Specialty courts provide a favored group of litigants with access to special judicial processes and jurists. Some say the courts are part...

Software and data operate in binary code that changes very little, if at all, for borders (excluding homeland security issues for some...

The UK Supreme Court last week ruled against a party challenging an obligation to pay fees under ATE agreements and conditional fee...

Readers of the blog know my view that science matters for toxic tort litigation, and have seen many posts here about aspects of the...

Chart from Globe and Mail, March 27, 2015 -http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/imports-of-asbestos-products-rising-in-canad...

Litigation today is global. Litigation also is like jello –  push in one place, and things happen in other places. The point is...

Shook Hardy’s latest product liability newsletter includes an article about and links to a coalition of news groups seeking cameras at...

The Chevron/Ecuador wars continue to rage, including a judgment enforcement effort in Ontario, Canada. The latter effort resulted in a...

Does choice of law really matter in m&a when the options are Delaware and New York ? A Kirkland & Ellis client advisory memo offers some...

The First Amendment has become a war horse ridden by many. Now a new question – do judges have First Amendment rights to comment on...

A post from the TortsProf blog brings news of an apparently interesting new book on torts. The introduction starts as follows: "From Hart...

What do mass torts have to do with arbitration? In some instances, quite a bit. The Chevron/Ecuador/Donziger circus masks interesting and...

Recent posts at Opinio Juris cover various law-related aspects of an interesting looking new book on global trade. The book is by Anupam...

How to deal with "long term" risks and costs related to business operations? A proposed new mine in Minnesota exemplifies some of the...

LAW360 includes an article – with links to opinions – on a BP ruling on the question of the ability of Mexican states to file suits for...

Corporate structures continue to face new challenges as plaintiffs seek to hold parent companies liable for actions related to...

Some interesting observations in A WSJ op ed piece on rising disability claims and expenses. The author is Michael J. Boskin, a Stanford...

The Quebec train disaster raises yet again the issue of underinsured or uninsured business operations. According to the latest story, the...

Corporate families with tiered structures create legal responsibility issues of many kinds. Sophisticated plaintiff’s lawyers for injured...

Will we see development of a process for national courts to certify questions of law to each other? One federal appellate court judge in...