Can discovery be taken about a sale price discount for a company  when the discount purportedly is to account for litigation risk? Yes,...

From a November 1, 2017 post at Data is Plural. “The U.S. Federal Judicial Center’s “Integrated Data Base” contains a longitudinal record...

Agent Orange. Two words that drove massive litigation and helped to drive increased scientific research, including the Human Genome...

Amazing, and improper.  On October 6, 2015, I posted about MesoLawyersCare.   Recently, I stumbled onto a YouTube video that puts my...

Yet another example of how biomarkers evolve, and could matter for litigation over alleged or actual injuries, as set out in a September...

Jurisdiction for toxic tort suits remains a “hot topic.”  A new example arises from oral argument in a Delaware Supreme Court case...

An automated daily Google search drags up some amazing references to asbestos. One follows. It’s real. I watched the video just to make...

Talc litigation is providing yet another example of the reality that product liability litigation can be complicated by multiple parties...

Thanks to the seldom bashful Seventh Circuit, Ted Frank has toppled the stupid Subway settlement. Kudos to Ted, on this one (as opposed...

A recent article explains that mesotheliomas in South Korea are projected to increase over the years ahead, mainly because of...

Asbestos compensation in China? That’s the topic of an interesting but sort of rough article, which is online and open access – here....

Imagine being jailed for two years for a “vehicular homicide” that arose when you and your car drove into another car, causing deaths and...

It’s an amazing world out there when one thinks about mass tort claims, corporate m&a, and due diligence. Some people “get” the issues,...

How to think about the future, and the past? Some proclaim “certainty” essential and demand “proof” with confidence intervals at .05% or...

A new “toxic tort” blog (by Bill Ruskin) launched with an interesting mini-review of the use of Value Assurance Plans as a means for...

Late in June, SCOTUS knocked out “American Pipe” equitable tolling in a securities case, as explained in a June 27,  2017 post at Faegre...

Interesting topics are raised by a motion by Takata for appointment of Roger Frankel as a futures representative in Takata’s chapter 11...

Does new science matter? Ask the NFL.  “A neuropathologist has examined the brains of 111 N.F.L. players — and 110 were found to have...

Despite the many who said Europe would never allow class actions, it has happened, in varying ways and to varying degrees. The big news...

Finally, an article highlighting the lawlessness of many “disruptive” businesses. From SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abst...