The GM switch arguments raise important issues about the claimed powers of bankruptcy judges. Set out below are some background facts and...

High frequency trading. It’s a “growing cancer” on Wall Street, according to Charles Schwab.  It’s the subject of Flash Boys: A Wall...

Time to head to Chicago. Yes, it was a long winter in Chicago but it is warmer now, and so toxic tort lawyers should think about...

Some members of the litigation industry believe and invest in front line technology. Consider Fennemore Craig. The firm now is using...

The cross-fire never ceases among members of the litigation industry. Nathan Schactman recently posted an interesting new attack on the...

Who knew. Fracking related litigation already has a web site – Shale Watch. It’s from Andrew Scholz and others at Goldberg Segalla....

Fans of transparency will be pleased. SCOTUS declined to hear the cert petition seeking to breathe life into the secret Delaware chancery...

Those darned plaintiff’s lawyers obviously are the cause of all things bad in litigation (sarcasm intended). Note that their ranks now...

One wonders how many tort defense lawyers and/or liability insurance companies talk to lawyers who defend securities cases arising out of...

It’s good to see more people talking about epigenetics as related to law and toxic torts. A new post from Innovative Science articulates...

Back in the day, product recalls did not exist. Then they started, slowly. Now, analysts cover them. Here is Fitch on GM’s ignition...

Kevin LaCroix provides a story and comprehensive set of links to stories tracing the demise of Dewey & Lebeouf, and the recent bank fraud...

Nathan Schachtman published an informative and enjoyable new post – partially humorous too – on the use of the term "junk science."...

The litigation industry never sits still – it’s move and countermove. To try to stifle surging whistleblowing, some defense contractors...

Shook Hardy’s latest product liability newsletter briefly summarizes a new review of 230 cases on the topic of whether Twiqbal applies to...

Corporate Counsel’s new issue includes an article asking whether the continuing string of corporate cyber breaches will become a tipping...

This article tells an amazing story about possible fraud by a hospital related to a man’s heart (the cause of his death was at issue)....

Data, metrics and measuring are techniques much used by high quality manufacturers. From the little I see, those techniques are less...

Companies are not islands. Mistakes or fraud by company X may drag down prices of most or all companies in that sector. This valuable...

The litigation industry continues to grow and thrive, including change and expansion outside the US. Background –  Slater & Gordon is an...