MDPs are arriving in Ireland, and will further change the global legal market. A small article here on KPMG’s new “legal division,” and a...

How can lawyers and others track and manage scientific information? A new post at the Innovative Science blog offers comments on the...

An online page presents information about this upcoming global conference on consumer products. The world continues to get smaller with...

ACI’s asbestos litigation conference series now includes a Chicago gathering on June 26 and 27. The conference includes sessions focused...

What is “consent?”  A sobering view on the topic is set out in a June 13, 2014 article by Jack Silverstein in the Chicago Daily Law...

It is so very tiresome to have my time – and my staff’s time – wasted by corporate buffoonery. On the other hand, I love companies that...

Was bidding rigged for corporate takeover payments? One suspects that secrecy orders will keep the full facts from rising to the surface....

When and how do a handful of states or nations take on outsized legal significance through legislation aimed at specific subjects? For...

Issues continue to boil regarding secrecy in litigation. Due to Delaware’s outsized role in corporate litigation, it’s especially worth...

Researchers continue to find new ways to “fingerprint” sources of harmful exposures. An example arising from dust from teak wood is...

Morrison has a new progeny – the Second Circuit’s May 6, 2014 decision that US courts will not enforce 1934 securities act claims arising...

Like the growing scale of cancer, there is a growing scale to toxic tort litigation and law firms. This week, for example, brings news of...

It’s a necessary but sobering annual rite of spring – ASCO members arrive in Chicago for the annual meeting of oncologists at McCormick...

Evidence continues to accumulate regarding epigenetic changes and cancer. A May 30, 2014 article in ScienceDaily reports on a breast...

Researchers are using ancient amber for investigations into Lyme disease and other pieces of medical history, as described here. The...

The GM non-asbestos trust (GUC) may end up as the only place for switch claimants to seek a recovery. The most recent quarterly report...

A May 27, 2014 article in Dealbook reports that the SEC is telling the finance community it will make more use of a statutory term that...

Asbestos litigation continues to expand around the globe. Note, for example,  this February 14, 2014 story at IBAS  regarding the first...

With Memorial Day now a memory, it’s time to move forward again. To start with a light topic, the White House Science Fair is today. It’s...

When, if at all, are current FDA employee allowed and/or willing to provide deposition testimony? For the answers, see this May 22, 2014...