Here is a different example of how mass tort litigation ends up becoming a media story. In this instance, the media consists of the...

Here is a story regarding yet another aspect of the “mass tort” litigation industry – movies and other media drivers of public opinion....

Mark Lanier’s plaintiff’s firm is expanding operations into London. As described in the media, the firm is establishing an arbitration...

Here is a late September post presenting a condensed version of a law review article proposing “national juries” for mass tort...

Law firms as an investment opportunity for non-lawyers? You bet. It is by now well-known that an Australian plaintiff’s firm went public...

As noted before, substantive seminars are now a standard part of litigation industry and are indeed a driver of the industry. Today,...

The litigation industry continues to evolve. Starting a couple of years back, it became far more more common for judges in repetitive...

Many words have been written and said about asbestos litigation and class action litigation in Madison County. Disturbingly, academics...

This August 6 post from the Device and Drug Law Blog provides a great summary of Twombly/Iqbal rulings over the last couple of years....

Catching up on things I missed while on vacation. PointofLaw includes this interesting post on a draft federal statute to require...

Further proving that law is just another industry, LegalNewsline has an interesting article here about legislative efforts to give...

This NYT article notes the guilty plea of Judge DeLaughter for obstruction of justice for tipping the scales in favor of asbestos and...