The Intersection Among Torts, Science, Corporate Law, Insurance & Bankruptcy
It’s seldom simple to plan and manage a compensation fund for personal injuries. The currents status of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund provides yet another example of some the challenges. In short, on February 15, 2019, the Fund announced a major decrease in its payment percentage, unless it obtains additional funding; see this page at the fund website. The changes are more generally described in a February 15, 2019 article at the Washington Post.
An academic research project on the stock price impact of product recalls is described in a February 1, 2021 blog post from Christopher Moriarty of Motley Rice. It cites to: https://epublications.mar
A new article from Professor Catherine M. Sharkey lays out a modern rationale for lawsuits seeking to hold Amazon liable as a settler of defective goods. In this age of specialty litigation, and massi
One Fact Pattern Relevant for Thinking About Ethical Issues When A Settlement is to Be Funded By Con
What ethical missions can appropriately intersect with corporate profits in the context of mass tort settlements that call for continuing sales of products that involve controversies of some kind? Whe