A Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena, Mont. is now the 11th archdiocese to file for chapter 11 to resolve sex abuses cases. According to a...

The former CEO and President of Eli Lilly offers thoughts on changing the game against cancer in a Wall Street Journal op-ed article. The...

Medical liens continue to grow in importance in terms of who ends up paying for what as to asbestos-related disease. In Scotland, an...

IARC and the UN deem February 4 World Cancer Day. Therefore, some statistics on the rampant growth of cancer. As in the past, everyone is...

Another week and more revolutionary findings about stem cells and their ability to turn into any kind of cell. Why mention here these...

Today, a bit of a deviation from the usual. Letters of Note is an interesting, occasional blog that publishes letters on a wide range of...

Researchers continue to increase the volume of quantitative data available taken from tissue to better understand past exposures in...

New papers continue to arrive from the Lin and Wang group that analyzes data from an ongoing study of Chinese chrysotile mine workers in...

Market based solutions. For some, it’s mantra. It now appears possible that hedge funds and other market based forces may drive...

A new, free paper describes describes "the case of a woman who presented with acute onset of interscapular pain, haemodynamic...

As lung cancer claims flood into asbestos litigation, one wonders if more attention will be paid to genomics by insurers, former sellers...

The vast monies generated by the litigation industry continue to spawn ancillary issues and cases. One of ancillary issues now surfaces...

Hmm – Legal Newsline issued an article republishing Brayton Purcell’s best 2013 outcomes in asbestos litigation. It seems likely that...

Laurie Kazan-Allen is tweeting about a press conference on Tuesday 28 January regarding a new "World Asbestos E-library." According to a...

The Lance opinion from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court breaks new, negative ground for defendants in drug cases. The Drug and Device blog...

Crowell & Moring issued a nice summary of SCOTUS’ recent decision on assertion of general jurisdiction against a "foreign" plaintiff...

Cures for mesothelioma? Not yet. But doctors and researchers continue to make progress in extending lives. For more on the subject,...

The Hollingsworth law firm is providing a free Thursday April 24, 2014 conference on mass tort litigation. It will be held at the US...

You loved her NYT article on Friday: “Landscapes Tainted by Asbestos.” Now see the matching asbestos map of the United States, from...

(Credit: Alex Jerez Roman, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) What can you get when you combine heart cells, wire and...