A March 26, 2021 NYT article uses the genomic analyses of Covid to provide a cogent overview of the ongoing revolution in genomic...

Thanks to information contributed by professional contacts, more information is coming out regarding the previously described "Palermo"...

Remember those controversies about biased doctors misreading reading x-rays to find asbestosis or “pleural changes consistent with...

A hat tip to Business Insurance for an email alert on Friday advising that a Scottish trial court had just issued an opinion rejecting...

Here is the online image of Munich Re’s recent, comprehensive report on asbestos litigation, Asbestos: Anatomy of a Mass Tort. The 112...

Lawyers thinking about mass tort policy and legal issues inevitably end up thinking and talking about private claimants and their...

When reading other blogs, I tend to miss comments on the posts, so te purposed of this post is to highlight a “comment” provided...

Here is the Madison County Record’s weekly report on new asbestos claims filings. The article lists fourteen new claims. Five of the...

The Internet is an amazing thing for marketing related to actual or potential legal claims. Here is a Madison County Record article that...

Today was not a good day for the tobacco industry or certain other “mass tort” defendants and/or insurers involved with cancer claiming....

I’m back to work after enjoying about 10 days of travel in Europe. Each day of the trip revolved around law in one way or the other and...

An article by Steve Korris in the Madison County Dail Record provides an update on CSX’s lawsuit targeting the Pittsburgh-based Peirce,...

Chinese drywall claims are emerging as a would-be class action issues in the WCI Communities chapter 11 case pending in Delaware. Would...

This May 12, 2009 post updates a post of Wednesday, April 22, 2009 regarding pleural plaques and asbestos issues in the UK. The UK press...

Pointoflaw’s Walter Olson notes here items related to an Irish article describing Lloyds of London’s Chariman as griping out about the...

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

Wonk 411 posted a comment regarding my April 7 post on GIT. You can read the full comment under the post. In essence, Wonk 411 trys to...

Are American lawyers going abroad to seek out new asbestos claimants? Of course they are. Like any business person, they are seeking new...

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

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