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On May 25, 2023, the US Supreme Court, in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, ___ US _ (2023) ("Sackett") held that "waters of the United States" for purposes of federal jurisdiction...
As baseball heads to the All-Star break and the rest of the season, fans are meticulously keeping score and tracking statistics such as RBI, HR’s and K’s. Some follow advanced...
Around the country, creative plaintiffs' lawyers have been repackaging product liability claims as public nuisance claims to avoid dismissal. Plaintiffs have used this maneuver to...
Courts are increasingly confronted with attempts by the plaintiffs' bar to repackage traditional product liability claims as public nuisance claims, as a ploy to circumvent various elements of product liability law.
On January 13, a coalition of 39 state attorneys general — led by AGs from Pennsylvania, Washington, Illinois, Massachusetts, and California — reached a settlement with student loan...