Claims for legal advice privilege are becoming more difficult and narrower in the EU, according to a February 10, 2017 article published...

A bit of shameless self promotion for me and colleagues at Innovative Science Solutions. This week brought us 15 seconds of “fame”...

2017 brought many new events, including various changes for claim administration for the “evergreen” Narco asbestos trust, with some new...

Almost 50 years of asbestos litigation have produced some iconic moments. One is the Baron & Budd witness coaching memo. The event is...

The label “tort reform” brings many reactions. But it’s an easy label for legislation involving “mass tort” claims. For an update on...

With so many executive orders being challenged in many forums, keeping track of the events presents challenges similar to the challenges...

Imagine, if you will, …. See http://setexasrecord.com/stories/511076254-motion-seeks-to-expose-asbestos-cases-linked-to-baron-budd-terrel...

Yet again, SCOTUS is taking up issues that matter for mass tort cases. This time it granted cert to look at the constitutional law and...

The American Pipe statute of limitation tolling doctrine is on its way back up to SCOTUS, as described in a January 15, 2017 article at...

The first genome cost $3-4 billion, and took over a decade; one can debate the specifics.  Times change. Last week, the world leader in...

One year ago, Illumina announced a stunning goal: find all cancers very early (stage 1 or 2) through use of massive computing power and...

As reported by Laurie Kazan Allen at the IBAS web site and in other places, a new fund has been created in Switzerland to pay...

Nathan Schactman added a coda to his prior post on the probable demise of the ancient document exception to the rule against hearsay....

2016 has been quite the year, and it looks as if 2017 could be quite the year. To close out this year, a link to Nathan Schactman’s...

Some product liability losses are massive due to wide spread use and distribution of the products. For example, asbestos litigation is...

The Canadian government announced on Thursday its plan to move forward to ban future uses of asbestos, and to more tightly regulate the...

Burford Capital is acquiring Gerchen Keller, as described in a December 14, 2016 article in the Wall Street Journal. According to the...

It appears Canada soon will be implementing some phased in form of a “complete ban” on asbestos, according to a December 9, 2016 article...

Another part of the complexity of asbestos litigation lies in the efforts of some to shut down former makers of asbestos containing...

Lawsuits against law firms continue to be part of the increasing complexities of asbestos litigation. A recent example arises from...