Amaris Elliott Engel

September 24, 2014 | National Law Journal

A translator who provided internal Toyota documents to news reporters has objected to the carmaker's requests for sanctions against her for alleged failure to obey a protective order in litigation over sudden acceleration.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 24, 2014 | National Law Journal

A plaintiff's expert was properly excluded in a products liability lawsuit against Kia Motors America Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 24, 2014 | National Law Journal

A gasket-maker that has been fighting to unseal evidence of alleged misrepresentation by plaintiffs in its bankruptcy wants to keep some information in the case sealed.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 23, 2014 | National Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that survivors of miners who died from black lung disease can get survivors benefits under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act even if they previously were denied such benefits.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 23, 2014 | National Law Journal

In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that a former federal mine inspector does not qualify for Black Lung Benefits Act assistance.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 19, 2014 | National Law Journal

Boston Scientific Corporation is seeking to quash the depositions of several of its employees and other corporate representatives.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 19, 2014 | National Law Journal

The federal judge presiding over the multidistrict litigation involving incretin-based therapies has denied a motion to compel discovery about the defendants' analysis of a causal association between the drugs and pancreatic cancer.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 17, 2014 | National Law Journal

Two drugmakers say that the city of Chicago wants to release materials it gathered from its investigation of opioid painkillers in order to try its case in the media, not to comply with Illinois' Freedom of Information Act.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read

September 17, 2014 | National Law Journal

Several food industry groups have moved for a preliminary injunction to stop enforcement of a Vermont law that will require food labeling to disclose ingredients that have been genetically engineered.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read

September 17, 2014 | National Law Journal

A plaintiff cannot show she suffered neurological injuries from using the denture adhesive Fixodent because her expert witnesses cannot testify reliably, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read