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Business interests continue winning streak before U.S. Supreme Court

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

U.S. Supreme Court watchers have opined that its tilt toward business interests is unmistakable. Writing for The New York Times, Adam Liptak cites

A hot topic in aggregate litigation: parens patriae suits

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

"Access to justice in a mass society is the central civil-justice issue of our day. Individual litigation of mass-injury claims is a luxury that

Fourth Circuit addresses taxable ESI production costs in deceptive trade practices suit

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that E. & J. Gallo Winery, Inc., the prevailing party in deceptive trade practices litigation

Prop. 65 suit claims failure to warn about DEHP and lead in electronics products

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

A public interest organization has filed a complaint under California's Proposition 65 (Prop. 65), the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act

ALJ rules Commission may add Buckyballs maker CEO to suit

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Applying the responsible corporate officer doctrine articulated in United States v. Dotterweich, 320 U.S. 277 (1943) and United States v. Park, 421 U

Manufacturer sues over contractor’s failure to dispose of unusable tampons

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2013

Kimberly-Clark has reportedly filed a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) lawsuit against the recycling company it hired to

U.S. Supreme Court narrows Alien Tort Statute’s reach

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that, under a presumption against extraterritorial application of U.S. statutes, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS

Kiobel redux: cabal playpen?

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

"The ATS Alien Tort Statute has become a playpen for a cabal of international law enthusiasts and plaintiffs' lawyers. Couple the former's

A gift to civil procedure professors

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

"Who among us has not relished the extraordinary gift the U.S. Supreme Court gave to civil procedure teachers in the form of J. McIntyre Machinery

Jury finds football helmet manufacturer liable for high school player’s injury

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2013

While a Colorado jury recently decided that a football helmet was not defectively designed, it has reportedly awarded an injured high school football