Tort partisans are digesting the impact of yesterday’s Illinois Supreme Court ruling that struck down a statute that cut civil juries...

A reminder:  The focus on science keeps increasing for people in asbestos litigation. As yet another example, Cardno ChemRisk is...

This week, the Missouri legislature failed to pass a Daubert bill needed to override a prior veto by the state’s governor. The U.S....

Florida has been an increasingly kind venue and profitable place for plaintiff lawyers. Case law developments during 2016 are reviewed in...

Some analyses and comment on the Dummit opinion from New York in July (a/k/a In re New York City Asbestos Litigation) is set out in an...

The focus on science keeps increasing for people in asbestos litigation. As yet another example, Cardno ChemRisk is presenting a free...

Actuaries from Milliman are online with some interesting comments on reserves for product liability.  The topics often are not handled...

Back in 2008, this blog started up because of my view that new and increasing intersections between science and law would drive many...

Part of the future of asbestos litigation will be defined on the 7th. The Kesner and Haver “take home” cases will be argued on the 7th at...

Fact patterns matter greatly, especially if lawyers sit back and think creatively. In Illinois, a trial court recently received a fact...

Add Senator Boxer to the list of persons and entities asking EPA to ban asbestos under the new TSCA.  Her August 26, 2016 letter to EPA...

In Oregon these days, there are claiming and verdict conundrums in toxic tort cases, as described in a cogent online article from Ed...

For today, some comments on investing in objective scientific data and translating science into law, as well as pointing to a useful...

Will insurers and analysts ever stop being surprised by the demographics and science of asbestos litigation? See below for a quote from a...

Not surprisingly, GM has now publicly asserted it will try every appellate option to try to change the 2d Circuit’s ruling that enforced...

A list of influential bankruptcy judges is set out in LAW360 on July 25, 2016. On reading the list, one has to note how much asbestos...

The world keeps growing smaller.  Or perhaps it’s the opposite and the point should be that the litigation industry is growing globally....

Australia has a new genomics hub for sequencing DNA and tumors, as described in this July 14 story at its website. Vice-President Biden...

Why have bankruptcy courts escaped being labeled as “judicial hellholes” for distorting tort law rules?  The question has been around for...

It appears Cardno ChemRisk may have been engaged to work for a talc defendant. Or maybe the company just sees a booming litigation topic...