Here’s a question that a law school student might find on a final exam: When can a State exercise “general personal jurisdiction” over a corporate defendant? Until this week, the answer seemed clear: only in a State where a company is incorporated or its principal place of business is located. But a new 5 to …
It’s a privilege to be serving as Chair of The Center For Law and Public Policy, the think-tank and advocacy voice of DRI, a 14,000-member voluntary bar organization composed of attorneys who represent the interests of businesses and industries.
I am thrilled to launch this entirely redesigned website. It is the result of a close, months-long collaboration between Open Road Digital Founder & CEO Nick Kosar and me. Nick and visual communication designer Sophia Porcu used their digital expertise and creativity to design a website that will serve as my personal online platform. You …
On June 9, I spoke to about 25 members of the International Network of Boutique and Independent Law Firms (INBLF) at it annual Litigation Fly-In near O’Hare International Airport. Jack Henning of Dillingham & Murphy LLP (San Francisco), and Fly-In participants, grilled me for almost an hour on Strategic Use and Effective Preparation of Amicus …
INBLF Litigation Fly-In Covers Broad Range of Topics, Including Amicus Briefs Read More »
At least as far back as its participation as amicus curiae in the Daubert trilogy of Supreme Court decisions, the Atlantic Legal Foundation (ALF) has been one of the nation’s foremost advocates for ensuring that federal district judges fulfill their “gatekeeper” role under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. Under Rule 702, federal district judges can admit into evidence, or otherwise rely …
ALF Amicus Brief Explains FRE 702’s Critical Role In Class-Certification Decisions Read More »
Personal injury “failure-to-warn” suits long have been a well-accepted component of state tort law. Even failure-to-warn claims for intangible injuries such as emotional distress and reputational harm are allowed under certain circumstances. But what about the new frontier of Internet-based “informational injuries” allegedly sustained as a result of visiting business websites that allegedly fail to …
ALF Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief In Internet “Informational Injury” Case Read More »
On behalf of the Atlantic Legal Foundation, Larry Ebner has filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to decide whether the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) to allow “F-1” student visa holders to stay in the United States and work for computer or other technology-sector …
ALF Urges Supreme Court To Review Foreign-Student Guest Worker Case Read More »
I am pleased to announce that Law360 has appointed me to its Appellate Editorial Advisory Board for 2023. Law360 explains that the Editorial Advisory Board provides “expert insight on how best to shape future coverage” of appellate litigation. Law360’s newsletters are sent to 1.5 million recipients each day.
“What could be better than a federal judge’s open invitation that not only offers a junior attorney the incentive to be the principal author of a brie, but also the rare opportunity to present oral argument on behalf of an amicus curiae?” On March 21, 2023, Judge Lee P. Rudofsky of the U.S. District Court …
Is A Federal District Judge’s Amicus Invitation To Junior Attorneys A Good Idea? Read More »
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has granted rehearing en banc in Carson v. Monsanto Co., No. 21-10994, one of thousands of state-law personal injury suits alleging that Monsanto, the manufacturer of Roundup herbicide, failed to provide a label warning that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, can cause cancer. The U.S. Environmental …
