The litigation industry continues to grow and thrive, including change and expansion outside the US. Background –  Slater & Gordon is an...

A new post on the Weil bankruptcy blog analyzes the Garlock liability estimation. The analysis is high level and avoids taking a position...

Continuing on upcoming seminars linking law and science, HB is presenting a seminar titled "Mass Tort Med School." According to the HB...

On March 17 and 18, 2014, in Beverly Hills, Perrin Conferences will put on its annual conference on Cutting-Edge Issues in Asbestos...

An update to note Mr. Martoma’s conviction on insider trading charges despite pulling some apparently highly intelligent jurors well...

Watch for a continued increase in low dose CT scans for lung cancers in persons with greater than usual risks. Use of low dose CT scans...

Of the upcoming conferences focused on science and toxic torts, the broadest focus on new science will be at HarrisMartin’s DNA and...

Change is happening. Even the ever stodgy Economist is paying attention to and writing optimistically about genetic therapies. #Science

Last Friday, Daniel Fisher at Forbes reported on numerous health insurers and some hospital groups filing in Philadelphia state court...

(Photo courtesy of RIKEN) The photo above confirms the science described in a new paper about histone changes successful re-programming...

The science and law links are growing, and so are the conferences focused on the intersections between science and law. So, this week, a...

Some data relevant to the litigation industry and jury verdicts. Last week brought two record jury verdicts in wrongful death cases in an...

A Business Insurance article by Sarah Veysey reports that news is expected "soon" on British regulation of solvent schemes of...

After in camera review, a Rhode Island judge rejected work product and confidentiality arguments asserted by Early Lucarelli et. al. in...

According to a February 5, 2014 post at IBAS news by Laurie Kazan-Allen, a French "workers compensation" agency has recognized ovarian...

Asbestos bankruptcy on NPR – the story is not very analytic or useful, but the topic is out there. Note especially NPR’s label: the...

As the 50th anniversary arrives, the writers at the Drug & Device blog bring the Beatles into the world of mass tort litigation. It’s...

A new book, the Second Machine Age, makes the point that human minds do not do well in grasping exponential errors or levels of change....

Corporate and other apologies are losing credibility. That’s the message from DealBook and Andrew Ross Sorkin (author of Too Big to...

What a radical idea (humor intended). Assess the science during early case assessment. Maybe even also assess where science likely will...