Daubert Alert: The First Circuit Takes a Step Back in Milward v. Acuity Specialty Products
publication | March 1, 2012Firm partner Eric Lasker was amicus counsel for a coalition of industry associations in support of the Milward petition for writ of certiorari.
There is No Place Like Home: The Defense Against Foreign Environmental Liaiblity Claims in U.S. Court Under the Alien Tort Statute
publication | February 1, 2012Partner Eric G. Lasker authors article for International Association of Defense Counsel Toxics & Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee Newsletter.
Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing: Does It Reopen the Door for Targeted Preemption Arguments?
publication | January 1, 2012Eric Lasker for LJN's Product Liability Law & Strategy newsletter
Kapps v. Biosense Webster: Who Is Liable When a Reprocessed Medical Device Causes Injury?
publication | January 1, 2012A Washington Legal Foundation Working Paper, co-authored by Stephen A. Klein and Andrew L. Reissaus, this article discusses one of the first cases to address the application of traditional product liability theories in the context of a reprocessed medical device, in which both the original manufacturer and the reprocessor are defendants.
Tepid Guidance on a Hot Topic: New York City Bar Ethic Opinion on Litigation Financing
publication | July 22, 2011Washington Legal Foundation's Legal Backgrounder (July 22, 2011) (Kirby T. Griffis)
Cover story for The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel by Firm partner Kirby T. Griffis
Avoiding the Sideshow: One Trial Judge’s Textbook Application of Daubert to Exclude Dubious Testimony
publication | June 3, 2011Washington Legal Foundation's Legal Backgrounder (June 3, 2011) (Matthew J. Malinowski)
A Defense Perspective on Excluding Corporate Conduct Experts in Product Liability Litigation
publication | May 19, 2011by Mark Miller (BNA's Toxics Law Reporter, May 19, 2011)
Eric G. Lasker Washington Legal Foundation’s Legal Backgrounder
LJN’s Product Liability Law & Strategy (December 2010) (Eric G. Lasker)
IADC's Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Newsletter (Tamara Fishman, December 2010)
LJN’s Product Liability Law & Strategy (November 2010) (Eric G. Lasker)
Recent Class Certification Decisions Present New Opportunities And Challenges For Defendants
publication | May 19, 2010LJN’s Product Liability Law & Strategy (May 2010) (Heather A. Pigman)
U.S. District Court Finds Coverage Survives Procedural Changes Of Bankruptcy
publication | February 1, 2010LJN's Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin (February 2010) (Donald R. McMinn)