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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 understand the global sp...

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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 for casualty insuranc...

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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 Thaler book, Nudge, was a...

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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 tort law. A scan of it...

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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 seasoned lawyer's comments ...

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Kirk Hartley

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 copies for $ 35 – go here...

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Kirk Hartley

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 by two expert Frenc...

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Kirk Hartley

Oct 4, 2019
1 min

Isle of Jersey to Make Lump Sum Mesothelioma Payments

The Isle of Jersey will be making lump sum mesothelioma payments as a result of citizen requests through an “e-petition,” as described in this 30 September 2...

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Kirk Hartley

Oct 3, 2019
2 min

One Fact Pattern Relevant for Thinking About Ethical Issues When A Settlement is to Be Funded By Con

What ethical missions can appropriately intersect with corporate profits in the context of mass tort settlements that call for continuing sales of products t...

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 20, 2019
1 min

Corporate & D&O Risk – Updated Comments from Marty Lipton of Wachtell Lipton – &

Corporate officers and directors need to confront the serious risks they and their companies face in the current environment. Who says so? The famous Marty L...

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 19, 2019
1 min

Corporate Veil Piercing as Purdue Seeks Refuge in Chapter 11; Conservative Economist Tyler Cowen Arg

As Purdue seeks refuge in chapter 11, a conservative economist articulates a point I’ve also been discussing in various contexts: prepare for material reduct...

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 16, 2019
1 min

Judicial Change – An Example from Illinois’ Fifth District Court Appellate Court

Back in the early 2000s, the Fifth District appellate court in Illinois was composed of 6 Democratic judges and 1 Republican. That appellate district sits ab...

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Kirk Hartley

Aug 23, 2019
1 min

And Now: Alleged Use of Sex Tapes as Part of Litigation – Burford Capital, the ILR and Harry

Interesting times became even more interesting when the Financial Times published an August 21, 2019 article asserting that a sex tape took on a role in Burf...

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Kirk Hartley

Aug 22, 2019
1 min

Ironies Abound – Burford, Institute for Legal Reform, Securities Class Actions and Muddy Water

Usually, the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) subpart of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce attacks class action securities suits as bad things, as illustrated by ...

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Kirk Hartley

Aug 3, 2019
2 min

WSJ Explains Awful Customer Service – Lexis/Nexis is A Poster Child of Failure

WSJ Headline – August 3, 2019 Lexis/Nexis is a poster child for a new WSJ article: “Everyone Hates Customer Service. This Is Why. Technology lets companies ...

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Kirk Hartley

Jul 31, 2019
1 min

Clyde and Co: “Researchers claim link between asbestos exposure and prostate cancer”

Knowledge spreads at different paces. A July 2019 article from Clyde & Co. notes a January 2019 medical review article on prostate cancer and links to asbest...

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Kirk Hartley

Jul 16, 2019
1 min

Updated Commentary on The Global Scale of Class Actions

About a decade ago, I predicted that the Morrison case and litigation financing would drive more litigation around the world; see, e.g., here and here. Toda...

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Kirk Hartley

Jul 11, 2019
1 min

It May Now Become Tougher to Successfully Execute Fraudulent Conveyances: Kirkland & Ellis Press

Avoiding liability for fraudulent conveyances may have just become tougher. Why? Because this week, Kirkland & Ellis explicitly announced it is now seeking o...

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Kirk Hartley

Jul 5, 2019
1 min

New Book – “Fentanyl Inc: How Rogue Chemists are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opio

A July 5, 2019 book review by Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution describes in a glowing terms a book that sounds interesting with respect to opioid issues. A...

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Kirk Hartley

Jun 29, 2019
1 min

2 More Damage Cap Statutes Were Recently Held Unconstitutional Under State Law – In Red State

A June 24, 2019 post at ThePopTort points out that the Supreme Courts of both Kansas and Oklahoma recently struck down damages cap statutes in their states. ...

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