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Warren Buffet Companies Take Over Even More of the US Asbestos Risk – New Deal Takes on Libert
Developments continue for asbestos litigation – and insurance coverage for asbestos claims. Warren Buffet’s companies already have been...
Kirk Hartley
Jul 18, 20142 min read
“Occupational Cancer: Key Challenges and Opportunities for Change”
The story of asbestos disease – and the resulting litigation – is part of the larger story of “occupational cancer.” A new op-ed (free...
Kirk Hartley
Jul 15, 20142 min read
For Profit Public Enforcement – Blog Posts You Should Be Reading
For persons interested in all phases of the litigation industry, Max Minzer contines to write a series of informative and thought...
Kirk Hartley
Jul 14, 20141 min read
Law Firm Change – Employee Share Purchases and Advertising on the Bat of a Cricket Star
Slater & Gordon was the first law firm in the world to become a public company, and evolved from an Australian plaintiff’s firm into a...
Kirk Hartley
Jul 11, 20141 min read
When Should Suit Be Filed by a Potential Pharma Plaintiff?
The yin and yang of litigation creates interesting alternatoives. Today, we hear some on the defense side complain bitterly that...
Kirk Hartley
Jul 10, 20142 min read
For-Profit Public Enforcement
The Conglomerate blog brings forward yet another interesting topic, paper and author in a July 7, 2014 post. The topic is “For-Profit...
Kirk Hartley
Jul 8, 20142 min read
Cancer Subrogation Claims – Health Insurer Hires Plaintiff’s Firm to Sue Takeda and Eli
Subrogation claims and liens of various kinds continue to assert a growing influence on mass tort litigation. In a new example, Blue...
Kirk Hartley
Jul 2, 20141 min read
Consequences for Ignoring Science and Technology – Corporate Boards and Other Leaders –
It may be the corporate boards are starting to get the message about the need to pay attention to science, technology and cybersecurity....
Kirk Hartley
Jul 1, 20143 min read
Dark Pools, Halliburton and Efficient Markets Theories
These are interesting times for thinking about securities litigation claims. With Halliburton now decided, the securities bar can move...
Kirk Hartley
Jun 27, 20141 min read
An Important New Paper on Mesotheliomas: “Germline Mutation of Bap1 Accelerates Development of
A June 13, 2014 paper by Dr. Joseph Testa and colleagues expands the ongoing investigation into the relationships among mesothelioma,...
Kirk Hartley
Jun 24, 20142 min read
Cyberheists – Some Victims Obtaining Some Recoveries From Vendors With Inadequate Security
It appears more and more lawsuits will arise when security failures generate financial losses. A June 14, 2014 post at Krebs on Security...
Kirk Hartley
Jun 24, 20141 min read
Economic Self-Interest and the Law: “What’s Good for New York Is Good for the Nation and
Economic self-interest of course is a powerful force both outside and inside the litigation industry. Economic self-interest is in fact...
Kirk Hartley
Jun 23, 20142 min read
Thanks to Argentina, Suing Foreign Sovereigns Just Became More Attractive
Litigation against foreign sovereigns received a boost from yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling allowing discovery against foreign sovereigns to...
Kirk Hartley
Jun 20, 20141 min read
MDPs in Ireland
MDPs are arriving in Ireland, and will further change the global legal market. A small article here on KPMG’s new “legal division,” and a...
Kirk Hartley
Jun 17, 20141 min read
International Consumer Product Safety Conference – Brussels, Belgium
An online page presents information about this upcoming global conference on consumer products. The world continues to get smaller with...
Kirk Hartley
Jun 16, 20142 min read
Scholarly Analysis of The Attributes of Delaware, and Other Outlier Jurisdictions, Including Tax Who
When and how do a handful of states or nations take on outsized legal significance through legislation aimed at specific subjects? For...
Kirk Hartley
Jun 13, 20141 min read
Continuing Growth and Change for the Toxic Tort Litigation Industry
Like the growing scale of cancer, there is a growing scale to toxic tort litigation and law firms. This week, for example, brings news of...
Kirk Hartley
Jun 6, 20143 min read
Drug and Device Blog Covers Deposing FDA Officials
When, if at all, are current FDA employee allowed and/or willing to provide deposition testimony? For the answers, see this May 22, 2014...
Kirk Hartley
May 23, 20141 min read
More on Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Bylaw Term to Have Attorneys’ Fees Paid by Losing Litig
A notable new Delaware ruling on fee shifting is well covered in this May 10, 2014 blog post at the Delaware Corporate & Commercial...
Kirk Hartley
May 14, 20141 min read
Update on the Federal Loss on GM – and Relevance to the GM Switch Issues
April 30, 2014 news reports say that the US treasury now reports losing $11.2 billion on the GM takeover fiasco, and has written off its...
Kirk Hartley
Apr 30, 20142 min read
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