ACA Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court in Petition for Cert in Accenture, LLP v. Welloqix Inc.

摘要

On April 21, ACA filed an amicus brief supporting U.S. Supreme Court petitioner Accenture, in a case arguing that the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously ignored the Daubert guidelines for expert testimony in /Accenture, LLP v. Wellogix Inc. Over the past six years through its Amicus Program, ACA has filed briefs in several major appellate cases asking the higher courts to reaffirm the central importance of the trial court's gatekeeping responsibility to screen out speculation in favor of fact, and to bar unreliable scientific evidence advanced by plaintiffs attempting to prove causation. In at least one state Supreme Court decision—The Sherwin-Williams Company v. Trellvion Gaines—ACA's brief has actually been cited for this important proposition, stressing the "gatekeeper" function obligation of the trial court over expert testimony, both as to its factual assumptions and analysis, and to the reliability of its methodology and conclusions perse.