Cross-Examining the Algorithm: Guardrails for AI-Assisted Expert Opinion
The article breaks down recent case law, ethical obligations, and what litigators must do to protect their cases.
The article breaks down recent case law, ethical obligations, and what litigators must do to protect their cases.
Read the amicus brief and Atlantic Legal Foundation's news release.
The case involves a Clariant product used in offshore oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico to promote safe oil extraction and suitability for refining.
The Alameda County Superior Court in California granted summary judgment as to all claims in Dole v. Bayer Consumer Care Holdings LLC, No. 25CV123904.
Learn to attack causation with dose, route, and threshold-dose science, deploy Rule 12 and preemption motions, challenge plaintiffs' experts under Rule 702, and carry a science-driven defense theme through trial.
The article examines how J&J's rigorous application of Rule 702's reliability requirements, combined with a show-cause strategy modeled on a Lone Pine order, helped resolve approximately 70,000 claims, and offers considerations for companies and defense counsel on building an early record around expert admissibility in mass tort matters.
Hollingsworth LLP remains dedicated to emphasizing the crucial role federal courts play in screening out speculative science and ensuring that junk science does not reach a jury.
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