Kirk Hartley
And Now: Alleged Use of Sex Tapes as Part of Litigation – Burford Capital, the ILR and Harry
Interesting times became even more interesting when the Financial Times published an August 21, 2019 article asserting that a sex tape...
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Kirk Hartley
Aug 22, 20191 min read
Ironies Abound – Burford, Institute for Legal Reform, Securities Class Actions and Muddy Water
Usually, the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) subpart of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce attacks class action securities suits as bad...
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Kirk Hartley
Aug 3, 20192 min read
WSJ Explains Awful Customer Service – Lexis/Nexis is A Poster Child of Failure
WSJ Headline – August 3, 2019 Lexis/Nexis is a poster child for a new WSJ article: “Everyone Hates Customer Service. This Is Why. ...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 31, 20191 min read
Clyde and Co: “Researchers claim link between asbestos exposure and prostate cancer”
Knowledge spreads at different paces. A July 2019 article from Clyde & Co. notes a January 2019 medical review article on prostate cancer...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 16, 20191 min read
Updated Commentary on The Global Scale of Class Actions
About a decade ago, I predicted that the Morrison case and litigation financing would drive more litigation around the world; see, e.g.,...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 11, 20191 min read
It May Now Become Tougher to Successfully Execute Fraudulent Conveyances: Kirkland & Ellis Press
Avoiding liability for fraudulent conveyances may have just become tougher. Why? Because this week, Kirkland & Ellis explicitly announced...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 5, 20191 min read
New Book – “Fentanyl Inc: How Rogue Chemists are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opio
A July 5, 2019 book review by Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution describes in a glowing terms a book that sounds interesting with respect...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 29, 20191 min read
2 More Damage Cap Statutes Were Recently Held Unconstitutional Under State Law – In Red State
A June 24, 2019 post at ThePopTort points out that the Supreme Courts of both Kansas and Oklahoma recently struck down damages cap...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 27, 20191 min read
When Is a Contract Perpetual or Not So Perpetual: “Forever is a Long Time or No Time at All: M
The Well Private Equity blog post of June 24, 2019 provides an interesting summary of what court’s say about contracts that are possibly...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 26, 20191 min read
Does Tesla Have An Unintended Acceleration Problem – Lawsuit Says Yes, With Detailed Allegatio
Interesting to see a new lawsuit that provides numerous very specific allegations to support the claim that some Teslas have an...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 25, 20191 min read
Two Days Later – Idiocy Continues at Lexis/Nexis’ Advantage Service
Two days later, same idiotic error message and no access from my laptop. It’s Tuesday evening; two days after my first public complaint...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 24, 20191 min read
SCOTUS Knocks Out Decades of Precedent, Resulting in Immediate Access to Federal Court for Takings C
Interesting times, to say the least. At the end of last week, the “conservative” block of SCOTUS overruled decades of precedent by...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 23, 20191 min read
The Latest Example of Idiocy and Failure at Lexis/Nexis Advantage
For several years, it’s been my experience and opinion that idiocy and failure has been rampant within the technology and management...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 21, 20191 min read
Interesting Times: “Lawsuits Filed by Opioid Justice Team in 34 of the 48 States Reporting Bab
The litigation industry continues to evolve and grow. Consider, for example, this June 19, 2019 press release by a group of firms brining...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 20, 20191 min read
Drug and Device Blog Reports: “Litigation Funder Indictment in Pelvic Mesh Litigation”
Like so many aspects of commerce, the litigation funding industry includes both positive and negative factors and some bad apples. In a...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 11, 20191 min read
Aggregation of Multiple Genes and Thousands of Genomes is Providing More Insights into Disease Causa
Once upon a time, way back a decade ago, single gene testing often occurred during investigation of diseases. Those days are essentially...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 10, 20191 min read
Insys Opts for Chapter 11 Due to Opioid Claims
Mass tort claiming continues to drive numerous chapter 11 cases. The latest addition to the list is Insys filing due to opioid claims....
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 7, 20191 min read
Glyphosate Litigation Starts Up In Australia
The litigation industry is global. The latest example is the start of RoundUp/glyphosate litigation in Australia, as described in this...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 6, 20191 min read
Corporate Mergers and Preservation of Privilege – Delaware Chancery Speaks Again
Questions of law and fact continue to evolved regarding post-merger claims of privilege between buyer and seller. A May 29, 2019...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 5, 20191 min read
Cool New Con Law Dabatase: “Judicial Review of Congress Database”
Constitutional law continues to ripple through mass tort issues, and so a new database may be helpful for mass tort lawyers (and others)....
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