A new Working Paper by Del Schlangen entitled Use of ‘Reasonable’ in Gun Control Advocacy is available. Del is a graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. The paper’s abstract reads: Recent state firearms-industry responsibility statutes impose civil liability on firearms businesses...
Read MoreIn 2005, Congress enacted the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to halt a wave of municipal lawsuits whose explicit purpose was not to vindicate specific legal wrongs but to impose, through litigation costs, regulatory burdens that legislators had consistently declined to impose...
Read MoreSmith & Wesson won a notable victory in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada last month. The plaintiffs, four groups of Catholic Sisters, brought a somewhat unusual lawsuit, a shareholder derivative action, against the firearms manufacturer. The lawsuit alleged that Smith &...
Read MoreLast month in San Antonio, the American Bar Association House of Delegates adopted Resolution 604, a policy resolution drafted by the ABA Standing Committee on Gun Violence. Resolution 604, which the ABA website announced as “Civil Liability for Gun Companies,” calls for the repeal of...
Read MoreIn Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, the Mexican government is suing several of the most popular American firearm manufacturers in an attempt to hold them liable for violence committed by Mexican drug cartels in Mexico. The Mexican government seeks billions of...
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