Almost 50 years of asbestos litigation have produced some iconic moments. One is the Baron & Budd witness coaching memo. The event is...

The label “tort reform” brings many reactions. But it’s an easy label for legislation involving “mass tort” claims. For an update on...

The issues in State of Washington v. Trump can be framed broadly or narrowly. If framed broadly, the issues may have notable impacts as...

With so many executive orders being challenged in many forums, keeping track of the events presents challenges similar to the challenges...

Image of World Cancer Day 2017 It is World Cancer Day 2017. The many diseases we call “cancer” will kill tens of millions over the coming...

The following is a guest post by Paul A. Bradley of Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC. A decision from Delaware Superior Court...

A slightly dated (2015) but now free article comparing US and EU law on product liability is described in a January 29, 2017 post at the...

The molecular revolution continues to expand. Last week, researchers at Scripps published an open access article on the creation of a...

Imagine, if you will, …. See http://setexasrecord.com/stories/511076254-motion-seeks-to-expose-asbestos-cases-linked-to-baron-budd-terrel...

Cooley’s blog includes a highly useful and cogent January 12, 2017 summary of proposed new federal laws from the GOP intended to...

Yet again, SCOTUS is taking up issues that matter for mass tort cases. This time it granted cert to look at the constitutional law and...

The American Pipe statute of limitation tolling doctrine is on its way back up to SCOTUS, as described in a January 15, 2017 article at...

The first genome cost $3-4 billion, and took over a decade; one can debate the specifics.  Times change. Last week, the world leader in...

How does/can a product “cause” an undesired outcome in the formation of limbs or diseases such as cancer, and how can/does one test to...

One year ago, Illumina announced a stunning goal: find all cancers very early (stage 1 or 2) through use of massive computing power and...

As reported by Laurie Kazan Allen at the IBAS web site and in other places, a new fund has been created in Switzerland to pay...

As previously predicted by yours truly and other members of a multidisciplinary team, asbestos losses continue to rise for insurance...

Nathan Schactman added a coda to his prior post on the probable demise of the ancient document exception to the rule against hearsay....

2016 has been quite the year, and it looks as if 2017 could be quite the year. To close out this year, a link to Nathan Schactman’s...

Some product liability losses are massive due to wide spread use and distribution of the products. For example, asbestos litigation is...