The Friday April 24, 2009 New York Times included a thoroughly depressing article on cancer by long-time science writer Gina Kolata. The...

The Australian SEC – known as ASIC – has posted on its website the charges it filed, and a document summarizing which charges were...

As class action statutes proliferate around the world, a key issue for corporations is whether they can block class actions through...

The battle over pleural plaques claiming is continuing to evolve in the UK With respect to the Scottish legislation allowing renewed...

This post follows up on a prior post that described the Manville asbestos trust halting its prior practice of licensing its claims data...

This post follows up on the amicus brief mentioned in yesterday’s post regarding the GIT asbestos chapter 11 case that is set for oral...

Here’s my standard disclosure: I have in the past and do now represent non-insurer parties opposed to certain terms of asbestos...

Updated: An April 6 blog entry by Alison Frankel includes a letter from Cozen O’Conner responding to Mr. Ostrager. Today’s oral argument...

Reminder: Monday, March 30, 2009, is the date for oral argument in the Supreme Court on the Travelers/Manville case. The appeal presents...

Monday, March 30, 2009, is the date for oral argument in the Supreme Court on the Travelers/Manville case. The appeal presents important...

The loss of the much discussed Wyeth decision has made this a bad week for pharma. It may get worse. A March 4, 2009 NYT article...

— See also March 11, 2009 update on the entry below ——- ___________________________________________________________________ Today’s entry...

The March 3, 2009, Wall Street Journal includes an interesting article on medical school students wanting disclosures from physicians...

James Hardie is an Australian building products company that made lots of asbestos-cement products, some of which were made from the...

The cost of mistakes is daunting, and in my view, “tort reform” is not going to solve the problem of coping with large verdicts when...

How valuable are mesothelioma claims to plaintiff’s firms? I can’t tell you for sure but plainly they are much sought. An Internet site...

The march of science continues, and so does its impact on tort litigation. For example, the American Bar Association’s TIPS section is...

A prior post on this blog described the UK government issuing a Consultation paper requesting views and information on, among other...

Some corporations that made or sold various allegedly “toxic” or harmful products are today looking for and pursuing all kinds of paths...

A Mondaq article from the Deacons law firm provides an interesting example of how entrepreneurial claiming is changing the face of...