"But the ground is shaking. There are tremors." So said a New York federal judge (Victor Marrero) during a motion hearing in which the...

Asbestos litigation never fails to provide unique fact patterns. And it seems that old mass screenings never die. Those topics both...

The examples of lung cancer marketing continue to proliferate. This new one focuses on shipyards. #Asbestos

Do backers of a ballot initiative have standing to defend an enacted law when the state attorney general refuses to defend the law? That...

Change is good. Once upon a time (that is, back in the 50s and 60s), tired middle-aged and older persons were targeted by ads for...

In Australia, some legislators seek to create an agency focused only on asbestos. The story is in a March 21, 2013 online issue of the...

Michael Goldhaber offers some insightful comments following up on a conference on the Chevron litigation arising from the toxic tort...

We are in the midst of profound change, and at the front edge of immense change in dealing with cancer. To see at least part of the...

In a welcome and overdue reversal of past rulings, a Delaware district judge recently ordered that 2019 statements are presumptively open...

2013 finds asbestos bankruptcies back in the news. For openers, 2013 has included two new asbestos bankruptcies. Second, after education...

The plaintiff’s bar – and others – continue to pour on the Internet press releases and blog posts seeking to generate asbestos-litigation...

I’ve not yet read it, but a recent law and economics paper on product liability looks interesting. The abstract is below. A prior draft...

Perhaps legal writing instructors should provided students with examples of Bruce Carton’s legal writing. The man knows how to make a...

Science and law intersections sometimes arise in terrible places, but the science remains key. Consider, for example, the new well-known...

Vanessa Blum penned a useful summary article for the Recorder regarding food mislabeling claims pending in the Northern District of...

The UKSC has a brief but interesting article on air pollution issues reaching the UK Supreme Court. It’s always good to get a reminder...

A new JAMA Internal Medicine commentary article highlighted by PopTort via HuffPost makes for interesting but depressing reading in...

John Tate of Stites & Harbison wrote a short but cogent article on recognizing and managing repetitive or "serial litigation" arising...

Cholangiocarcinoma is more commonly known as bile duct cancer. Due to recent medical findings on relative risks and claimed exposures,...

Vaginal mesh cases are taking a turn in the spotlight. The events include J & J being hit for $ of compensatory damages, and about $ 7.6...