Velocity continues to increase for turning cutting edge molecular biology into businesses and new treatments. On March 14, the UK...

The litigation industry seldom lacks for people spinning an "issue," creating a faux "issue" or just plain spewing out talking points for...

By itself, the 2009 GM bankruptcy was a poster child for some of the many flaws in chapter 11 and bankruptcy law as used to handle...

Aiding and abetting liability continues to prove fertile ground for plaintiffs. Last week, after trial, Delaware Chancery Judge Lasker...

Kevin LaCroix provides a story and comprehensive set of links to stories tracing the demise of Dewey & Lebeouf, and the recent bank fraud...

Myriad Genetics has lost again in its efforts to claim patent protection for reading the sequence of the so-called BRCA genes associated...

Digital data today pours out in immense quantities. How to see and convey the signal? With that in mind, Edward Tufte will soon be...

Nathan Schachtman published an informative and enjoyable new post – partially humorous too – on the use of the term "junk science."...

Warren Buffet’s insurance empire has been under attack for Resolute’s failure to pay asbestos litigation claims. Mr. Buffet responded...

ACI has issued an agenda for its June 27 and 28 asbestos litigation conference in Chicago. Chairs include Jonathan Lively of Chicago’s...

Legal Newsline includes an article by Heather Isringhausen Gvillo that is even more notable for its mention of juror questions that...

The THAN bankruptcy (Thompson-Hayward) was and remains a poster child for some of the many flaws in chapter 11 handling of mass tort...

The latest output from CMS on reimbursement for low dose CT scans is online. In essence, the output poses logical questions for...

Are you in general healthy? Are you free of the major risk factors for near term death (smoking, obesity, excess alcohol, lack of...

Who knew: crocodiles can and do climb trees, and also used twigs balanced on their snout to lure birds. Apparently these facts have been...

Mt. Sinai in New York is offering an upcoming evening presentation on lung cancer screenings. #Asbestos

Aetna has moved for access to underlying papers in the Garlock bankruptcy. The motion is online here, and Legal Newsline has a summary...

With the continuing surge in lung cancer claiming, more attention will focus on causation issues. A new paper in Carcinogenesis finds a...

The litigation industry never sits still – it’s move and countermove. To try to stifle surging whistleblowing, some defense contractors...

The Class Action blog has more details, as does SCOTUSBLOG. #ClassActions