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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...

Kirk T. Hartley
Feb 10, 20211 min read
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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...

Kirk T. Hartley
Feb 10, 20211 min read
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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...

Kirk T. Hartley
Feb 9, 20211 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 19, 20191 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 24, 20141 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Jan 6, 20141 min read
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Animations – Admissibility
Here is the online version of a brief but useful article Tort Source on case law on the admissibility of accident reconstruction...

Kirk Hartley
Mar 1, 20131 min read
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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’...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 24, 20121 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 26, 20122 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 9, 20112 min read
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The Epicurean Dealmaker Addresses Tort Reform
Click here to link the tort reform observations of The Epicurean Deal Maker, a/ka/ TED. #Torts

Kirk Hartley
Nov 5, 20111 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Feb 2, 20111 min read
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Drug and Device Law – Top 10 Worst Cases from a Defense Perspective
The post is here. Well worth reading. #Drugs #Torts

Kirk Hartley
Dec 19, 20091 min read
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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...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 9, 20083 min read
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