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Symposium - Economics and Law of Civil Remedies: Developments in Damages and Nationwide Injunctions

Kirk T. Hartley

Feb 10, 2021
1 min

Symposium - Economics and Law of Civil Remedies: Developments in Damages and Nationwide Injunctions

The George Mason Law and Economics Center is hosting a free, upcoming online symposium titled: Symposium on the Economics and Law of...

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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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Compilation of Reviews of Books on Tort Law: 2015-2020

Kirk T. Hartley

Feb 9, 2021
1 min

Compilation of Reviews of Books on Tort Law: 2015-2020

Now available at SSRN is a compilation of reviews of books on tort law, as per a February 7, 2021 post by Steve Hedley at Private Law...

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 19, 2019
1 min

Corporate Veil Piercing as Purdue Seeks Refuge in Chapter 11; Conservative Economist Tyler Cowen Arg

As Purdue seeks refuge in chapter 11, a conservative economist articulates a point I’ve also been discussing in various contexts: prepare...

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Kirk Hartley

Sep 24, 2014
1 min

Prosser on Torts – the Person and the Lawyer

We’ve all looked at Prosser on Torts but, at least in my case, I really know very little about William Prosser. Therefore, it’s...

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Kirk Hartley

Jan 6, 2014
1 min

What Happens When a Law Firm Client Threatens a Partner in the Firm?

The TortsProf Blog has an interesting post arising out of a law firm client threatening to pull business from the firm unless the firm...

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Kirk Hartley

Mar 1, 2013
1 min

Animations – Admissibility

Here is the online version of a brief but useful article Tort Source on case law on the admissibility of accident reconstruction...

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Kirk Hartley

Jun 24, 2012
1 min

Tired of Being a Guinea Pig ? The Suit Against Apple Regarding Siri Not Working As Advertised

Apple is being sued in class actions because its Siri software does not work as well as shown on tv, according to the plaintiffs’...

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Kirk Hartley

Apr 26, 2012
2 min

California Voters Could Make the State The World’s Second Largest Funding Source for Cancer Re

The human and financial costs of cancer are staggering, and now California’s voters are being given a chance to fight back by approving a...

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Kirk Hartley

Nov 9, 2011
2 min

Science, Risk, Decision Making and Happiness

A person with externally caused disease by definition has lost some or all happiness because of the disease. Tort law offers money as a...

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Kirk Hartley

Nov 5, 2011
1 min

The Epicurean Dealmaker Addresses Tort Reform

Click here to link the tort reform observations of The Epicurean Deal Maker, a/ka/ TED. #Torts

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Kirk Hartley

Feb 2, 2011
1 min

Cigarettes Can Get Worse – Blackmarket Brand Includes Asbestos and Chinese Drywall

Apparently black marketeers from Russia can beat out big tobacco in the race to the bottom. Go here for the story and a picture of the...

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Kirk Hartley

Dec 19, 2009
1 min

Drug and Device Law – Top 10 Worst Cases from a Defense Perspective

The post is here. Well worth reading. #Drugs #Torts

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Kirk Hartley

Apr 9, 2008
3 min

Science, Cancer and Law – New Studies Link Genes and Lung Cancer

Science moves much faster than does “the law,” and the changes in science over time will have a profound impact on the framing and...

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