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Liability and Reputation Risks from Failure to Stay Current – the Wyndham Hotel Security Breac
The spate of cyber-security failures is now producing lawsuits that highlight the Caremark and D & O liability risks companies face...

Kirk Hartley
May 7, 20142 min read
3rd Circuit Affirms Criminal Conviction Arising from Willful Blindness in Submitting False Informati
Mass tort trusts do have weapons they can use to block fraudulent claiming. One of the many questions in asbestos trust claiming is...

Kirk Hartley
May 6, 20141 min read
Reinventing Testing for Physical Data – Two Examples – Rethink Possible
Computers, cell phones, cameras and chips are radically and rapidly reinventing testing for physical characteristics, and at...

Kirk Hartley
May 5, 20141 min read
GM Heads to Status Hearing – Will The Public See Real Time Transcripts – The Continuing
GM and would-be tort claimants head to a status hearing today on the ignition switch issues arising from the terms of the bankruptcy plan...

Kirk Hartley
May 2, 20141 min read
Update on the Federal Loss on GM – and Relevance to the GM Switch Issues
April 30, 2014 news reports say that the US treasury now reports losing $11.2 billion on the GM takeover fiasco, and has written off its...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 30, 20142 min read
A Delaware Chancery View on Sham Affidavits and Changes to Deposition Testimony
The topic of deposition errata sheets is addressed in a new Delaware Chancery letter ruling that involves a commercial case, and not a...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 30, 20141 min read
Mesothelioma Spreading to the Heart
A new medical article provides a reminder that mesothelioma is a truly barbaric tumor. This online article describes a recent case where...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 30, 20141 min read
“Ten Ideas for Better Depositions”
My former partner, Pat Lamb, is an ABA proclaimed ‘Legal Rebel” and has been busy writing about improvements to litigation. The ABA...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 30, 20141 min read
Blazing Saddles (the movie) and the GM Switch Issues
The GM switch arguments raise important issues about the claimed powers of bankruptcy judges. Set out below are some background facts and...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 29, 20143 min read
Internet in Planes – GoGo is No Go
How sad is this – I like the idea of buying internet service from AT&T on airplanes because GoGoAir is getting worse (or does not work at...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 28, 20141 min read
Daring to Think About a Vaccine for Some Types of Cancer, as Opposed to Hacking Out Organs As a Prev
It’s very far from achieved, but it’s heartening to see cancer researchers thinking about whether vaccines for some types of cancer might...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 28, 20141 min read
Japan – Government Sponsored Lung Screenings Ahead
Governments around the world are increasingly interested in finding disease early s0 that it can be treated for less money and more...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 28, 20141 min read
Asbestos Lined Baby Bottle Warmer
From asbestorama, an asbestos lined baby bottle warmer.

Kirk Hartley
Apr 28, 20141 min read
Cartilage on a Computer Chip – What Shape and Size Do You Want?
Further progress towards artificial cartilage provides good news for aging athletes with torn-up knees, and persons with some forms of...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 28, 20141 min read
A New Book – “The New Terrain of International Law: Courts, Politics, Rights”
If international law is of growing interest to you, a new book may be useful. It is The New Terrain of International Law: Courts,...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 25, 20141 min read
Asbestos Cement Toilet
Who knew? An asbestos cement toilet is said to be pictured here, courtesy of asbestorama.

Kirk Hartley
Apr 25, 20141 min read
Actos, Document Destruction, and the $9 Billion Verdict
The Drug & Device blog provides a useful post compiling big picture information related to the recent $9 billion verdict arising from...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 25, 20141 min read
D + O Policies, and Bankruptcy Estates
There are continuing issues regarding insurance policies that name multiple insureds other than a chapter 11 debtor. Some of the...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 25, 20141 min read
Cancer in China, India and Russia
The Lancet provides some global insights on cancer with a free article. The abstract provides the following overview: “Collectively,...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 24, 20141 min read
Tumor in a Beer Bottle – Public Health Advertising
Everything is relative, it seems. The tobacco industry complains bitterly about plain packaging for cigarettes. Compare, in contrast,...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 23, 20141 min read
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