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

The cross-fire never ceases among members of the litigation industry. Nathan Schactman recently posted an interesting new attack on the...

Another sign of the times in an article from DealBook. Yet another senior finance person is now making a commitment to the litigation...

Big tobacco is continuing its effort to undo Engle through appeals to SCOTUS. Last fall, big tobacco launched yet another attack. Now,...

Who knew. Fracking related litigation already has a web site – Shale Watch. It’s from Andrew Scholz and others at Goldberg Segalla....

Which direction will GM take for its ignition switch failures – a compensation fund or litigation? Relevant considerations include the...

Innovation in legal education – what a novel concept. The opening of the article is set out below as a teaser, with a hat tip to “legal...

Where will SCOTUS go next on patents, software, laws of nature, and fear of patent trolls/NPEs? Another step on the journey unfolds...

Bankruptcy court usually is an adventure, and too often, much of it is off the record. In the Garlock bankruptcy proceedings, the...

In asbestos litigation, propensity to sue is driven in part by information, accurate or not. Therefore, it’s worth noting that the UK...

Fans of transparency will be pleased. SCOTUS declined to hear the cert petition seeking to breathe life into the secret Delaware chancery...

The Johns-Manville asbestos trust report for year end 2013 is out and online. The report is one of the least useful and least...

Maybe the US Chamber of Commerce will like this aspect of litigation funding. Some litigation funders are investing in collecting on the...

Chapter 11 bankruptcy courts never cease to amaze. Until the debtor is out of chapter 11, they claim immense power. Thus, this post from...

You know something’s haywire when a Catch-22 enters a courtroom, and plaintiffs start acting like defendants, and vice versa. So it goes...

Those darned plaintiff’s lawyers obviously are the cause of all things bad in litigation (sarcasm intended). Note that their ranks now...

One wonders how many tort defense lawyers and/or liability insurance companies talk to lawyers who defend securities cases arising out of...

The Garlock asbestos bankruptcy opinion continues to generate fallout and follow up. Among other things, Ford has now filed motion papers...

It’s good to see more people talking about epigenetics as related to law and toxic torts. A new post from Innovative Science articulates...

Back in the day, product recalls did not exist. Then they started, slowly. Now, analysts cover them. Here is Fitch on GM’s ignition...