Expert Testimony, Causation, Discovery

Virginia Court Limits Discovery in Talc Trade Libel Case

Goldberg Segalla on 7/14/2025

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Newport News Division - In the case of Pecos River Talc LLC v. Emory, plaintiff Pecos River Talc LLC (“Pecos River”) – a corporate entity formed as part of...more

To Depose or Not to Depose: When Challenging Opposing Nonretained Experts Becomes Challenging

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/16/2024

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(2) requires parties to disclose the opinions of experts who may present evidence at trial. If the disclosures are inadequate, Rule 37(c) requires exclusion of the opinions “unless the...more

National Mass Torts: 2022 Year in Review

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 1/16/2023

Harris Beach attorneys Abbie Eliasberg Fuchs, Bradley M. Wanner and Daniel R. Strecker review and analyze key judicial holdings and legal developments in New York, the federal arena and across the country that have affected...more

When Sooner is Better Than Later – Expert Retention in Environmental Litigation

Maron Marvel on 6/10/2022

Causation is a vital component of any environmental or toxic tort lawsuit. The idea of causation requires that a plaintiff show a causal connection between their injury and the defendant's action to ensure remedies for the...more

Let Me Google That for You: A Recent Central District of Illinois Opinion Highlights the Limits of Googling by Expert Witnesses...

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 2/2/2022

While we all rely on Google or other internet search engines to find and absorb information quickly these days, a recent decision in the Central District of Illinois highlights the problems for expert witnesses relying on...more

Fair Lending Developments: Wrestling with Causation

Hudson Cook, LLP on 6/18/2019

The past year saw the lower courts wrestle with the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami that, like the Court’s previous ruling in Texas Department of Community Affairs v....more