The National Law Journal has now noticed the growth in and value of lawsuits against cops; as shown in a post on August 12, 2015. The...

An August 12, 2015 post at D&O Diary explores other posts and articles tied around a theme of whether Delaware or Nevada is leading in...

This August 7, 2015 AmLaw article (and the opinion linked in it) are a must read for lawyers who like humor in the law. In short, a...

Hurray, equitable mootness appears to be dead, at least in the 3rd Circuit. What is it? In short form, it’s a (nonsensical) rationale for...

An August 3, 2015 story in Insurance Insider reports a notable new $150 million second quarter charge taken by CNA for asbestos...

The infamous Waukegan, Illinois plant of Johns-Manville remains essentially a ruined 300 lake front acres. A July 2, 2015 story in the...

Outside the US, some law firms have been doing IPOs since 2007. But in the US, things remain stuck in the past. A new opinion knocks down...

The UK Supreme Court last week ruled against a party challenging an obligation to pay fees under ATE agreements and conditional fee...

The US Chamber of Commerce and the  plaintiff’s bar (the AAJ) battle back and forth, and keep track of each other’s activities and...

“Patent think” continues to retrench and retrace after SCOTUS’ series of unanimous rulings that ended patents for discovery of laws of...

Yet another major city news editorial has pilloried the US Chamber of Commerce for shilling for big tobacco, this time in Pittsburgh....

Readers of the blog know my view that science matters for toxic tort litigation, and have seen many posts here about aspects of the...

The value of open courtrooms can be immense, as illustrated last year by the Garlock trial and most recently by an article in The Chicago...

Recent statements by senior people at DOJ are notable for the litigation industry. The relevant statements are set out in a July 16, 2015...

Moore’s law is slowing, a bit. The time to double computing power on a chip is now more in the range of 2.5 years, than 2 years,...

The medical and biology revolutions continue. Theranos now has FDA approval for 1 of its battery of blood tests that are cheap, fast and...

Every litigant faces the possibility of trial and appeal. But Wall Street finds that risk annoying. So, bankruptcy courts invented the...

Scientists continue to find links between genetics, molecular conditions and diseases relevant to asbestos disease litigation. In this...

Advocates of damages caps in medical malpractice cases seldom, if ever, confront the gross unfairness of leaving on one person the...

“Museumomics” techniques allow backwards looks into ancient DNA, and re incredible. Applications include looking for better ways to deal...