In the wake of Lucia, the roles of ALJs are in question, to varying degrees and with varying potential consequences. A cogent June 26,...

Who knew – a new form of litigation defense – buy a position as a government official and then claim immunity from suit. The tactic...

For those interested in blockchain and CLE, an excellent, on demand program from The Center for Law, Science & Innovation at the ASU...

Today, law firms are businesses, not genteel partnerships. The point is highlighted by the fact that over the last 3 years, four UK law...

The NCAA concussion trial ended in a settlement, as described in a June 15, 2018 article at the Washington Post. Tea leaf readers will...

A news source reports interesting testimony last Thursday at the ongoing 22 plaintiff talc trial. According to a June 15, 2018 summary...

As work continues to change, it seems more and more cases are litigated to define when a person is an employee. The UK Supreme Court...

Trial is now underway in a football player’s concussion case against a college (Texas). A June 11, 2018 article at Quartz recaps some of...

The molecular biomarker revolution continues and will reshape many topics at the intersections between science and law. A recent example...

The mass tort news of the week is today’s start of the first trial against the NCAA regarding concussions. The trial is in Dallas, and...

The Springer v.  Nohl fraudulent conveyance/asbestos case in Wisconsin highlights dubious corporate side activities, and  is finally...

It seems to be a week for articles highlighting the more tawdry side of the plaintiff side in mass torts. In this instance, a new Forbes...

For an outlier  example of some of the worst of mass tort claiming, proceed directly to Mass Torts and Mass Fraud, the June 6, 2018 post...

If someone can really pull off an economically efficient and safe method for recycling steel coated with asbestos, I will be truly...

A $1 billion compensatory damages verdict last week seems to be another signal of significant unhappiness among the people who are...

Yesterday’s punitive damages verdict against J&J arrived after interesting questions from the jury to the court. One wonders how J&J will...

Therapy with CAR-T cells (artificially modified t-cells) is a “hot” idea these days in cancer therapy.  Last week, the Mesothelioma...

As we “Google” data so easily, we forget that knowledge was not always so easy to acquire. An example arises from the history presented...

A recent article provides a disturbing history as to the misuse of science in politics, by the Nazis, as to the disease we now tend to...

Statistical analysis tools remain topics that are comfortable for relatively few lawyers. One of them is Nathan Schactman. In a new blog...