Kirk T. Hartley
Webinar on Ethical and Legal Challenges in Lawsuits Involving Young People with Mesothelioma
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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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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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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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