This week brought 4 major new Nature papers on genomics. Over the next 20 years, the findings they report, will: 1) materially impact...

A decade ago, Doug McConnell and family embarked on a journey to raise money to support scientific research against ALS. "A Long Swim"...

A March 26, 2021 NYT article uses the genomic analyses of Covid to provide a cogent overview of the ongoing revolution in genomic...

As it said it would do, J&J filed a cert petition seeking review of the Ingham verdict against it and others. The verdict involved 22...

Last week's workshop on the path to update the federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence is summarized in a cogent and insightful...

Issues arising from criminal prosecutions of former managers at an asbestos-cement plant (Everite) are up on appeal, as described in a...

Planning continues this week for the Fourth Edition of the federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence. The event is an open access...

The George Mason Law and Economics Center is hosting a free, upcoming online symposium titled: Symposium on the Economics and Law of...

An academic research project on the stock price impact of product recalls is described in a February 1, 2021 blog post from Christopher...

Now available at SSRN is a compilation of reviews of books on tort law, as per a February 7, 2021 post by Steve Hedley at Private Law...

As if to highlight my point about strategic lawsuits taking on more importance, this week ended with another voting machine company...

For World Cancer Day, it seems the right time to highlight some of the stark data on expected future cancers around the globe. Regardless...

A newly announced criminal action by DOJ further highlights the use of strategic litigation to knock down people who spread...

As noted on Monday, it seems there are more and more strategic defamation suits against media in the US. Perhaps the trend includes the...

It seems 2021 is going to be quite the year for strategic, defamation lawsuits against proven liars. The articles by lawyers are flowing....

After so many years of relative secrecy about claiming in asbestos litigation and some other "mass torts," it's refreshing to see fairly...

What does research on sociology and criminology tell us about why white collar criminals do what they do? In a January 27, 2021 post,...

Some "toxins" are long-lived, and so decisions made decades ago continue to ripple through current events. A "now in the news" example is...

Just before the weekend, DuPont, Corteva and Chemours issued a joint press release announcing a $4 billion deal to resolve their...

The "botometer" is an online, open access source for assessing whether a twitter account likely is run by a bot. ...

A newly entered order in the Bestwall/Georgia Pacific chapter 11 case provides a ruling on some aspects of an estimation process to value...

The NRA's chapter 11 filing last week has possible implications for mass torts, public policy and chapter 11 law. Why? Because the NRA is...

For persons interested in cancer litigation and genetic causes of cancers, a key point to learn and apply is that gene mutations are not...

These are interesting times with respect to corporate transactions related to alleged or actual fraudulent conveyances, whether arising...

Hmmm - best typo ever? https://www.omm.com/resources/alerts-and-publications/publications/sec-issues-updated-guidance-on-rule-10b5-1-trad...

For the record, I'm calling for immediate removal of President Trump, via either the 25th Amendment or impeachment. With that on the...

More to think about from the SolarWinds hack. A January 7, 2021 blog post from a nationally known cybersecurity expert (Brian Krebs) ...

The year end reports of Chief Justice Roberts often include a history lesson, and a chuckle or two. His year end report for 2020 provides...

A new article from Professor Catherine M. Sharkey lays out a modern rationale for lawsuits seeking to hold Amazon liable as a settler of...

Are you wondering about the joint effect of the possible variables of vaccine effectiveness, distribution of them, and mask wearing? A...