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State Common Law Carbon Dioxide Liability Claims: Premonitions of Preemption (and Dismissal)

by McCarter & English: Climate Change &... on 12/1/2012

Left open by the Supreme Court’s decision in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, 131 S. Ct. 2527 (2011), was the question of whether state law nuisance claims for the emission of carbon dioxide were viable in the...more

Indiana Joins the Emerging Majority Position on Uniform Trade Secrets Act Preemption of State-Law Tort Claims

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/21/2012

Last month, an Indiana appellate court became the latest court to adopt the majority position on the question of whether the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) displaces state-law tort claims said to protect information that is...more

Negligence Suits Involving Publicly Owned Emergency Vehicles Barred

by Sedgwick LLP on 6/22/2012

Can a public entity or employee be sued over the negligent operation of an emergency vehicle responding to a call? This morning, the Illinois Supreme Court held in Harris v. Thompson, written for a 6-Justice majority by...more

Pa. Appellate Court Issues Opinion in Dietz v. Chase Home Finance, LLC, Clarifying Preemption of State Common Law Claims by Fair...

by Duane Morris LLP on 4/16/2012

The decision in Dietz is one of first impression in the Pennsylvania appellate courts and essentially forecloses would-be plaintiffs from asserting common law claims against creditors based on incorrect credit reporting,...more

California Court of Appeals Finds Advisory Circulars Fail to Create Supremacy Clause Preemption

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/22/2012

On March 20, 2012, the California Court of Appeal Second District held that nonmandatory safety standards issued by the FAA in Advisory Circulars do not preempt state tort law on the standard of care. Sierra Pacific Holdings,...more

Two New PMA Preemption Cases

by Dechert LLP on 12/8/2011

You all know we love preemption. So, when two favorable medical device preemption decisions are entered on the same day, well that’s a two-fer we can’t wait to blog about. In both cases, plaintiffs tried to plead and argue...more

Illinois Wrongful Death Suit Spotlights Complicated Text Messaging Laws

by Lawyers.com on 12/2/2011

A lawsuit in Illinois highlights the complexities of the growing number of laws governing the use of cell phones while driving. • Driver sued for texting immediately prior to fatal accident • Illinois law bars...more

Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and a Dollop of Preemption

by Dechert LLP on 11/23/2011

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving – the biggest American “eating” day of the year. So we thought we’d share a few fun facts. Did you know the average person on Thanksgiving eats around 4,500 calories? (By the way, that's more than...more

New Sharkey Preemption Article

by Dechert LLP on 5/23/2011

Catherine Sharkey, one of the leading academic commentators on preemption in the administrative context, has released a new article on the subject, entitled "Inside Agency Preemption." Here's a link to an online copy of the...more

How Is Generic Preemption Like Fraud On The FDA?

by Dechert LLP on 5/23/2011

A couple of months ago, we provided our stream-of-consciousness impressions of the Mensing/Demahy generic preemption argument to the Supreme Court. As we mentioned then, we were all set to write an obituary on generic...more

Supreme Court Sides With Vaccine Manufacturers; State-Law Design Defect Claims Preempted

by Sedgwick LLP on 3/25/2011

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, ruled that the National Childhood Vaccine Act of 1986 (NCVIA) preempts state-law design defect claims against vaccine manufacturers. [See Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC, FKA Wyeth, Inc.]...more

Fasten Your Seatbelt: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Federal Seatbelt Regulation Does Not Preempt State Law Tort Suit

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/25/2011

Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court held in Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc., 562 U.S. __ (2011), that federal regulations do not preempt a claim for design defect based on the failure to provide lap-and-shoulder belts...more

Acting Solicitor General Gives Government’s Position on Generic-Pharma Preemption to U.S. Supreme Court

by Duane Morris LLP on 11/5/2010

In a brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on November 2, 2010, Acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal provided the federal government's position on federal preemption of state laws regarding the labeling of generic drugs....more

"Il delicato ruolo del penalista"

by Aldo Areddu on 1/10/2010

Articolo - intervista di Ezio Petrillo per "Dossier Lazio", allegato a Il Giornale e diretto dall'On. Raffaele Costa, sui temi del giusto processo, dei rapporti con l'assistito e sulle problematiche più ricorrenti...more

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