It’s interesting to see how some view product liability litigation, as set out in an August 1, 2016 article at LAW360.  Once upon a time,...

Fact patterns matter greatly, especially if lawyers sit back and think creatively. In Illinois, a trial court recently received a fact...

Add Senator Boxer to the list of persons and entities asking EPA to ban asbestos under the new TSCA.  Her August 26, 2016 letter to EPA...

Drug defendant positions on jurisdictional issues in “mass tort” cases were rejected yesterday and late last week in new rulings from...

In Oregon these days, there are claiming and verdict conundrums in toxic tort cases, as described in a cogent online article from Ed...

Plaintiff’s work is not all profit all the time, although it can be quite lucrative. Like all entrepreneurs, plaintiff firms also make...

Who knew? So far as I can recall, I’ve never heard the assertions below. Kudos to Professor Robinette for spreading the following word...

It took some time, but 50 indictments finally emerged for the engineering firm hired by property damage insurance company lawyers to...

For today, some comments on investing in objective scientific data and translating science into law, as well as pointing to a useful...

Errors in manufacturing and science sometimes draw lots of lawsuits and negative attention. But great successes also exist, and sometimes...

The “Confessions of an Insurance Subrogation Attorney” is online in a November 22, 2013 article by Jeffrey Baill.  It’s an excellent...

Will insurers and analysts ever stop being surprised by the demographics and science of asbestos litigation? See below for a quote from a...

HarrisMartin reports, in an August 9, 2016 article (paywall) that a state court judge in Los Angeles expects that perhaps 2000 talc cases...

As law and science intersect more and more often, increasing opportunities arise for Caremark claims against corporate directors if they...

Genetic testing is not a panacea for all ills. But some of the time, it produces elegantly plain evidence of the problem, and a simple...

ALS, a vicious disease, has hit hard the McConnell family from west suburban Chicago. But they hit back with intelligence and guts aimed...

It’s always good to see another person drink the kool-aid as to the roles of “omic” sciences for “toxins” (real and faux),  and then pass...

Not surprisingly, GM has now publicly asserted it will try every appellate option to try to change the 2d Circuit’s ruling that enforced...

How does Star Wars relate to law and a new book?   For some fun with law, relatively speaking, head over to the Drug and Device blog as...

Walmart wants 8 chemicals out of products it sells, according to a July 20, 2016 article in Bloomberg.  Is this management of D&O risk...