Edward Fanning and David Kott Write Amicus Curiae Brief to New Jersey Supreme Court on Behalf of NJ Trade Associations

On behalf of amici curiae HealthCare Institute of New Jersey, New Jersey Business & Industry Association, Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, and the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, McCarter partners Edward J. Fanning, Jr. and David R. Kott have petitioned the New Jersey Supreme Court for leave to appear in support of Defendants-Petitioners Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. and Roche Laboratories, Inc. in connection with long-running multicounty litigation titled In re: Accutane. A central issue before the Court in this matter is the admissibility of expert testimony. New Jersey still allows lay juries to decide whether expert testimony is junk science or not, which flies in the face of the scientifically-based methodologies and peer review that the life sciences industry employs.