The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy

The Center for Law and Public Policy's Social Inflation Task Force is working on a comprehensive tracking system to analyze litigation outcomes in light of pretrial demands and offers. This data will inform defendants in litigation about the risks and benefits of trying cases in certain venues despite the rise in settlement demand amounts. To help, please complete this brief form: https://bit.ly/3JtFowb. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels.

New to the Center’s Third-Party Litigation Task Force is Phil Goldberg, managing partner of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. in Washington, D.C., and co-chair of its Public Policy Practice Group. With more than 25 years of experience with high stakes and high-profile liability-related public policy, public affairs, and public relations issues, he has become a leading voice for common sense liability policies. His practice involves counseling businesses and their trade associations on some of the most cutting-edge liability issues of the day. Read more about recent appointments here: https://bit.ly/46kqcfB. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law  The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels. 

DRI member Emily R. Motto is now a member of the Social Inflation Task Force. Emily is coverage counsel for UFG Insurance in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has been an active leader within the DRI Litigation Skills Committee, currently serving as publications vice chair. She previously served DRI as chair of the 2019 Young Lawyers Seminar. Emily is also a past president of the Nebraska Defense Counsel Association. Read more about recent appointments here: https://bit.ly/46kqcfB. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law #SocialInflation The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels. 

The Center has filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. and Nestlé Purina PetCare Company v. Anastasia Wullschleger and Geraldine Brewer in support of Royal Canin and Nestlé Purina, the petitioners. In support of petitioners’ position, the Center argued that the Supreme Court should reverse the Eighth Circuit’s decision because it defies several opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court as well as precedent from every other circuit across the country. The Center explained that the opinion turns a blind eye to the discretion afforded to district courts under the supplemental jurisdiction statute, ignores principles of stare decisis, and subverts a defendant’s statutory right of removal. The Center’s amicus brief was written by Mary Massaron and Briana Combs.  Read the brief here: https://bit.ly/3WfyCAh. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law #AmicusBrief The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels. 

On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court overruled the 40-year-old "Chevron doctrine" in the case of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. __, No. 22-451.  The Chevron doctrine derives from Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984). It articulates a two-step approach for a court to determine whether an administrative agency regulation is consistent with power vested in the agency by an act of Congress.  The Supreme Court granted certiorari limited to the question of whether Chevron should be overruled or clarified. The DRI Center for Law and Public Policy submitted an amicus brief in support of the petitioners suggesting a possible alternative to overruling, namely, that the case be evaluated and resolved under the so-called "major questions doctrine," a modified version of Chevron. That doctrine, which the Supreme Court employed in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, 142 S.Ct. 2587 (2022), and in many other cases, bars or limits administrative actions that assert “highly consequential power beyond what Congress could reasonably be understood to have granted.” The Center’s brief was authored by DRI members Melinda Kollross and Don Sampen, both of Clausen Miller P.C. in Chicago. Read the brief here: https://bit.ly/4fjSivq. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law #AmicusBrief The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels. 

The Center’s new Appellate Skills Development Subcommittee is designed to engage and involve less-experienced appellate lawyers who may wish to develop their appellate skill set, professional networks, and in some states credit toward specialist certification by preparing pro bono amicus briefs on behalf of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy. If you would like an opportunity to hone and showcase your amicus brief writing skills, please consider completing this application, which will be closely evaluated by members of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy’s Amicus Committee: https://bit.ly/42l3ulq. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels.

New to the Center’s Third-Party Litigation Task Force is Siobhan Briley of Pugh Hagan Prahm PLC in Coralville, Iowa. Siobhan also serves on the steering committee for the DRI Litigation Skills Committee. Read more recent appointments here: https://bit.ly/3xrpC2z. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law David Levitt Danielle Waltz Francis Brown Donald Patrick Eckler Michael Goodin Robert E. Johnston The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels. 

The Center for Law and Public Policy's Social Inflation Task Force is working on a comprehensive tracking system to analyze litigation outcomes in light of pretrial demands and offers. This data will inform defendants in litigation about the risks and benefits of trying cases in certain venues despite the rise in settlement demand amounts. To help, please complete this brief form: https://bit.ly/3JtFowb. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels.

The Center continues to grow and is pleased to announce new appointments to two groups within its Public Policy Committee. DRI members Mandy Kamykowski and Mariel Taylor, partners of Kamykowski & Taylor in Saint Louis, are now members of the Social Inflation Task Force. Mandy has been an active leader within the DRI Law Practice Management Committee, having served as vice program chair of 2022 Law Firm Leaders and Managing Partners Conference and as co-program chair in 2023. Mariel is a member of the DRI Law Practice Management Committee and the DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Committee. Read more recent appointments here: https://bit.ly/3xrpC2z. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law John C.S. Pierce Baxter Drennon The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels. 

The Center is excited to announce that longtime DRI member Robert Wise has joined its Amicus Committee. A partner in the Richmond, Virginia, office of Nelson Mullins, Rob focuses his practice on appeals and advanced motions, product liability defense, and complex commercial litigation, including class and mass actions.  Rob is a past chair of the DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee and continues to serve on its steering committee.  He also serves the Center as a member of its MDL Working Group. Read more recent appointments here: https://bit.ly/3xrpC2z. #DRICommunity #DRILawyer #DRITheCenter #PublicPolicy #Legislation #Advocacy #Law Lisa Baird Melinda Kollross David Axelrad Larry Ebner Charles (Charlie) T. Frazier, Jr. William Jay Mia Lorick Mary Massaron Matthew Nelson Scott Burnett Smith Sarah Elizabeth Spencer The Center provides the most effective voice for the defense bar in the discussion of substantive law, judicial process, constitutional issues, and the integrity of the civil justice system at both the national and state levels.