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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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    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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