CCBJ and a member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. In the interview,
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On January 19, 2021 the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in BP v. Baltimore, a case in which the Atlantic Legal Foundation filed an amicus brief arguing that climate-change damages suits belong – if anywhere – in federal, not state, courts. The case involves a procedural issue which has significant implications regarding whether climate-change suits filed
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