Outliers. Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book about things one can learn by looking at outliers.  The point here is to highlight that outliers...

Chapter 11 is a place where creditors and debtors sometimes can and do game the law. Mass tort bankruptcies highlight the problem of...

High frequency trading. It’s a “growing cancer” on Wall Street, according to Charles Schwab.  It’s the subject of Flash Boys: A Wall...

Assume a  Can Opener.  Pretty good humor and writing about economists – from the Epicurean Dealmaker.

Humor and sarcasm are wonderful tools. Kudos to the PopTort for using both to make General Mills look awful, which it appears to deserve,...

New data indicates worsening in the rankings and performance of Chicago centric airlines. Some of the outcomes probably arise from the...

Alison Frankel reported yesterday on a Fourth Circuit ruling that may well make it easier  to undo the veil of secrecy imposed on secret...

Are we in a new age of investigative journalism, and so are reputation risks even higher for companies involved with stories that are not...

Asbestorama appears to have been busy adding asbestos-related pictures to Flickr.

Time to head to Chicago. Yes, it was a long winter in Chicago but it is warmer now, and so toxic tort lawyers should think about...

It’s good to see more people openly suggesting that insurers should be funding medical research on mesothelioma. The same principles also...

France now recognizes some form of mental distress claim for persons exposed to asbestos, according to an April 14, 2014 blog post from...

Yesterday, Fitch issued a “Dashboard Report”  (registration required) estimating liability insurers are under-reserved for asbestos...

Here’s a new asbestos take home exposure law suit involving lung cancer in the wife.  The defendants include 3M Company and others.  The...

A 2014 article from John Dement et al  covers the topic of asbestos fiber size and lung cancer causation.     Occup Environ...

From the Smithsonian, an article on asbestos use in wall murals at monasteries.

The blog is now on a new platform – WordPress. Hopefully everything is fine. But if you experience a problem, please let me know. Thank...

Some members of the litigation industry believe and invest in front line technology. Consider Fennemore Craig. The firm now is using...

Business Insider brings together 12 powerful charts on the death toll and other harms from tobacco. Some say tobacco will kill 1 billion...

A word to the wise. The supposed merger between US Airways and American is a fiasco. The lowlight for me is American canceling a...