Ninth Circuit affirms that state failure-to-warn claims are not preempted by the registration requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. The U.S. Chamber filed a...
Mississippi Supreme Court reverses trial verdict for improper influence on the jury without addressing the additional issues in the case, including the expert testimony that the Chamber argued was...
New Jersey Appellate Division reverses trial court order that prevented product manufacturer from presenting evidence regarding the process Congress and the FDA developed to assure the safety and...
Fifth Circuit holds that Daubert fully applies to scientific evidence introduced at class-certification stage, vacating certification and remanding for reconsideration of whether...
U.S. Chamber files coalition brief urging New York Court of Appeals to reverse decision admitting unreliable expert testimony and diluting trial judge’s gatekeeping responsibilities.
Divided panel of the Ninth Circuit overturns jury verdict, holding that, under California strict product liability law, courts can instruct jurors to consider risks that were not, and could not...
Sixth Circuit denies mandamus petition challenging an issue-preclusion order barring the MDL defendant from presenting individualized defenses based upon the outcomes in bellwether trials. The...
U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Fifth Circuit to decertify class in environmental mass-tort litigation and affirm that full Daubert review applies to expert testimony...
Sixth Circuit orders plaintiffs to respond to mandamus petition challenging issue-preclusion order barring MDL defendant from presenting individualized defenses based upon the outcomes in...
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief in support of petition for writ of mandamus, seeking review of District Court order applying nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel in MDL proceedings. The...
