It’s a James Bond type of story, as Michael Goldhaber points out, in telling the short version of a story regarding British lawyers at...

As predicted by many, the impacts are starting to arrive from a Second Circuit decision that relaxed its view of the standard for...

A depressing article, for multiple reasons. The title is: Mesothelioma in a Wine Cellar Man: Detailed Description of Working Procedures...

The numbers of cancers continues to increase around the globe, and asbestos exposure is often scrutinized as researchers seek to answer...

One better understands companies when financial drivers are understood. Therefore, my eye was caught by the Blue Sky blog’s link to an...

Does Ebola have you wondering about the sources of disease? Or, for mass tort professionals,  perhaps you are wondering about the reasons...

In a mass tort MDL trial, what evidence can/should jurors here regarding 1) other MDL cases involving the same product and 2) plaintiff...

It’s a fractious world out there these days. Now we see the Pop Tort (October 7, 2014) delighting in various small, southern chambers of...

For lawyers and others, on Friday October 10, 2014, there is a Chicago area opportunity to learn more about the genomics of mesothelioma,...

Kudos to the Delaware federal district court judges (not bankruptcy judges) for imposing  a 6 pm (Eastern) deadline for e-filing of the...

Litigation today is global. Litigation also is like jello –  push in one place, and things happen in other places. The point is...

More asbestos conferences, and more on cancers and science. ACI hosts its annual asbestos litigation conference in Philadelphia on...

Some see lung cancer claiming as associated only with the Napoli Bern law firm. But that’s not correct.  More and more, members of the...

How will massive computing power change the practice of law? The ABA Journal for October 2014 includes discussion of IBM’s Watson...

The role of smoking in cancers is an increasingly litigated issue for cancers that are not lung cancer. For example, a current trial in a...

Courts hearing toxic tort cases are continuing to open the doors to genomic and other molecular analysis. Proof? A new order in a...

The US Chamber of Commerce attacks litigation funding almost everyday as to use by plaintiff lawyers involved in product liability...

American Lawyer continues to track and explain the growth of the world’s legal industry. The numbers for the 100 largest law firms are...

The litigation industry continues to evolve and create new opportunities. A business model for hedge funds revolves around buying...

Are you interested in crowd funding to help try to end barbaric radiation treatments for breast cancer, and to support biotech in...