The cities of Boulder and Baltimore are both pursuing baseless lawsuits against manufacturers, and along with their profit-seeking trial attorneys, they know that they are unlikely to succeed in federal court. So, they are pushing to have the cases heard in state courts. Manufacturers are fighting back to keep the cases where they belong—in federal ….
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Baseless public nuisance litigation targeting manufacturers has motivated a mayor in California to speak out in a recent op-ed, noting that the same law firm—Hagens Berman—is orchestrating these profit-motivated lawsuits. Mike Posey, mayor of Huntington Beach, California, recently authored a California Political Review op-ed highlighting his participation at a roundtable in Orange County hosted by ….
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Today is Manufacturing Day 2018, a celebration of modern manufacturing meant to inspire the next generation of manufacturers in America. Across the country, manufacturers are opening their doors to students, parents, teachers and community leaders to showcase the high-paying, high-tech career opportunities that are available to those who seek them out. Manufacturing Day is also ….
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This week, New York City plays host to their tenth annual Climate Week. It is likely that discussion will at one point focus on pushing misguided, trial lawyer-driven public nuisance lawsuits against manufacturers. However, it should be noted that these lawsuits are failing while the energy manufacturers they target continue to grow the economy, support ….
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Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of San Francisco and Oakland filing their public nuisance lawsuits targeting a handful of energy manufacturers. Since that time, other municipalities and one state have peddled the same misguided legal theories in front of judges across the country in search of headlines, press conferences and ultimately big paydays. To date, ….
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The great manufacturer Henry Ford once said, “don’t find fault, find a remedy.” As the Global Climate Action Summit gets underway, which brings people together this week in San Francisco to discuss environmental efforts around the world, we must heed the advice Henry Ford gave us a century ago. Let’s unite to solve this problem ….
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Last week, the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project (MAP), in partnership with the Louisiana Association for Business and Industry (LABI), held a briefing on the growing trend of public nuisance litigation being filed against manufacturers across the country, and particularly those cases against energy manufacturers. MAP Executive Director Lindsey de la Torre and LABI president and CEO ….
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry authored an op-ed in the Daily Advertiser warning the state’s residents of the dangers posed by baseless lawsuits against manufacturers. Landry recently joined fourteen other attorneys general in calling for these suits to be dismissed by the courts: This legal history is just one reason I chose to join 14 ….
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Former Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator George Allen authored a Virginian-Pilot op-ed this past weekend that highlighted the threat ongoing public nuisance lawsuits pose to the Commonwealth’s strong manufacturing base which had a total output of $42.12 billion in 2016, employing over 229,000 workers at an average annual compensation of $68,907. Calling the climate ….
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National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons authored a Washington Times op-ed today that detailed the commonsense reform principles recently released by the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project to end the frivolous public nuisance lawsuits against manufacturers. Timmons writes about the growing trend of these climate lawsuits spurred on by trial lawyers looking for a ….
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