The $15 billion or so Quebec class action verdict in Canada against tobacco companies was upheld late on Friday in a 440 page opinion, in...

What if Alexa went to law school? That’s the interesting headline used to tee of some exchanges about AI and changes to Lexis/Nexis...

“Protection gaps” are one of the results of the failure of state regulation of most forms of insurance. The gap problem – as it exists...

Three new justices joined the Florida Supreme Court early in 2019 due to retirements of others. The new justices all were appointed by a...

At long last, plans are moving forward to establish a national mesothelioma patient registry in the United States. A key meeting of...

In the UK, an “overalls” case is a shorthand term for a “take home” case, as we refer to them in the US. Of greater note, a UK plaintiff...

An interesting WSJ opinion article of February 15, 2019 briefly recaps the work of some of the persons involved in private forensic use...

It’s seldom simple to plan and manage a compensation fund for personal injuries. The currents status of the September 11th Victim...

Interesting times ahead as Imerys filed a chapter 11 petition in an effort to try to manage the mesothelioma and ovarian cancer claims...

It’s world cancer day, a reminder of the biggest global terrorist and driver of much litigation. The chart is from: Bray F, Ferlay J,...

Lawyers involved in mass tort litigation should be aware of this January 24, 2019 article (some would say puff piece) in Science...

For those litigating drug cases, the NEJM just published an open access article with a broad set of data on medical marketing. It’s...

January 14, 2019 articles around the web describe PG&E moving to file chapter 11 due to risks and potential liabilities. One of the...

Depending on perspectives, the California Supreme Court is famous (or infamous) for its rulings and is nationally influential....

Amazing changes in the litigation industry include the real arrival of television covering trials, including plenty of “mass tort” cases....

My automated daily google search for “asbestos” recently pulled up a link to a 90 minute video, apparently from the Library of Congress....

An arbitration agreement may specify confidentiality, but does that term necessarily control and require sealing of subsequent...

In the late 1980s, we did a 50 state survey through lawyers around the country. Today, they still exist, in some instances.  This one is...

It is depressing to read about the havoc wreaked in some cases by apparently not credible “blood splatter science,” and some other fringe...

From AACR 2018 Cancer Report The chart and text are from the 2018 Cancer Progress Report from the American Association for Cancer...