Kirk Hartley
UK Litigation Rising
Litigation is rising in the UK as litigation becomes a truly global industry. An October 8, 2008 online story from Global Reinsurance...
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Kirk Hartley
- Sep 9, 2008
- 2 min
Update on Entrepreneurial Claiming, Global Tort Litigation and Contingent Fees
There is renewed interest in and attention to the changes being wrought around the globe by entrepreneurial litigation claiming. I say...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 20, 2008
- 1 min
Summer Break About Over
I took about 3 weeks off to enjoy the out of doors when not in the office – some golf and a week on a lake with our 11 and 13 year old...
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Kirk Hartley
- Aug 20, 2008
- 3 min
Lawsuit Dismissed as Sanction for Breach of Confidentiality Order – Papers Leaked to Wikileaks
There’s lots of room for debate about whether and how confidentiality orders can and should be used in tort and other litigation. That...
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Kirk Hartley
- May 19, 2008
- 1 min
Medical Malpractice Crisis – Yes or No ?
The “medical malpractice” crisis has received much press. Over the last few years, more data has started to emerge that allows some...
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Kirk Hartley
- May 18, 2008
- 1 min
Japanese Asbestos Litigation Ramps Up – Suit by 178 Plaintiffs Names 46 Companies and Governme
Asbestos litigation is ramping up in Japan. The English language version of a Japanese newspaper article reports that a lawsuit was filed...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 12, 2008
- 3 min
Implications of New Molecular Research on the Inflammasome, Interleukin and Asbestos as a “Cau
An online article published April 10, 2008 in ScienceNOW provides an overview of detailed research published in Science indicating that...
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Kirk Hartley
- Apr 9, 2008
- 2 min
What’s in a Name – Why GlobalTort ?
Why GlobalTort? From the lawyer’s perspective, the name was chosen for multiple reasons. One reason for the name GlobalTort is that it...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jan 24, 2008
- 1 min
Risk-free Risk Taking
MBIA and Ambac apparently made underwriting mistakes in the process of backing various structured debt obligations (such as mortgage...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jan 18, 2008
- 1 min
“Security Spectacle”
Catching up posts from the winter holiday break…a nice piece on risk management in air travel http://jetlagged.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/...
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Kirk Hartley
- Jan 17, 2008
- 1 min
We’ve moved
We’ve moved to blogspot…welcome back! #Uncategorized
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