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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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    Kirk T. Hartley
    • Feb 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Academic Work On the Stock Price Impact of Product Recalls

    An academic research project on the stock price impact of product recalls is described in a February 1, 2021 blog post from Christopher...
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    Kirk T. Hartley
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    "Prime" Litigation Against Web Site Sellers? "Holding Amazon Liable As a Seller of Defective Goods"

    A new article from Professor Catherine M. Sharkey lays out a modern rationale for lawsuits seeking to hold Amazon liable as a settler of...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    “Product Liability in Markets for Vertically Differentiated Products”

    Academic exploration of product liability as to product safety levels: American Law and Economics Review, Volume 20, Issue 1, 1 April...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Aug 15, 2017
    • 2 min

    Amec Foster Wheeler – 2014 Deal – Asbestos Reserves

    It’s an amazing world out there when one thinks about mass tort claims, corporate m&a, and due diligence. Some people “get” the issues,...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Dec 21, 2016
    • 1 min

    “The Future is Now:” New Opportunities and Risks from New Science and Technology

    This week brings another example of how quickly science and technology are providing new opportunities and risks related to new products...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Oct 18, 2016
    • 1 min

    “Effect of OSHA and Worker’s Compensation Laws on Product Liability Counseling and Defense&#82

    Kenneth Ross at Bowman & Brooke has been writing useful things about product liability for a long time. One is “Effect of OSHA and...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Mar 7, 2013
    • 1 min

    Cumulative Harm and Resilient Liability Rules for Product Markets

    I’ve not yet read it, but a recent law and economics paper on product liability looks interesting. The abstract is below. A prior draft...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Oct 16, 2012
    • 2 min

    Designing Nanoparticles for Safety – the 4 Micron Rule

    Research from the UK appears to present a lesson in smart product design, in this instance as to nanoparticles. Prior studies have shown...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Oct 30, 2009
    • 1 min

    Sealing a Punitive Damages Verdict for Plaintiff When Multiple Trials Are Ongoing in One Court

    Here is an interesting post from the Mass Torts Profs Blog on Judge Moss in Philadelphia granting a defense motion to seal a punitive...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Dec 2, 2008
    • 2 min

    Sponsored Research – The Conundrum

    What to do with sponsored research – take it at face value, disregard it completely, or use it subject to considering whether to reduce...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Oct 14, 2008
    • 1 min

    5th Circuit Weighs in on Rocket Dockets, Venue and Forum Shopping

    A new en banc 5th Circuit opinion from a strongly divided court grants the extraordinary remedy of mandamus to overturn perceived forum...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Oct 8, 2008
    • 2 min

    Courts Are Indeed Making Changes to the Law for Information-Related Tort Claims and New Article on A

    For some time now, I’ve been writing about potential changes in product liability law due to rapid changes in communication and science....
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jul 21, 2008
    • 7 min

    Defective Drug Manufacturing Claims, Preemption, Heparin and China Connections

    For those interested in “mass tort” issues, well worth reading is today’s National Law Journal article regarding the recent wave of...
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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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