Placeholder canvas
Date: August 31, 2021

Elizabeth Sorenson Brotten named Officer (Secretary) of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association

by foleyandmansfield
Date: August 31, 2021
by foleyandmansfield

Elizabeth Sorenson Brotten named Officer (Secretary) of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association

Placeholder canvas

Foley & Mansfield is proud to announce that partner Elizabeth “Liz” Sorenson Brotten (Minneapolis) has been elected to serve as the 2021-2022 Secretary of the Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (MDLA).

A MDLA member since 2013, Liz has served on the Board of Directors for three years, chaired its Products Liability Committee, and co-founded its Women in the Law Committee.

Liz Sorenson Brotten devotes her practice to the defense of product manufacturers, suppliers, and installers in high-risk product liability and toxic tort cases. Brotten also received the 2018 and 2020 President’s Awards in recognition of her service to the organization through her work co-founding and leading MDLA’s Women in the Law Committee.

She is also chair of Foley & Mansfield’s Product Liability Practice and is a member of the Executive Committee.

ebrotten.jpg

Amended FRE 702 Creates Path for Expert Challenges in Talc Litigation

A recent update to the federal rules governing the use of expert testimony/evidence in federal court will widely impact how scientific and medical evidence is presented to juries in federal matters, including talcum powder litigation. With the change to Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence (“FRE 702”), defendants […]

LEARN MORE

Summarizing “ILR Briefly: The Asbestos Over-Naming and Trust Transparency Problem: A Philadelphia Case Study”

Introduction Asbestos litigation has become a cornerstone of the American legal landscape, spanning over four decades, and involving more than a million individual personal injury claims across state and federal courts. In 2012, a commentary titled “The Philadelphia Story: Asbestos Litigation, Bankruptcy Trusts, and Changes in Exposure Allegations from 1991-2010” […]

LEARN MORE

Minnesota Legislature Seeks to Change Newly Effective Earned Safe and Sick Time Law

By now, employers should be familiar with and implementing (if applicable) Minnesota’s Earned Safe and Sick Time law (“ESST”) that took effect on January 1, 2024. ESST is paid leave that an employee may use when they or a family member are sick, need to see a doctor or medical […]

LEARN MORE