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    Webinar on Ethical and Legal Challenges in Lawsuits Involving Young People with Mesothelioma
    Kirk T. Hartley
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 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...
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    Kirk T. Hartley
    • Jul 27, 2020
    • 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'...
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    PPP Dollars Flow to Plaintiff and Defense Asbestos Litigation Firms Around Madison County/St. Louis
    Kirk T. Hartley
    • Jul 15, 2020
    • 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...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Oct 6, 2014
    • 3 min

    Lung Cancer Claims Take Center Stage for a HarrisMartin Asbestos Litigation Conference

    Some see lung cancer claiming as associated only with the Napoli Bern law firm. But that’s not correct.  More and more, members of the...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Sep 30, 2014
    • 2 min

    “KLS Equity to Open Second Round of Asbestos Advertising”

    The mass tort world never ceases to amaze. Asbestos litigation advertising apparently includes the group approach described in the the...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jun 16, 2014
    • 1 min

    Asbestos Science at ACI’s Chicago Conference – June 26 and 27

    ACI’s asbestos litigation conference series now includes a Chicago gathering on June 26 and 27. The conference includes sessions focused...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • May 7, 2012
    • 3 min

    US Plaintiff’s Firms Now Promoting Links Between Heart Disease and Asbestos Inhalation

    US plaintiff’s firms are continuing to publicize a recent British study finding a link between heart disease and asbestos inhalation. An...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 30, 2012
    • 1 min

    St. Louis Picking Up More Asbestos Cases – Both Mesotheliomas and Lung Cancers

    The Madison County Record and its Kelly Holleran have kindly provided a summary of new asbestos cases filed in St. Louis during March and...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Mar 31, 2012
    • 1 min

    Asbestos Disease Awareness meeting and Week – Another Part of the Battle for Minds When Thinki

    The text in bold below is from one of many press releases and "articles" generated by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. The...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • May 13, 2010
    • 1 min

    Same Couple Files Two Mesothelioma Lawsuits Days Apart in Both Madison and St. Clair Counties

    Asbestos litigation never ceases to surprise. This week’s surprise is found in an on line article by Kelly Holleran for the Madison – St....
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 14, 2010
    • 1 min

    New Asbestos Verdicts Reach Popular Media

    It’s usually not good for the defendants when the popular legal media is picking up verdicts from asbestos trials. That’s true again this...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Mar 20, 2010
    • 3 min

    Madison County’s Sibling – St. Clair County – New Asbestos Filings

    Madison County, Illinois gets most of the ink, but it has a sibling in St. Clair County. In year’s past, when I was a baby lawyer, some...
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    Deposition Time LImits – Who Has Time to Ask About Bankrupt Entities ?
    Kirk Hartley
    • Mar 16, 2010
    • 1 min

    Deposition Time LImits – Who Has Time to Ask About Bankrupt Entities ?

    Consider, for example, yesterday’s post and today’s images of asbestos products made by entities now in chapter 11. Think about the...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Feb 8, 2010
    • 2 min

    James Hardie and CSR – Allegations of “Collusion”

    The asbestos litigation pot continues to boil in Australia. Over the last couple of weeks, CSR was denied the opportunity to split its...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jan 19, 2010
    • 1 min

    14 Lung Cancers Among 28 Asbestos Cases Filed in Madison County December 14-18

    Go here to see the new filings summary from the Madison  County Record. Of 28 cases, 14 are said to be lung cancer cases and 14 are...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Dec 6, 2009
    • 1 min

    Watch on Monday for A. M. Best Findings and Projections on Asbestos and Environmental Losses

    This article from Business Insurance overviews points from an A.M. Best study to be released on Monday with data and projections on...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Sep 26, 2009
    • 4 min

    Asbestos – UK – Update on Various Topics

    I’m headed to London this weekend to chair an asbestos litigation conference starting On Tuesday the 29th, so this seems a good time for...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Sep 18, 2009
    • 1 min

    Update on Bates White Paper on Impact of Asbestos Bankruptcies

    Now online here at no expense is a new paper by the economists at Bates White. The paper is titled “The Naming Game” and is well-worth...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Sep 8, 2009
    • 1 min

    New Bates White Paper on Asbestos Litigation, Bankruptcy Trusts, and Plaintiff’s Habits in Nam

    Just in time for upcoming asbestos litigation seminars. the economists at Bates White have issued a new report on asbestos litigation,...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Aug 25, 2009
    • 8 min

    The Litigation Industry – 1 Lung Cancer and 17 Mesothelioma Lawsuits – A Week’s Wo

    Many words have been written and said about asbestos litigation and class action litigation in Madison County. Disturbingly, academics...
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    Since becoming a lawyer in 1983, Kirk’s 35+ years of practice have focused on advising a wide range of corporations, associations, and individuals (as both plaintiffs and defendants) on both tort and commercial law issues centered around “mass torts.”

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