A May 2017 decision by SCOTUS (Water Splash) makes it easier for US plaintiffs to use mail to serve process on overseas defendants under...

With new events ahead as to whether/how to “ban” asbestos, it’s interesting to look back at other efforts on the same topic. To that end,...

What are courts saying about work product protection for reports on cyber hacks when the investigation was undertaken by a business hired...

This week brought another lesson in the importance of looking at big picture principles instead of focusing only at the micro level. The...

Interesting to see how times change. By the time I finished law school in 1983, no one had mentioned “dawn raids” or apps to address...

Suppose your next jury trial involves issues about cancer. Will you be able to use AI and big data – during jury selection – to quickly...

The litigation industry in the UK will continue to grow, according to litigation funders. Some of the projections are set out in an April...

For more on the argument at SCOTUS about jurisdiction rules as applied to mass torts, see the April 27, 2017 post by Jim Beck at Drug and...

Due process in bankruptcy has been rebooted to some degree. How? Through SCOTUS’ April 24, 2017 denial of GM’s cert petition from the...

The following is a guest post from Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC. As always, the analysis is cogent and very much...

The world continues to evolve, quickly, towards more use of AI in litigation. Recently, Fulbrook Capital and Metonomy Labs announced the...

Time has passed and securities class actions are now global in many ways, a topic to be covered in an ABA webinar  described online. It...

With thanks for the cogent analysis by Steve Garmisa on an unusual issue, here’s the opening paragraph from a March 6, 2017 Chicago Daily...

Imagine all the data, hypotheses and conclusions that will emerge from sequencing 500k biobanked leukemia and lymphoma tumors … Imagine...

A guest post from three of the many smart lawyers at Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC. Unlike me, they can keep up, and the...

In the shameless self-promotion department, another article on “omics” and torts. LAW360 kindly published this on February 21, 2017.  In...

From the January 17, 2017 Issue of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. It’s interesting to see practice areas as defined by a plaintiff’s...

The journey continues in Illinois on “sole proximate cause.” In Madison County, an ongoing trial presents contested issues regarding...

Unless there is a last minute change, the docket at SCOTUS indicates the respondents (the tort claimants) are due to respond today to the...

For persons and entities involved in mass tort claiming and litigation with insurance companies and/or other payors, there’s a new and...