IADC amicus brief program.

• Position: AMICUS

The International Association of Defense Counsel has an active amicus curiae program, submitting briefs on issues of importance to IADC members and their clients. Through its amicus participation, the IADC has helped shape the law surrounding product liability, arbitration, class actions, attorney client privilege, punitive damages, civil discovery, standing, jurisdiction, and tort reform. This section of the Defense Counsel Journal is dedicated to highlighting recent amicus briefs filed by the IADC so that the Journal's readers can benefit from the insights presented therein.

In its brief in Jupiter Medical Center, Inc. v. Visiting Nurse Association of Florida, Inc. (No. 14-944), The IADC, in conjunction with the Florida Hospital Association, supported Jupiter Medical Center's petition for writ of certiorari, urging the Supreme Court to choose this case as the vehicle for addressing a split of authority over one of the most fundamental judicially created grounds for vacating an arbitral award under the FAA: the illegality of a contract in violation of public...