Directors and officers face increasing risks of criminal prosecution by DOJ and federal agencies, as described in a March 25, 2016 blog...

False claims litigation continues as a steady segment of the ever-growing litigation industry. New numbers and comments are set out in a...

The ironic saga continues as litigation funders are firmed up for securities suits against Slater & Gordon, a well-known plaintiff’s firm...

Excluding Justices Thomas and Alito,  SCOTUS this week not surprisingly concluded that statistical proof can be used in class actions to...

The world of corporate litigation continues to draw interesting comments, as described in a March 17, 2016 story at DealBook at the New...

A settlement, sort of,  for Garlock and Coltec was announced late yesterday. The deal has multiple moving parts, including a new chapter...

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

After reading about a recent Second Circuit oral argument, I went looking for a recording. It was rather surprising to realize the 2d...

Science-focused media and reporters continue efforts to shake up secrecy agreements between private litigants. The latest example arises...

The global spread of litigation continues as Fortis is now in the midst of a $1.3 billion settlement in Dutch courts. The settlement...

How soon will the US Chamber of Commerce complain about K&E’s $93 million (mainly) contingent fee in the Tronox/Anadarko fraudulent...

As DNA sequencing gets better and better, it’s also improving and changing the standards for proof  in criminal law. This March 7, 2016...

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

The discovery wars of tomorrow will include plaintiffs seeking access to existing and future analytic and predictive databases and models...

John Biesner (of Skadden Arps) and the US Chamber of Commerce should be cheering today. Why? Because a litigation funding firm is backing...

All is not peaches and cream for plaintiff lawyers who acquire abroad after IPOs. Slater & Gordon just announced almost $500 million of...

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

How much of an outlier was Justice Scalia? Evidence suggests an extreme one, at least for some classes of cases, such as class actions....

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...