It appears more will soon be written on when, if ever, bankruptcy courts can cut off product liability claims against successor entities....

Garlock’s “plaintiff’ fraud” claims apparently will not be tested on the merits in Kentucky as it just lost an intermediate court appeal....

Various articles (e.g. here) keep repeating the myth that “the BAP1 defense” was “defeated” in a “verdict” in  the Perez case in...

Fraudulent conveyances often are related to existing or impending insolvency, and so of course alleged fraudulent conveyances are often...

Now in the books is the first mesothelioma trial to squarely put at issue the legal consequences when the mesothelioma victim  inherited...

A few years ago, “toxic tort” trials in St. Louis were not so common. Today, there are ample numbers of asbestos cases, with cases going...

Knowledge moves fast these days. A January 20, 2016 medical article from Italy – in Italian – reports on results obtained from...

Most cancer trials are tough for most asbestos defendants to win, in most venues. The point is highlighted by a news story out of Japan,...

A January 5, 2016 abstract suggests the possible identification of the long sought highly specific and sensitive biomarker for...

Image from Illumina’s press conference announcing a bold new plan to change how the world deals with cancer. Did you feel the earth move...

Plaintiff firms involved in asbestos litigation like to have the internet pulsing with references to asbestos and litigation. To that...

Researchers depend in part on “lines” of mice bred and raised to be the same, and assumed to be the same.  The assumptions are being...

It’s hard to believe, but the pace of molecular science continues to accelerate. And it’s increasingly focused on disease causation...

The Aubin opinion in late October was accompanied by happy talk from the US Chamber of Commerce (they focused on not losing completely on...

Some catch up on an item that kept getting pushed back. The point is to extend kudos to Legal Newsline for pressing for and obtaining the...

Some people assume change in law is always slow. Is that really true? Not always. Consider all of the ongoing change regarding the...

Daunting data on viruses and cancer is set out in a new, open access article in Cancer Epidemiology. The article is part of the European...

Where did 2015 go? It soon will be time for the annual ACI Asbestos Litigation Conference in Philadelphia, this year on January 14 and...

One of the struggles in mass tort litigation arises from the economic conflicts of interest between current and future claimants. The...

CBO has published a preliminary estimate of costs related to extension of the 911 (Zadroga) fund. CBO provided the following summary:...