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• Supreme Court Limits FIFRA Preemption Defense ( May 2005 )
  Robert L. Hines, Sandra A. Kearney and Scott M. Sellwood of Farella Braun & Martel LLP

  The United States Supreme Court last week clarified the preemptive scope of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act ("FIFRA") as applied to common law claims arising from alleged pesticide damage.

• Products Liability Preemption Debate Awaits New Supreme Court Directive ( October 2004 )
  Thomas G. Scarvie of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP

  The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a federal preemption case in its 2004-05 term involving the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136-137 (FIFRA). The question presented in <i>Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC</i>, 03-388, is "[w]hich, if any, state law crop injury claims are preempted FIFRA?"