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The conference includes speakers who have filed amicus briefs — filings by people who aren’t part of the case but have a strong interest in its outcome — in favor of the oil industry in several of those cases, as well as at least one lawyer who has represented fossil fuel companies in court.
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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 2 May 2026
Earlier this month, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined an amicus brief urging the court to preserve states’ authority to hear claims about pesticide manufacturers’ lack of warning labels on products.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Some of the amicus briefs filed in support of the defendant assert that electronic location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement, and that the geofence warrant fails to satisfy the Fourth Amendment’s particularity requirement.
—Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
In court, an assistant state's attorney noted O'Neill Burke filed an amicus brief citing hard from Operation Midway Blitz that was later used in the 7th Circuit Court.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 2 May 2026
Earlier this month, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined an amicus brief urging the court to preserve states’ authority to hear claims about pesticide manufacturers’ lack of warning labels on products.
—Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Some of the amicus briefs filed in support of the defendant assert that electronic location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement, and that the geofence warrant fails to satisfy the Fourth Amendment’s particularity requirement.
—Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2026
In court, an assistant state's attorney noted O'Neill Burke filed an amicus brief citing hard from Operation Midway Blitz that was later used in the 7th Circuit Court.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Amicus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amicus. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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