Hollingsworth LLP Submits Amicus Brief in Clean Air Act Case Before U.S. Supreme Court
news | March 26, 2014The brief was filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014 on behalf of twelve trade associations as amicus parties. This extraordinarily diverse group was organized by the National Association of Manufacturers and includes an extremely…
Firm partner Robert E. Johnston discusses third-party litigation funding at the 2014 Winter Meeting of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
news | March 14, 2014On March 12, 2014, at the 2014 Winter Meeting of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (NARTC) in Phoenix, Robert Johnston spoke to attendees on the growing problems associated with the funding of plaintiffs’ suits…
In 2014, Hollingsworth LLP was selected by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) as one of three finalists in the Mid-Atlantic Region for the 2014 Thomas L. Sager Award. The Sager Award was created by MCCA…
Hollingsworth LLP Files Amicus Brief in Public Nuisance Case Before Iowa Supreme Court
news | October 10, 2013Representing a diverse group of industrial trade associations led by the National Association of Manufacturers, the Firm argued that the “standardless” liability of public nuisance raised a non-justifiable “political question.”
Hollingsworth LLP Submits Amicus Brief in Texas in Support of “but for” Causation Requirement in Mesothelioma Litigation
news | August 27, 2013In Bostic v. Georgia Pacific Corp., the Texas Supreme Court will revisit its seminal 2007 ruling in Borg-Warner v. Flores, in which the court rejected the “every fiber” theory of causation in asbestos litigation. Plaintiffs in…
Partner Eric Lasker wins the 2012 George W. Yancey Memorial Award for his article on Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products.
news | July 17, 2013Each year at the International Association of Defense Counsel annual meeting, the award is bestowed on the author or authors of the best article published in Defense Counsel Journal during the preceding year.
"After fewer than six hours of deliberations . . . the jury in Middlesex County Superior Court handed down its 7-1 decision in the case of Beverly Meng shortly after 11 a.m. Meng's lawsuit was the second to go on trial in the New Jersey mass tort, and Novartis has won both."