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."
And The Defense Wins: DRI’s The Voice recognizes Hollingsworth LLP in significant victory for DynCorp, International.
news | April 17, 2013The DynCorp ruling is a welcome and much needed rebuke to international activist efforts to demonize U.S. industry through unfounded legal actions arising from international operations.
Hollingsworth LLP Named for 3rd Time in 4 Years to National Law Journal‘s Midsize Hot List.
news | April 8, 2013 This week The National Law Journal named Hollingsworth LLP for the third time to its Midsize Firm Hot List, an annual list that recognizes just twenty of the country’s midsize firms. Recognizing the Firm’s continued…
"A Florida federal judge on Wednesday nixed punitive damages from a lawsuit alleging Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.'s Aredia and Zometa bone drugs caused a woman to develop osteonecrosis of the jaw, finding that New Jersey law limiting punitive damages in such cases applies."
The American Lawyer journal highlights DynCorp's success as counter to Chevron's legal troubles in Ecuador.
Hollingsworth LLP Files Coalition Amici Brief in Support of D.C. Circuit Challenge to SEC Conflict Minerals Rule.
news | January 23, 2013On January 23, 2013, Hollingsworth LLP filed an industry coalition amici brief, in support of a Petition by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Business Roundtable, challenging the SEC’s “Conflict…
The New Jersey Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to judgments for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. in the first bellwether trial in consolidated litigation over claims the drugmaker's bone cancer drugs Aredia and Zometa caused jaw deterioration.