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    Kirk T. Hartley
    • Mar 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Covid Genome Analyses Shows the Power of Genomic Analyses for Understanding Diseases

    A March 26, 2021 NYT article uses the genomic analyses of Covid to provide a cogent overview of the ongoing revolution in genomic...
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    Cogent Summary - Workshop on Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence v4.0
    Kirk T. Hartley
    • Mar 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    Cogent Summary - Workshop on Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence v4.0

    Last week's workshop on the path to update the federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence is summarized in a cogent and insightful...
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    Kirk T. Hartley
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 1 min

    NRA's Chapter 11 - Possible Implications for Mass Torts, Public Policy and Chapter 11

    The NRA's chapter 11 filing last week has possible implications for mass torts, public policy and chapter 11 law. Why? Because the NRA is...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Feb 16, 2017
    • 1 min

    GM Ignition Switch Case Briefs Due Today

    Unless there is a last minute change, the docket at SCOTUS indicates the respondents (the tort claimants) are due to respond today to the...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 2, 2014
    • 1 min

    Cancer Subrogation Claims – Health Insurer Hires Plaintiff’s Firm to Sue Takeda and Eli

    Subrogation claims and liens of various kinds continue to assert a growing influence on mass tort litigation. In a new example, Blue...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jun 20, 2014
    • 1 min

    GM To Waive At Least Some Theoretic Bankruptcy Defense to Claims Arising from Ignition Switch Defect

    Are bankruptcy court injunctions enforceable when they cut off personal injury claims and related rights of co-defendants without...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 29, 2014
    • 3 min

    Blazing Saddles (the movie) and the GM Switch Issues

    The GM switch arguments raise important issues about the claimed powers of bankruptcy judges. Set out below are some background facts and...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Aug 13, 2009
    • 9 min

    Asbestos Plaintiff’s Lawyers Ask W.R. Grace Bankruptcy Court to Order that Its Findings &#8211

    The W. R. Grace chapter 11 case has produced a striking motion that highlights the too often bizarre and unconstitutional nature of much...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 6, 2009
    • 1 min

    GM Asset Sale Plan Approved by Judge Gerber; Some Individual Car Crash Victims Already Have Appealed

    The General Motors chapter 11 asset sale was approved on Sunday night in an opinion that is 50 pages, plus appendices. The opinion is...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jun 19, 2009
    • 3 min

    Another Mass Tort Bankruptcy, Sort of – Chinese Drywall and the Chapter 11 filed by Builder WC

    Chinese drywall claims are emerging as a would-be class action issues in the WCI Communities chapter 11 case pending in Delaware. Would...
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    Since becoming a lawyer in 1983, Kirk’s 35+ years of practice have focused on advising a wide range of corporations, associations, and individuals (as both plaintiffs and defendants) on both tort and commercial law issues centered around “mass torts.”

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