Fraudulent Joinder: In re Abbott Laboratories Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation (7th Circuit)

Amicus Briefs

Sep 8

LCJ’s amicus brief in In re Abbott Laboratories, authored by Kaspar J. Stoffelmayr of Bartlit Beck LLP, urges the Seventh Circuit to grant a petition for rehearing to address fraudulent joinder — the practice of naming a local defendant solely to defeat federal diversity jurisdiction, with no genuine intention of pursuing the claim. Click here to read the brief.

Fraudulent Joinder

Alicia Dray

Fraudulent Joinder: In re Abbott Laboratories Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation (7th Circuit)

LCJ and ILR Joint RULES SUGGESTION to the ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RULES and its tplf SUBCOMMITTEE

Suggested Topics and Questions for Consideration by the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules on Draft FRE 707 and 901(c)