Kirk T. Hartley Sep 7 3 min Professor Feinman's Latest: "A User’s Guide to the Restatement of the Law, Liability Insurance" It's most interesting and encouraging to see Professor Jay Feinman publish a new paper that frankly addresses the pressures exerted on in...
Kirk T. Hartley Sep 1 1 min Webinar on Ethical and Legal Challenges in Lawsuits Involving Young People with Mesothelioma For first of its kind new data related to the growing number of lawsuits involving young people with mesothelioma, please join next week'...
Kirk T. Hartley Aug 20 1 min Sunshine has Value - Chapter 11 Investigation Yields Proof of Attempted Bid Rigging by a Hedge Fund It is good to see bankruptcy courts authorizing more investigations into chapter 11 backstories. Here, under investigation, a hedge fund ...
Kirk T. Hartley Aug 17 2 min State AppellateJudges Hear a Proposed Refined Framework for Analysis of Confidentiality Agreements A new item at SSRN is a paper on analytical frameworks for thinking about confidentiality agreements in litigation. It's interesting in p...
Kirk T. Hartley Aug 6 1 min Litigation Funding 2020 - "Best Practices" Recommendations by the American Bar Association The litigation funding industry is an undeniable and growing force in the US, and in other countries. The industry began its rise in the ...
Kirk T. Hartley Aug 4 1 min New Evidence of Virus Induced Cancers - EBV and Gastric Cancers Over time, litigators dealing with cancer issues will need to become more attuned to asking plaintiffs and their doctors more questions a...
Kirk T. Hartley Jul 29 1 min 1 Million Seldom Reused Acronyms in Scientific Literature Abstracts and Titles Does the existence of 1 million seldom used acronyms suggest excessive use of acronyms in scientific publishing? That's a conclusion one ...
Kirk T. Hartley Jul 27 1 min Will New Coronavirus Legislation Reflect Any Attention to Law Firm PPP $ and Mass Tort Advertising? For both defense and plaintiff firms, the notable flow of PPP money to law firms raises its own set of questions regarding Congress' int...
Kirk T. Hartley Jul 23 1 min Better Scientific Tools Can Unearth More Harms - Kidney Condition Linked to Silica Exposure One result of better scientific tools can be the identification of additional conditions related to a substance that can be harmful. A r...
Kirk T. Hartley Jul 15 1 min PPP Dollars Flow to Plaintiff and Defense Asbestos Litigation Firms Around Madison County/St. Louis The asbestos litigation industry is always interesting to think about at the macro economic level. Now that PPP numbers were finally disc...
Kirk T. Hartley Jul 13 1 min Criminal Law Against Genetic Discrimination Upheld by Supreme Court of Canada The growing real world importance of genomics is illustrated by yet another ruling involving issues at an intersection between genomics a...
Kirk T. Hartley Jun 29 1 min Covid's Evolution Highlights the Value of Genomic Epidemiology for Covid Risk Analyses Genomic epidemiology continues to prove its importance.Researchers using genomic analyses tools are finding much more of the "G" version ...
Kirk T. Hartley Jun 18 1 min Three Events Signal a Notable Week for the Use of Genomics in Personal Injury Litigation It's been a notable week regarding the use of genomics in litigation. Our webinar on the topic was well attended, including numerous youn...
Kirk T. Hartley Jun 11 1 min "What’s in Those Genes? Genetic Evidence Concerning Causation for Mesothelioma" - Webinar Next Week Overview of upcoming webinar on the use of genomics in mesothelioma cases.
Kirk T. Hartley May 13 1 min Individual Genetic Variability Matters Greatly for Some Diseases in Some People The occasional importance of individual genetic variability in diseases continues to be highlighted by the wide range of outcomes in pers...
Kirk T. Hartley May 7 1 min Using Genomes to Trace the Spread of Pathogens - NYT Article Illustrates Litigation Possibilities A May 7, 2020 NYT article provides a prime example on the use of genomes to trace the spread of pathogens. The article is specifically ab...
Kirk T. Hartley May 4 1 min Are More High Value UK Class Actions Ahead? A claim said to be worth $14 billion is up for a hearing next week in the UK Supreme Court.
Kirk T. Hartley Mar 23 1 min 723 Open Access Virus Genomes Provide Real Time Genomic Tracking of the Spread of COVID19 Nextstrain.org is a valuable web site that illustrates the power and speed of using real time open access virus genomes to track and unde...
Kirk T. Hartley Mar 1 1 min Could Opioid Litigation Tactics Lead to More Diesel Litigation? Bob Reville of Praedicat shares the vision that one needs to look at both science and law to understand future risks and opportunities f...
Kirk T. Hartley Feb 29 1 min Voluntary Agreements - Cass Sunstein Yet another interesting looking law review is now on SSRI. It is "Voluntary Agreements" by Cass Sunstein. In 2008, the Sunstein and Thale...
Kirk T. Hartley Feb 28 2 min Rethinking the Development of Modern Tort Liability - by Abraham and White Two prominent tort law scholars (Kenneth Abraham and Edward White) just published on SSRI a reanalysis and rethink of the evolution of to...
Kirk T. Hartley Feb 23 1 min Expectations for More Genomic Testing in Medical Product Liability Cases It's always good to see more lawyers focusing on the use of genomics. In that vein, note a new February 20, 2020 blog post with a seasone...
- Jan 20 1 min Lawyer Humor – Cartoons – Good Holiday Gifts for the Lawyer Who Has Everything Here is a website with insightful and funny cartoon humor regarding lawyers. The author/creator, David Mills, is now selling signed copie...
- Nov 18, 2019 1 min Update on Class Actions in France (and Across the EU) Despite the naysayers of years ago, class actions procedures continue to evolve and expand in Europe. A November 11, 2019 online article...
