DRI Amicus Briefs

2010 Textron vs United States of America [work product privilege]

2010 ATT Mobility vs Concepcion [whether a state may refuse to enforce an arbitration agreement solely because it does not permit class arbitration].PDF

2009 Stolt-Nielsen SA et al vs Animal Feeds International Corp [class arbitration is a fundamentally different more complex and expensive process than individual arbitration]

2009 Pacific Investment Management Company and PIMCO Funds vs Hershey [whether and to what extent Fed R Civ P 23 permits certifcation of classes]

2009 Mohawk Industries v Carpenter [Preservation of the attorney-client privilege]

2009 Mitchell vs Fortis Insurance Company [punitive awards]

2009 Merck & Co vs Reynolds LeVan Haber et al [securities litigation - statute of limitations].PDF

2009 Jerman vs Carlisle McNellie Rini Kramer and Ulrich LPA [Fair Debt Collection Practices Act FDCPA]

2009 Ford Motor Company vs Buell-Wilson [punitive damages]

2009 Family Dollar Stores v Morgan [collective actions]

2009 Conte v Wyeth - [Name-brand drug maker accountable for alleged harm caused by generic drug]

2009 Cassens Transport Company v Brown [expansion of RICO to private plaintiffs sueing employers denying workers compensation benefits]

2009 Asset Funding Group vs Adams and Reese [attorney-client privilege]

2008 Wyeth v Levine - [Whether federal law preempts state torts claims imposing liability on drug labeling that the FDA had previously]

2008 Hanna Steel v Lowery - [What burden defendant must carry to remove a class action to federal ct when damages are unspecified].PDF

2008 DeReyes v Wilkins -i [§ 1983 cause of action for malicious prosecution]

2007 Tokai Corp v Saia - [whether a foreign corporation that designs a product can immunize itself fr

2007 Stoneridge Investment Partners v Scientific-Atlantic and Motorola - [under what (if any) circumstances private investors can sue actors]

2007 Riegel v Medtronic Inc -[Does Section 360k(a) of the Medical Device Amendments to the FDC Act preempt state-law claims seeking damages for injuries caused by medical devices]

2007 Jensen v Cashin - [whether punitive damages are available against a minor under Vermonts wrongful death and survivor statutes]

2007 Heikkinen v United Services Automobile Assoc - DRI Brief of Amicus Curiae [bodily injury]

2007 Gay v Morgan - [burden of proof that a defendant must meet to establish the amount in controversy for removal based on the federal courts diversity jurisdiction] 2

2007 Gay v Morgan - [burden of proof that a defendant must meet to establish the amount in controversy for removal based on the federal courts diversity jurisdiction] 1

2007 Environmental Network Corp v Goodman Weiss Miller LLP- [case-within-a-case doctrine] 2

2007 Environmental Network Corp v Goodman Weiss Miller LLP- [case-within-a-case doctrine] 1

2006 Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co v Peter Genovese MD - [attorney-client privilege]

2006 Jessee v Farmers Insurance Exchange - [Blanket protective order] 2

2006 Jessee v Farmers Insurance Exchange - [Blanket protective order] 1

2006 Heikkinen v United Services Automobile Association - Brief of Amicus Curiae of DRI in Support of Petition for Review [bodily injury]

2006 Essex Insurance v Zota et al - [Evidence of Insurance]

2004 Henry v Dow Chemical [Recognizing cause of action resulting in damage for medical monitoring where plaintiffs have not yet suffered physical illness or injury]

2004 Engle v Liggett Group [Decertify Class Action Against Tobacco Company]

2003 in re PPA Litigation - [Authorizing Stempler Inteview Consistent with HIPAA]

2003 Henry v Dow Chemical Co - [Recognizing cause of action resulting in damage for medical monitoring where plaintiffs have not yet suffered physical illness or injury

2003 Craig v Oakwood Hospital - [Admissability of expert testimony]

2003 Bates v Dow Agrosciences - [FIFRA]

2002 Southern Company v Richard Alderson - [What continuous systematic general business contacts subject an organization to unlimited jurisdictional exposure in a particular forum]

2002 Dow Chemical Co v Stephenson -[Class Actions]

2001 State Farm v Campbell - [Punitive Damages]

2001 Boone v Vanliner Insurance - [Attorney-client privilege]

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