It’s a privilege to be chairing DRI’s Center for Law and Public Policy at a time when so many challenges are confronting the civil litigation defense bar. The July/August 2003 edition of DRI’s For The Defense magazine includes a special section on The Center’s activities. Please read my introductory comments.
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According to its website, the mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is “making sure you are treated fairly by banks, lenders and other financial institutions.” When Congress created the CFPB in 2010 as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, it sought to ensure that the agency would be an
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On June 30, Law360 published 3 Takeaways From The Supreme Court’s Session, an article providing insights about the Court’s now-completed 2022 Term. In the section called “No Banner Term for Business” I am quoted as follows: Corporations also frowned upon the Mallory v. Norfolk Southern decision upholding a Pennsylvania law that says corporations can be
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On June 30 the Supreme Court held in Biden v. Nebraska that the Biden Administration lacked authority under the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (‘HEROES”) Act to cancel $ 430 billion in student loan debt held by 43 million borrowers. The 6 to 3 majority ruling, authored by Chief Justice Roberts, was correct as
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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.
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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
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Power Points Updated June 2023 In June 2018 I was delighted to have recorded for DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar an on-demand webinar entitled Friendly Persuasion: Drafting & Using High-Impact Amicus Briefs. The webinar is intended for (i) trade associations, professional organizations, advocacy groups, and individual corporations that are interested in providing – or that get
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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
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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
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