After reading about a recent Second Circuit oral argument, I went looking for a recording. It was rather surprising to realize the 2d...

Below is an email I  sent to Hotwire last evening after its “system could not find me,” despite sending me a confirmation for a hotel...

Science-focused media and reporters continue efforts to shake up secrecy agreements between private litigants. The latest example arises...

The global spread of litigation continues as Fortis is now in the midst of a $1.3 billion settlement in Dutch courts. The settlement...

How soon will the US Chamber of Commerce complain about K&E’s $93 million (mainly) contingent fee in the Tronox/Anadarko fraudulent...

As DNA sequencing gets better and better, it’s also improving and changing the standards for proof  in criminal law. This March 7, 2016...

Garlock’s “plaintiff’ fraud” claims apparently will not be tested on the merits in Kentucky as it just lost an intermediate court appeal....

Various articles (e.g. here) keep repeating the myth that “the BAP1 defense” was “defeated” in a “verdict” in  the Perez case in...

The discovery wars of tomorrow will include plaintiffs seeking access to existing and future analytic and predictive databases and models...

John Biesner (of Skadden Arps) and the US Chamber of Commerce should be cheering today. Why? Because a litigation funding firm is backing...

All is not peaches and cream for plaintiff lawyers who acquire abroad after IPOs. Slater & Gordon just announced almost $500 million of...

Fraudulent conveyances often are related to existing or impending insolvency, and so of course alleged fraudulent conveyances are often...

Now in the books is the first mesothelioma trial to squarely put at issue the legal consequences when the mesothelioma victim  inherited...

How much of an outlier was Justice Scalia? Evidence suggests an extreme one, at least for some classes of cases, such as class actions....

A few years ago, “toxic tort” trials in St. Louis were not so common. Today, there are ample numbers of asbestos cases, with cases going...

Knowledge moves fast these days. A January 20, 2016 medical article from Italy – in Italian – reports on results obtained from...

“Cancer” is a beast that kills 560,000 Americans per year, and millions more around the globe. “Cancer” akes many forms, most of which...

Due to its role in litigation, it’s  interesting to watch the changes in the Delaware judiciary. The latest likely appointees, and some...

Slater & Gordon is a publicly traded, global plaintiff’s firm. It’s now restructuring to cope with too much expansion too quickly, and...

Most cancer trials are tough for most asbestos defendants to win, in most venues. The point is highlighted by a news story out of Japan,...