Supporting Business

Dynamically Driven

Furthering industry and business initiatives throughout
the United States.

Hollingsworth LLP works on business-oriented legal initiatives through an active amicus program on issues of significant importance to our business clients. Frequently representing broad industry coalitions in amicus efforts, we submit briefs in support of industry in the U.S. Supreme Court, numerous federal Courts of Appeal, and state supreme courts across the country.

We also independently advance our clients’ interests through our memberships in, among others, American Law Institute, Atlantic Legal Foundation, Defense Research Institute, International Association of Defense Counsel, Lawyers for Civil Justice, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Products Liability Advisory Council, The Sedona Conference, and Washington Legal Foundation. Additionally, many partners within our firm have served in editorial positions for various industry publications.

Insights & Events

event Grant Hollingsworth and Joe Altieri to Present CLE on Defending Against Claims Alleging Allergic Hypersensitivity

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.

event Joe Altieri Presents at the International Association of Defense Counsel’s Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee

The presentation included strategies to prepare company witnesses for serial mass tort litigation and steps counsel can take to support witnesses who testify in multiple cases over a period of years.

publication Four Tips on Expert Gatekeeping from J&J Talc Deal

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.