I recently had the honor of authoring an amicus brief for the Republic of France relating to federal preemption and France’s product identity and ingredient standards. French law declares that foie gras (specially fattened duck or goose liver) is part of France’s “protected cultural and gastronomic heritage.” To produce foie gras, ducks and geese are […]

The nation’s three leading  government contractor organizations—The Coalition for Government Procurement, the National Defense Industrial Association, and the Professional Services Council—are jointly urging the Supreme Court to clarify the “particularity” with which a False Claims Act qui tam relator must allege fraud in order to survive a motion to dismiss. The groups’ amicus curiae brief, authored by Capital

Capital Appellate Advocacy founder Lawrence S. Ebner has filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Association of Corporate Counsel urging the Supreme Court to overturn a Tenth Circuit ruling holding that a New Mexico professional conduct rule does not apply to federal prosecutors who subpoena lawyers to provide grand jury testimony about current and former clients.  The