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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...

Kirk T. Hartley
Mar 30, 20211 min read
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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...

Kirk T. Hartley
Mar 3, 20211 min read
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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...

Kirk T. Hartley
Jan 20, 20211 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Feb 16, 20171 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 2, 20141 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 20, 20141 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 29, 20143 min read
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Asbestos Plaintiff’s Lawyers Ask W.R. Grace Bankruptcy Court to Order that Its Findings –
The W. R. Grace chapter 11 case has produced a striking motion that highlights the too often bizarre and unconstitutional nature of much...

Kirk Hartley
Aug 13, 20099 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 6, 20091 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 19, 20093 min read
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