The Stern related opinions continue from SCOTUS. It will be interesting to see the impact for mass tort bankruptcies. A May 26, 2015...

Product liability and criminal penalties may soon come together for General Motors due to the ignition switch issues, according to a May...

Rand’s latest is out. See below: Bankruptcy’s Effect on Product Identification in Asbestos Personal Injury Cases This report investigates...

The abstract below is online here. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2015 ASCO Annual Meeting (May 29 – June 2, 2015). Vol 33, No 15_suppl...

An April 20, 2015 post at D&O Diary describes policy terms that essentially defeat the purpose of buying D&O coverage. One has to wonder...

In the Graduate, Dustin Hoffman received one word of advice about the future: plastics. It may have been good advice for a recent...

At least for a fetus in utero, timing matters when thinking about the impact of the absence or presence of substances.  Moreover, the...

Interesting history about Dr. Seuss and war-related cartoons he drew.

The litigation funding industry continues to expand. The punchline is pasted below; for more specifics, see the full April 27, 2015...

New research (published May 12, 2015 in Nature Communications – paywall) suggests that gene expression “varies not only during the day...

It’s interestin to think about what’s ahead for litigation as consumers increasingly have access to self-ordered tests lab tests....

Europe continues to see a growing focus on asbestos topics, including both non-litigation and litigation-related topics. An example...

Interesting pieces of history are out on the internet. Consider this outline from Jim Crosby on what every asbestos lawyer needed to...

More and more policyholders are finding concrete examples of property insurers and their experts altering expert engineering reports in...

For toxic tort lawyers, a new interview of Gary Marchant provides notable insight into the major changes ahead for the future of toxic...

Representing the State of Florida, Bruce Jacob argued and lost Gideon v. Wainwright. Thereafter criminal defendants had at least some...

Interesting insights into the litigation industry arise from an April 19, 2015 post at the Delaware Corporate and Commercial Litigation...

A torrent of genetic data continues to flow out of studies of diseases and conditions. Any manufacturer, insurer,  or other entity...

Time and again, US companies argue that the US courts cannot and should not take jurisdiction over disputes with some but not all of...

Near the home of Emily Beazley (photo courtesy of Daily Southtown/Chicago Tribune) A stem cell transplant has failed for 12 year old...