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For Profit Public Enforcement – Blog Posts You Should Be Reading
For persons interested in all phases of the litigation industry, Max Minzer contines to write a series of informative and thought...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 14, 20141 min read
Mini-review of SCOTUS
Corporate Counsel includes an interesting July 8, 2014 review of SCOTUS’ “business law” decisions by a small group of lawyers focused on...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 14, 20141 min read
An Excellent Step on the Journey Towards Less Barbaric Bone Marrow Transplants
Even after much progress since 1968, a bone marrow transplant remains a barbaric procedure in which the immune system is more or less...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 13, 20142 min read
Law Firm Change – Employee Share Purchases and Advertising on the Bat of a Cricket Star
Slater & Gordon was the first law firm in the world to become a public company, and evolved from an Australian plaintiff’s firm into a...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 11, 20141 min read
Are “Bad Faith” Claims Against Insurers Assignable Under Pennsylvania Law?
The TortsProfBlog brings news that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide if “bad faith” claims are assignable. More specifics are...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 11, 20141 min read
Privilege Log Changes in New York
In the age of email, tweets and more, e-discovery and its volume create issues and expense that did not exist in the days of paper. So,...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 11, 20141 min read
Chapter 11 Release and Order Did Not Protect Corporate Directors Against Tort and Contribution Claim
Another court has imposed limits on the scope of releases and a chapter 11 order purporting to broadly cover future claims. The new...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 10, 20141 min read
When Should Suit Be Filed by a Potential Pharma Plaintiff?
The yin and yang of litigation creates interesting alternatoives. Today, we hear some on the defense side complain bitterly that...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 10, 20142 min read
Conflicts of Interest Between Insurer and Insured in Repetitive Product Liability Cases- A Pharma Ex
Pharma lawyers also have concerns about insurers creating conflicts of interest by mismanaging underlying pharma case that involve...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 9, 20141 min read
Cybersecurity Suits Continue to Arrive – P.F. Changs Sued in Chicago
P.F. Changs is the latest target for class action based on allegations regarding failed cybersecurity. LegalNewsline has the story in a...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 9, 20141 min read
MARF and Dr. Lee Krug Provide a Summary of Mesothelioma Treatment Papers from ASCO 2014
Today, through the leadership of Mary Hesdorffer and others, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation is about mesothelioma science,...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 8, 20141 min read
For-Profit Public Enforcement
The Conglomerate blog brings forward yet another interesting topic, paper and author in a July 7, 2014 post. The topic is “For-Profit...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 8, 20142 min read
Schactman on Daubert, Twerski, and Green-Sanders
Nathan Schactman’s July 6, 2014 post offers interesting comments on the rules for expert causation testimony. Not too many will take...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 8, 20141 min read
“Size of the Human Genome Reduced to 19,000 Genes”
The molecular biology revolution continues, thanks to massive amounts of data and computer power. Building from the Human Genome Project...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 7, 20141 min read
Overseas Doctors and Researchers Also are Calling for More Low Dose CT Scans
Low dose CT scans are part of the future in the US for persons with increased risks for lung disease, and will play a role in claiming to...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 3, 20141 min read
GM Moves Forward – Ignition Switch Cost Estimates Run from $3 Billion or More – Other Re
Mistakes can be costly. GM is moving forward to deal with its ignition switch issue, and the costs are estimated at $3 billion or more....

Kirk Hartley
Jul 2, 20141 min read
Cancer Subrogation Claims – Health Insurer Hires Plaintiff’s Firm to Sue Takeda and Eli
Subrogation claims and liens of various kinds continue to assert a growing influence on mass tort litigation. In a new example, Blue...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 2, 20141 min read
Consequences for Ignoring Science and Technology – Corporate Boards and Other Leaders –
It may be the corporate boards are starting to get the message about the need to pay attention to science, technology and cybersecurity....

Kirk Hartley
Jul 1, 20143 min read
Identifying Additional Possible Causes of Mesothelioma, More or Less by Accident – Gene Expre
Most insurers, defendants and various interested others can and should be spending money to find additional causes of mesothelioma. The...

Kirk Hartley
Jul 1, 20141 min read
Asbestos Worker’s Comp Bar Further Lowered in Illinois by New 1st District Appellate Court Opi
A new opinion came out last Friday from the 1st District appellate court in Chicago, and further lowers the worker’s comp bar in...

Kirk Hartley
Jun 30, 20142 min read
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