Here’s an interesting post about a web site focused on SEC whistleblower information. #LitigationIndustry

The uses of social media continue to evolve as related to mass tort litigation. Set out below is a web site page evidencing a new event –...

GE’s former General Counsel, Ben Heineman, Jr., is a widely respected lawyer who ran legal for the massive industrial and financial...

Kevin LaCroix’s D & O Diary includes this new post providing updated news on litigation funding businesses in the US. #LitigationIndustry

With cancer increasing and more cancer litigation arriving daily, one might hope for an increase in funding for cancer research in order...

This ABA Journal article by Paul Lippe (channelling Jeff Carr) is well worth reading for all lawyers seeking to look ahead as to the...

Here’s a new YouTube vide and article with spin from the American Tort Reform Association. As is typical for spin, it’s full of sound...

What mass tort and damage issues lie ahead for plaintiffs, defendants and insurers? Are there emerging or foreseeable new issues specific...

The litigation investment industry continues to grow and expand despite the many who would like to say or think that litigation is not an...

In the US, the Citizens United opinion recently taught us that corporations have free speech rights to pour unlimited amounts of money...

AmLaw today includes an interesting article by Michael Goldhaber on one lawyer’s view of "political litigation." Reading the examples and...

Corporate Counsel has a story on David Bernick resigning his position as inside counsel at Phillip Morris. The article speculates on...

When I was in law school back in the dark ages of 1980-1983, no one taught a course in the litigation industry or courts competing for...

In non-US claiming news from litigation in Germany, the Wall Street Journal and others are reporting a possible $ 1 billion settlement by...

Paul, Weiss announced record profits, and litigation industry success is a key part of the story. Indeed, the firm’s chair is a...

AmLaw highlighted some but not all numbers from Quinn Emanual, a national (and international) firm comprised only of business litigation...

You have to love Judge Richard Posner’s originality, directness and intellect. His latest gem is an opinion which includes pictures of an...

"Big law" – and litigation boutiques – love large problems because they create many years of work. Indeed, the problems sometimes create...

Thanks to the Madison County Record, the numbers are in and published for new asbestos case filings for 2011. Last year ties the largest...

It’s interesting to look at the changes in the litigation industry as to defense of product liability cases. When I was a law clerk in...