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Dec 1, 2024 | wlf.org | Glenn Lammi

By Lee Mickus, a partner in the Denver, CO office of Evans Fears Schuttert McNulty Mickus LLP. Mr. Mickus is also Co-Chair of the Rule 702 committee for Lawyers for Civil Justice. In that capacity he has written articles, given presentations to judges and attorneys, and provided comments and testimony to the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules during the rulemaking process that led to the 2023 amendments. SummaryAmended Federal Rule of Evidence 702 has been in place for a full year.

Dec 1, 2024 | wlf.org | Glenn Lammi

This WLF Litigation Division feature highlights WLF court and agency filings, as well as decisions issued in response to WLF’s filings. In this edition, we list November 2024 filings and decisions. Click on the PDF button above for the full report. NEW FILINGSWLF asks the Supreme Court to reverse a controversial decision about proximate cause and aiding-and-abetting liability. (Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v.

Nov 27, 2024 | wlf.org | Glenn Lammi

“The First Circuit’s decision jettisons two foundations of tort law.”—Cory Andrews, WLF General Counsel & Vice President of LitigationClick here for WLF’s brief. WASHINGTON, DC— Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in a controversial tort case. The case arises from the drug-cartel violence currently disrupting daily life in Mexico.

Nov 25, 2024 | wlf.org | Glenn Lammi

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 1:00 – 2:00 pm ESTPanelists:J. Michael Showalter, Partner, ArentFox Schiff LLPBradley S. Rochlen, Partner, ArentFox Schiff LLPDescription:The impending change of federal agency control, combined with material developments in administrative law and shifts in plaintiffs’ litigation strategies, are likely to serve as a perfect storm upending the status quo in environmental enforcement.

Nov 24, 2024 | wlf.org | Glenn Lammi

By Gregory A. Brower, a Shareholder with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP in Las Vegas, NV and Washington, D.C.; William E. Moschella, a Shareholder in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office where he co-chairs the firm’s government relations practice, and Alice Lugo, Senior Counsel in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.