ALF & DRI Argue That Climate-Change Damages Suits Belong in Federal, Not State, Courts

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Bolstered by climate-change activists and the plaintiffs’ contingency-fee bar, more than two dozen state and local governments around the nation have filed state-court suits seeking damages from fossil fuel energy companies for allegedly causing, or contributing to, global climate change through greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions.  Masquerading as state-law nuisance and trespass suits, they seek “climate […]

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It’s Time For The Supreme Court To Revisit FIFRA Preemption

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More than two decades ago, I stood before the Justices of the California Supreme Court and succeeded in persuading them that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) expressly preempts pesticide-related failure to warn claims. See Etcheverry v. Tri-Ag Service, Inc., 22 Cal.4th 316 (Cal. 2000).  Five years later, in Bates v. Dow AgroSciences,

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Atlantic Legal Foundation Requests California Supreme Court To “Depublish” Proposition 65 Listing Opinion

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I was pleased to assist Dan Fisk, Chairman & President of the Atlantic Legal Foundation, with preparation of a request to the Supreme Court of California for “depublication” of a state Court of Appeal opinion holding, in litigation brought by the American Chemistry Council, that the State’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) did not abuse its discretion

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Amicus Brief Argues That Climate Change Tort Suits Belong – If Anywhere – In Federal, Not State, Courts

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During the past several years, state and local governments around the United States have filed at least 19 state-court suits seeking to hold fossil fuel energy companies liable under state common law (such as public nuisance law) for allegedly contributing to climate change and its harmful effects. The defendant energy companies have been largely unsuccessful

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Op-Ed: Appellate Courts Should Welcome Well-Crafted Amicus Briefs

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The following Op-Ed, published in Law360 on October 9, 2020, was written by Atlantic Legal Foundation Senior Vice President & General Counsel and Capital Appellate Advocacy founder Larry Ebner. Amicus curiae, or friend of the court, briefs have become a routine part of federal appellate practice. Hundreds of them are filed every year in the

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Amicus Letter Explains That Federal Law Preempts Roundup® Product Liability Suit

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The Atlantic Legal Foundation has submitted an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) letter urging the California Supreme Court to grant the petition for review filed on August 31, 2020 by Monsanto Company in Johnson v. Monsanto, a bellwether case in which a former school groundskeeper claims he developed a form of cancer as a result

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Five-Minute Guide To Trade Association Amicus Briefs

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Does your association focus on legal, legislative, regulatory, or public policy issues? If so, amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs should be part of your advocacy program. This Five-Minute Guide to Trade Association Amicus Briefs explains the amicus brief basics that every association should know. What Is an Amicus Brief? Amicus curiae briefs are

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Make Amicus Briefs Part of Your Advocacy Program

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Trade associations and professional organizations do not have to sit on the sidelines while the Supreme Court or lower appellate courts consider legal issues that may significantly affect their members. Amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs give entire industries and professions a direct line of communication to appellate courts on the policy implications and practical

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DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Protection of Confidential Business Information

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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

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