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    Seeing Tort Claiming Data is Useful - NFL Concussion Claims  > $800m of Claim Payments Approved
    Kirk T. Hartley
    • Jan 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    Seeing Tort Claiming Data is Useful - NFL Concussion Claims > $800m of Claim Payments Approved

    After so many years of relative secrecy about claiming in asbestos litigation and some other "mass torts," it's refreshing to see fairly...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Feb 6, 2013
    • 1 min

    More Publication of Catholic Priest Sex Abuse Files – On a Comparative Basis, How Can Asbestos

    Once again, the public domain is expanding to include additional thousands of documents from priest sex abuse cases, and blogs collect...
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    Kudos to Corporate Counsel  for Forcing Disclosure of AIG Corporate Monitor Reports
    Kirk Hartley
    • Apr 17, 2012
    • 3 min

    Kudos to Corporate Counsel for Forcing Disclosure of AIG Corporate Monitor Reports

    Kudos to Corporate Counsel and its lawyers. Its self-laudatory account is below. Good to see media investigation and reporting instead of...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Aug 17, 2009
    • 2 min

    Transparency – Another Effort to Force PACER to Become Free

    This article from Wired, also pasted below, describes clever computer people devising a way to push harder towards forcing the federal...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Aug 13, 2009
    • 9 min

    Asbestos Plaintiff’s Lawyers Ask W.R. Grace Bankruptcy Court to Order that Its Findings &#8211

    The W. R. Grace chapter 11 case has produced a striking motion that highlights the too often bizarre and unconstitutional nature of much...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • Jun 30, 2009
    • 2 min

    New Article Regarding Some Positive Developments in Coordination Between the Tort System and Asbesto

    A new article is out regarding problems with asbestos bankruptcy trusts, which are the antithesis of transparency, as previously...
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    Kirk Hartley
    • May 30, 2009
    • 5 min

    The Antithesis of Transparency – 90 Day Wait For Public Hearing Transcripts for Chrysler and O

    PACER is a great resource, and I am one of the many who are delighted it exists. But the absence of transparency in chapter 11 cases...
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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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