While the new rule is not yet final, it is clear that regulators are revisiting standards and risk assessments related to ethylene oxide, which could markedly impact facility operations and litigation strategy. Companies with actual or potential EtO litigation exposure should keep abreast of this shifting environmental regulatory landscape.
The case demonstrates why defendants must carefully assess the bases and potential outcomes of removing a case to federal court based on the theory that another defendant was improperly joined.
The brief cautions that without a Supreme Court ruling, “litigants will continue to face uncertainty in how Rule 702 should be applied, admissibility standards that vary by circuit, and the same wayward decisions that necessitated the rule’s amendment.”
Hollingsworth LLP’s cert petition focuses on the Second Circuit’s erroneous application of the effective vindication exception to the Federal Arbitration Act.
The second Trump administration appears to be changing the FDA approval landscape and new opportunities and pitfalls abound for defendants seeking to establish the all-powerful preemption defense.
This annual publication provides a circuit-by-circuit analysis.
In-house counsel at engineering and construction firms need to prepare for this fast-evolving landscape
The case will be highly influential on what it means for a court to scrutinize whether an expert's opinion reflects a reliable application of the principles and methods to the facts of the case.
Early applications of Loper Bright suggest that the rollback of Chevron deference could meaningfully reshape agency authority and corporate liability in environmental cases.
