The ongoing annual AACR meeting this week included some sort of encouraging (but far from final) news on using immunotherapy to counter...

Priceless tongue-in-cheek advice from a physician on how to attract medical malpractice claims. The advice is provided at...

John Oliver has now covered patent trolls. The world continues to change.

Genetics and epigenetic issues continue to knock open doors in toxic tort litigation. An example? A recent federal MDL ruling rejected...

Molecular science continues to race forward in explaining the processes that generate the various processes we label as cancers. As an...

The ongoing annual AACR meeting this week included some fairly encouraging clinical trial news for treatment of pleural mesothelioma. One...

Wendy Harpham, MD, leads Wendy’s Eagles in a 2015 fundraising walk for lymphoma research. Wendy is alive and thriving 23+  years after...

Chart from Globe and Mail, March 27, 2015 -http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/imports-of-asbestos-products-rising-in-canad...

Yesterday, the new SEER data was released as to annual mesotheliomas in the US.  An initial look at the data is very nicely summarized in...

A pop quiz:  Does the  “growing numbers of steelworkers” headline refer to former steelworkers in Pennsylvania, Ohio or both? The correct...

A new quantitative paper is out on “asbestos exposure assessment,” and authored by some notable names in asbestos research. The paper is:...

An April 13, 2015 post at D & O Diary provides a wide-ranging review of securities litigation from multiple sources, including PwC and...

With its online “Asbestos Case Tracker,” the Goldberg Segalla firm is doing a nice job of providing timely access to new asbestos trial...

It’s good to see some progress on treating the awful diseases we call mesothelioma. It’s also good to see that progress followed and...

Researchers continue to develop new tools, and find new ways to observe and measure information actually or potentially relevant to...

Finklestein,  Asbestos Fibres in the Lungs of an American Mechanic Who Drilled, Riveted, and Ground Brake Linings: A Case Report and...

The future of the United States (and the globe) includes massive numbers of cancers. Some of the numbers are set out below through the...

The message is plain. To my knowledge, this version of the billboard first appeared outside of O’Hare Airport in 2014 on I-294 south. In...

“More will die from cancer over the next two years than died in combat in all the wars the United States has ever fought, combined.” In...

More and more suits are aimed at big tobacco. Set out below is a press release on two new suits, with more suits said to be on the way....