( September 11, 2025, 11:59 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Two groups have filed amicus curiae briefs in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in support of a petition for rehearing en banc sought by Union Carbide following a split opinion reversing a lower court’s ruling that had granted summary judgment on standing to Union Carbide in a lawsuit over exposure to ethylene oxide XE "ethylene oxide" (EtO). In one amicus brief, Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) contend that the Fourth Circuit majority applied an incorrect legal standard related to the admissibility of an expert under Federal Rule of Evidence 702....