Toxic tort and environmental damage claims against multinationals in Latin America are becoming increasingly common. Suspicion of these companies, judicial use of the precautionary principle to eliminate a showing of causation, and weal to nonexistent standards of use for scientific evidence, among other factors are converging to produce increasingly costly demands and judgments against multinational firms in the region. Topics to be discussed are:
- Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation Trends
- Reversal of Burden of Proof and the Precautionary Principle
- Science and Evidentiary Standards