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

Asbestos litigation keeps on going. Indeed, a couple of weeks ago, AM Best put out yet another iteration of its annual report on asbestos...

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

Some collections of human are slow learners or have other issues. For example, Coke just took yet another public relations hit for lack...

Spending continues apace on judicial elections as defense and plaintiff interests jockey to keep or put judges in office. The overall...

A news article on the criminal trial from the West Virginia mine explosion provides a concrete example of how limits on trial evidence...

The intersections continue to increase between torts and crimes, and potential defendants need to pay attention. A recent example arises...

Science and law intersections continue to create possible new applications of old rules, and possible new rules for new products. For an...

Professional medical societies usually are not thought of as radical groups. Therefore, it’s especially notable that a large, global...

Change is a constant in asbestos litigation. One new change for 2015  is four prominent plaintiff firms banding together for the the...

Today, a fact of life is that judges are invited to and do speak at conferences that gather persons interested in a topic. Sometimes the...

Ralph Nader’s tort history museum is open and some media stories are providing an overview. It’s almost always useful to look at history...

People always seem to be seeking data on the volume and location of asbestos litigation.  A June 2015 paper provides summary information...

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

Some naive lawyers (e.g. me) long ago thought civil litigation was about truth, justice and the American way. Not so; the University of...

Last week GM and now VW. Imagine trying an asbestos friction case in the next few months, and offering up a corporate witness to testify...

GM’s long journey continues. This week it obtained arguably favorable outcomes with settlements with the government, shareholders and...

Cybercrooks continue to find new ways to steal. One new scam involves stealing  ash card IDs through ATMs at busy hotels. The crooks...

Today will bring a new experience in speaking and writing about asbestos litigation: presenting as part of a panel at the 2015 annual...

The good news for drug companies is that a federal judge in New York agrees there is a 1st Amendment right to provide information to...