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The NAM filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to review an appellate ruling that upheld a high penalty imposed on a company for alleged misconduct by their lawyers during the discovery phase of a lawsuit. The Ninth Circuit upheld a $2.7 million award imposed against Goodyear as sanctions for failing to turn over a document in discovery. If upheld, this decision could have subjected manufacturers, who generate large amounts of data, to considerable sanctions if an error occurs during a discovery request. The NAM’s brief argued that that failure to require a direct causal link between a litigant’s alleged discovery violations and compensatory damages to other parties will lead to abusive sanctions, particularly for manufacturers. The court overturned the $2.7 million award and remanded the case to the lower courts for determination of the appropriate sanction.