Imagine, if you will, …. See http://setexasrecord.com/stories/511076254-motion-seeks-to-expose-asbestos-cases-linked-to-baron-budd-terrel...

The first genome cost $3-4 billion, and took over a decade; one can debate the specifics.  Times change. Last week, the world leader in...

One year ago, Illumina announced a stunning goal: find all cancers very early (stage 1 or 2) through use of massive computing power and...

As reported by Laurie Kazan Allen at the IBAS web site and in other places, a new fund has been created in Switzerland to pay...

As previously predicted by yours truly and other members of a multidisciplinary team, asbestos losses continue to rise for insurance...

2016 has been quite the year, and it looks as if 2017 could be quite the year. To close out this year, a link to Nathan Schactman’s...

The Canadian government announced on Thursday its plan to move forward to ban future uses of asbestos, and to more tightly regulate the...

It appears Canada soon will be implementing some phased in form of a “complete ban” on asbestos, according to a December 9, 2016 article...

Another part of the complexity of asbestos litigation lies in the efforts of some to shut down former makers of asbestos containing...

Lawsuits against law firms continue to be part of the increasing complexities of asbestos litigation. A recent example arises from...

Mealey’s recently highlighted the latest example of financiers and entrepreneurial claiming creating change in the asbestos litigation...

The last 10 days have been notably adverse for product liability defendants. One big defense side loss arrived through the California...

ACI’s 22nd Asbestos Claims & Litigation forum, January 12-13 at the Union League of Philadelphia, is an event where law, science, and...

It’s not been a good run of days for asbestos defendants and other current and former sellers of alleged toxins. Yesterday,  under the...

Even the Financial Times picked up on the 18% increase in asbestos losses that A.M. Best predicted for insurers; its article was on...

A projected 18% increase in insurance company asbestos losses was announced yesterday by A.M. Best. Some of us are not surprised. Indeed,...

2016 has not been a good year for defendants in asbestos cases. The point has been illustrated several times. A prime example is the...

Resolute’s asbestos claims management is in the gunsights of many, for multiple reasons. Resolute just took a notable discovery hit from...

Elections of course bring changes in courts and legislatures, and various arguments and theories about what may happen. For tort system...

It’s been quite the past few weeks and months for communiques from Russia. The newest one relevant to this blog is a November 14, 2016...