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28 Apr 2010, 10:19 am by David
The committee plans to sponsor continuing legal education programs, seminars and public forums; prepare comments on cases, advisory reports on proposed legislation and amicus briefs pertaining to pending litigation or appeals; and provide legal resources for attorneys in diverse practice areas. [read post]
13 Jun 2017, 1:01 pm by Podhurst Orseck
Much of his practice involves personal injury, wrongful death and product liability cases with a focus on catastrophic injuries, mass torts and aviation litigation. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 4:30 am by Stephanie Flynn
This past weekend, the ABA Section of Litigation once again held a successful joint CLE seminar of the Environmental, Mass Torts and Products Liability Committees. [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 10:35 am by Nora Freeman Engstrom, Robert L. Rabin
Last year, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights published a report urging legislative reforms to prevent the use of such tables. [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 8:59 am by Jacqueline Lipton
The University of Akron School of Law anticipates hiring a tenure-track or tenured faculty member with a particular focus in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, torts, trial advocacy, and litigation skills to begin teaching in Fall 2017. [read post]
29 Jul 2011, 7:45 am by smlangston
Langston with the blog faculty Source: ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) The Call: Aviation Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response TIPS Committee Sponsor:  Aviation Law Committee 2:00PM-3:30PM EDT This teleconference will provide an industry insider’s view on how the various industry sectors prepare for, and respond to, an aviation disaster. [read post]
8 Feb 2007, 9:30 am
Any efforts to further reform the litigation system will face formidable opposition from Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 5:19 pm by Lowell Brown
” Apffel is the owner and principal of the Apffel Law Firm in League City, where he focuses on personal injury litigation, toxic torts, and medical malpractice. [read post]
26 Jul 2022, 5:01 am by Yuval Shany, Amichai Cohen
Much of that litigation revolved around the interpretation of Section 5 of the 1952 Civil Torts (State Responsibility) Law, which created immunity in torts for “acts of war. [read post]
5 Jan 2009, 1:43 am
Asbestos settlements have changed the landscape of tort law, and especially mass tort law. [read post]
13 Oct 2021, 3:51 am by R. David Donoghue
She is currently the Education Co-Chair of the ABA Children’s Rights Litigation Committee. [read post]
27 Dec 2017, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins
Here is the annual 2017 Tort Talk Top Ten--an annual listing of notable cases and important trends in Pennsylvania civil litigation law over the past year as highlighted in Tort Talk blog posts:1. [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 6:47 am
In support of his application to the Plaintiff's Steering Committee, Berniard pointed to his professional history as class counsel for lawsuits involving toxic torts, Sherman Antitrust, and first party insurance litigation in his letter to Judge Katz. [read post]
13 Oct 2009, 5:08 am
” Victor Schwartz, General Counsel, American Tort Reform Association: “[M]any tort reform advocates do not contend that restricting litigation will lower insurance rates, and ‘I’ve never said that in 30 years. [read post]
9 Jun 2009, 9:33 am
According to The D&O Diary, climate change litigation poses a significant mass tort threat for oil, coal, electric and other utility companies. [read post]
9 Jun 2009, 9:33 am
According to The D&O Diary, climate change litigation poses a significant mass tort threat for oil, coal, electric and other utility companies. [read post]
22 Aug 2011, 5:14 am by Ted Frank
Among litigators, there is no presidential candidate who inspires the same level of hatred - and fear - as Perry, an avowed opponent of the plaintiffs' bar who has presided over several rounds of tort reform as governor. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 3:02 am by Walter Olson
” Tags: Al Franken, sanctions, tort reform Senate hearing on litigation reform is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
22 Feb 2023, 1:07 pm by Dennis Crouch
  Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business.[2]  Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. ten years ago—at least in part due to longstanding common law rules on champerty, maintenance,[3] and patent law’s relative high risk—today third-party litigation funding (TPLF)[4] undergirds about 30% of all patent litigation, by conservative estimates.[5] Insurance options are suddenly plentiful,[6] funders are expanding and… [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Free-riding in MDLs, steering committees as old boy networks, and other things observed when a defense lawyer attends a plaintiff’s-side conference [Stephen McConnell, Drug and Device Law] Not entirely unrelated: Monopolies and gatekeepers in multidistrict litigation [Elizabeth Chamblee Burch/Mass Tort Prof first, second] 9th Circuit: consumers weren’t deceived by a dispenser whose design left some lip balm in the tube [Paul Hastings, California Appellate… [read post]