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Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

New Jersey Supreme Court Opinion Refines Affidavit of Merit Requirements for Malpractice Case Against Physician Certified in...

In another in the seemingly endless series of decisions parsing the interpretation of the statutory requirements for an affidavit of merit in medical liability claims, on January 22, 2025 the New Jersey Supreme Court issued...more

Carlton Fields

Florida Appeals Court Decisions: Week of November 11-15, 2024

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U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Baxter v. Hendren - appellate jurisdiction, not pursuing claim, § 1983, excessive force, battery...more

Sunstein LLP

FanDuel Learns the Hard Way: An IPR Challenge to Any Patent Claim May be Lost if Not Comprehensive and Rigorous Enough

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As we demonstrated in our own successful appeal, Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Apple Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016), a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) may fail when an expert declaration lacks detailed explanation. An expert’s...more

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Daubert Applies Retroactively, Explains Fourth DCA

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The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently issued a reminder that Daubert is the standard for all disputes regarding admissibility of expert testimony in Florida, and applies retroactively even where Frye was the standard...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Hierarchy of Scientific Evidence Reigns Supreme: NJ Appellate Division Affirms Exclusion of Experts in Accutane Litigation

In In re: Accutane Litigation (A-4952-16T1) — an appeal decided just 10 days after oral argument — the New Jersey Appellate Division applied the New Jersey Supreme Court’s landmark decision In re Accutane Litigation, 234 N.J....more

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Contractor Learns You Need an Expert to Join “Battle of the Experts”

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It kind of goes without saying, but you should probably bring your expert to a dispute if there is going to be a battle of the experts. One contractor recently learned this lesson to the tune of $65,000....more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights - July 2018

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Butler Quarterly - Winter 2017

Two recent federal cases highlight the challenges practitioners face in presenting expert claims handling testimony in bad faith litigation under the Daubert standard. In the first case, a court excluded such expert testimony...more

Carlton Fields

What Exactly Was Excluded? Proffering Expert Opinions to Preserve Daubert/Frye Challenges

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Most practitioners would agree that, if the court excludes an expert based on a Daubert challenge—and that is the only expert opining on a subject—then in most instances there should be no need to proffer the expert’s...more

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