Defendants Move to Immediately Vacate Records Preservation Order

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Defendants in the silica MDL have moved to vacate a preservation of records order entered by the court last month, arguing that it failed to meet notice requirements, and amounts to a permanent injunction that is so overly broad it would be nearly impossible to comply with. In Re: Silica Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1553 (S.D. Texas).

In a brief filed Jan. 9, the defendants argue that specific requirements of the order, which precludes any defendant from destroying or otherwise altering a range of company-related documents and data compilations, literally forbids the parties from emptying …