According to various UK lawyers, the privilege issues inn SFO v. ENRC are critical for companies and lawyers involved in allegations of...

The Delaware Supreme Court issued a unanimous June 27, 2018 opinion allowing “take home” asbestos claims against manufacturers. The...

Interesting June 25, 2018 interview/article in Corporate Counsel on the expansion of the ILR through acquisition of news media, and its...

Sponsored research is needed to answer some questions. This seems especially true in an age in which government budgets are less than...

In the wake of Lucia, the roles of ALJs are in question, to varying degrees and with varying potential consequences. A cogent June 26,...

Who knew – a new form of litigation defense – buy a position as a government official and then claim immunity from suit. The tactic...

Today, law firms are businesses, not genteel partnerships. The point is highlighted by the fact that over the last 3 years, four UK law...

The NCAA concussion trial ended in a settlement, as described in a June 15, 2018 article at the Washington Post. Tea leaf readers will...

A news source reports interesting testimony last Thursday at the ongoing 22 plaintiff talc trial. According to a June 15, 2018 summary...

As work continues to change, it seems more and more cases are litigated to define when a person is an employee. The UK Supreme Court...

Trial is now underway in a football player’s concussion case against a college (Texas). A June 11, 2018 article at Quartz recaps some of...

The molecular biomarker revolution continues and will reshape many topics at the intersections between science and law. A recent example...

The mass tort news of the week is today’s start of the first trial against the NCAA regarding concussions. The trial is in Dallas, and...

The Springer v.  Nohl fraudulent conveyance/asbestos case in Wisconsin highlights dubious corporate side activities, and  is finally...

It seems to be a week for articles highlighting the more tawdry side of the plaintiff side in mass torts. In this instance, a new Forbes...

For an outlier  example of some of the worst of mass tort claiming, proceed directly to Mass Torts and Mass Fraud, the June 6, 2018 post...

A $1 billion compensatory damages verdict last week seems to be another signal of significant unhappiness among the people who are...

Yesterday’s punitive damages verdict against J&J arrived after interesting questions from the jury to the court. One wonders how J&J will...

Statistical analysis tools remain topics that are comfortable for relatively few lawyers. One of them is Nathan Schactman. In a new blog...

Academic exploration of product liability as to product safety levels: American Law and Economics Review, Volume 20, Issue 1, 1 April...