This WLF Litigation Division feature highlights WLF court filings, as well as decisions issued in response to WLF’s court and agency filings. In this edition, we list July 2022 filings and results.
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FILINGS
AstraZeneca Pharms. v. HHS—WLF asks the Third Circuit to reject a federal agency’s attempt to exercise broad extra-statutory authority.
In re JUUL Marketing Sales Practices—WLF urges the Ninth Circuit to review an order certifying an unwieldy consumer class.
Suncor v. County of Boulder—WLF asks the Supreme Court to hear an important jurisdictional case about greenhouse-gas litigation.
SEC v. Cochran—WLF urges the Supreme Court to confirm that executive agencies may not exercise judicial power.
Gilead Sciences v. Superior Court—WLF asks a California appeals court to review a novel liability theory for prescription drugs.
In re Proposed Rules Banning Flavored Cigars and Menthol Cigarettes—WLF opposes FDA’s misguided ban on flavored cigars and menthol cigarettes.
DECISIONS
Bader Farms, Inc. v. BASF Corp.—The Eighth Circuit largely affirms a federal trial-court ruling that imposed liability on corporate defendants without requiring the plaintiff to identify whose product caused the plaintiff’s injury.