Securities plaintiffs previously sued Porsche in the US for alleged fraud related to the merger with VW. Their claims were bounced out of...

Intersections between disciplines are increasingly important. Law is very much about economics, as is often demonstrated by the...

Current events provide yet another reminder that it is wrong to pretend that law and civil litigation are still (if they ever were) a...

The Southern Copper/Grupo Mexico case has been quite the drama with its $1 billion + damages award for a corporate deal that was deemed...

Europe’s REACH regulations are significantly ahead of US regulations on "toxic" substances, and will be important in toxic tort...

The litigation industry includes many inconsistencies. For examples, big business has tended to work hard to force arbitration on...

During my clerkship for a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, I learned (from being assigned to do the research) that most of the...

Out of town lawyers would like to lock up trial date slots in ever ready Madison County, but did not have much luck for 2013 trial dates....

An ABA panel is recommending that the ABA allow non-lawyer owners of law firms if they work for the firm. The panel is not recommending...

Trial date tango. It’s a dance unique to litigation. It’s also a unique dance because it takes at least three to dance – a judge, a...

Lawyers around the world are increasingly forming cross-border alliances to bring claims for plaintiff. A recent example is set out in...

The global asbestos claiming industry remains hard at work. Here and here are recent promotion posts from the Asbestos Disease Awareness...

A good question these days is how one should value a massive financial house, such as CITI. One part of the answer lies in assessing its...

One of the frustrations of modern life is that service providers fail to provide automatic refunds or credits when they fail to provide...

Courts work in different ways, and lawyers need to know the actual workings of courts where they are lawyering. That rule applies even...

Advocacy groups continue to attack barriers to multi-state law practices in the US. I’m sympathetic. Last year I almost applied for...

Adam Liptak’s NYT article provides views from two law professors on the burgeoning number of amicus briefs from law professors. The gist?...

The litigation industry keeps evolving. Thus, LAW 360 reports here (subscription required) on litigation industry tactics being used by a...

From this story in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, here’s a story of an easy new way to track state court judicial salaries in the US....

In the U.S., electing state court judges is now big business and involves big money from very partisan groups. Electing state court...