Hollingsworth LLP
Washington, DC, United States
Recognized by Law360 as a Product Liability MVP, Eric Lasker litigates a wide variety of complex civil matters with a focus on toxic torts, environmental litigation, and pharmaceutical products liability. He has successfully litigated bet-the-company disputes involving Daubert challenges, the federal preemption defense, and environmental natural resource damages claims. Mr. Lasker has represented his clients’ interests as lead counsel in multi-district litigation, mass torts, jury trials and bench proceedings, and in oral argument in multiple federal courts of appeal and state supreme courts. Mr. Lasker is co-author of the 2015 Law Review article Defending Daubert: It’s Time to Amend Federal Rule of Evidence 702, which triggered the FRE Advisory Committee’s consideration of potential amendments to FRE 702. In 2018, Eric participated in a roundtable discussion on the potential amendment sponsored by the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence. In 2022, he testified before the Committee again in support of the proposed amendment, which was then unanimously approved by the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and went into effect December 1, 2023.
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