Tis the season for annual “reports”  by asbestos trusts created through chapter 11 cases. Most reports today are farcically small and...

Maybe, maybe, maybe a glimmer of moving down a path towards proactive cancer avoidance treatment in women with inherited BRCA-1...

More people are figuring out that insurers were and remain under-reserved for asbestos litigation. Below, the text of a June 16, 2016...

As predicted, the arrival of the new TSCA legislation is leading to plaintiff side groups seeking renewed efforts by EPA to ban asbestos....

A new (June 9, 2016) opinion from the New York Court of Appeals significantly limits claims to a common interest privilege in connection...

Some proclaim cyber-crime was not foreseeable and a black swan. The claim is not true. As noted before in this August 7, 2014 post, the...

It seems as if the new TSCA legislation is destined to pass, despite Rand Paul’s questions. Therefore, one has to wonder whether we are...

The C8 litigation is continuing into possible trial #3, and outcome #4.  The results to date – and the trials ahead – are summarized in a...

Smart lawyers can generate better outcomes, and “defense firms” can act as plaintiffs.  That’s one of the messages from a May 23, 2016...

Thinking about a joint defense agreement with terms with an eye on notice of settlements and sharing costs of judgments, especially for...

Monday was not a good day for defendants at SCOTUS. Set out below are four overview statements by LAW360.  One might think the litigation...

The jurisdiction wars continue in tort cases, as more state court cases follow on from SCOTUS’ decision limiting assertion of personal...

The economics of litigation continue to receive more attention. For example, an April, 29, 2016 post at CLS Blue Sky Blog brings news of...

Immunotherapy for cancer is the new thing, and it shows great promise, but also difficulties. For a good overview explanation, see this...

Epigenetics. It’s a big deal, and is more and more becoming part of main stream conversations. For a very readable explanation, see Same...

An ounce of prevention versus ………. VW’s $18 billion charge for the emissions cheating scandal provides a timely example of the need to...

An April 4, 2016 Blue Sky blog article from Professor Coffee provides a cogent review of the end of the SCOTUS pendulum swinging against...

Publicity is growing in regular media regarding the Indiana Supreme Court knocking out the state’s construction statute of reposed based...

A brief review of the BAP1 “meso gene” discovery story is provided  – with links to key articles – in the April 1, 2016  issue of the...

It can be interesting to peel back onion skin layers of law and find new legal rules. Consider for example the following two paragraphs...