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30 Nov 2010, 2:00 am
An opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, cleverly titled "1-800-Trial-Bar," described an announcement by Vice President Joe Biden of a government-funded toll-free number for employees to call with unresolved Fair Labor Standards Act or Family Medical Leave... [read post]
10 Mar 2011, 3:29 am
Forbes (via Overlawyered) has a post up exploring why there might be fewer tort suits in Switzerland than in the U.S., despite the former having some pretty intense ski and other winter sports facilities. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 2:28 am
In an interlocutory appeal, the Iowa Supreme Court declined to adopt the "baseball rule," limiting a stadium operator's liability for foul balls. [read post]
15 Jul 2013, 2:36 am
The AP reports that Penn State's Board of Trustees has approved settlement agreements with the child abuse victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. [read post]
6 Feb 2017, 4:16 am
According to this article in The Missouri Times, the collateral source and Daubert bills I reported on earlier are going to pass the state House. [read post]
21 Jul 2017, 6:56 am
Kyle Graham and I have posted to SSRN The Prosser Letters: Scholar as Dean. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 9:11 am
What do you teach in your advanced torts class (not the second semester of first-year Torts, but a torts class for 2L's and 3L's)? [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 2:16 am
From Dean Patty Salkin at Touro: JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Visiting Professor Touro Law Center The Jacob D. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 3:48 am
The New York Times reports that Judge Hellerstein has set a 9/24 trial date in the cases filed by victims' families (those who opted out of the compensation fund):Of the original 95 lawsuits on behalf of 96 victims, 53 cases... [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 4:39 am
In Arizona, Sen. [read post]
14 Dec 2007, 4:53 am
The Boston Globe has the story of Audrey Serrano, who was given HIV treatment for nine years when, it turned out, she was not in fact infected. [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 2:54 pm
Rocker Travis Barker is blaming pilot error and faulty equipment for the September crash in which he was severely injured and four others were killed. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 2:00 am
The New York Times reports that British lawmakers are considering changing the current, generous libel laws that have given London the nickname "a town called sue. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 1:58 am
From Emily Randon (UC Davis): CALL FOR PROPOSALS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOLS – 2011 Conference, Jan 5-9th A Joint Program of the Sections on Balance in Legal Education and Academic Support Co-Sponsored by the Section on Student Services Theme:... [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 1:32 am
Alan Garfield (Widener) has written an op-ed entitled "Hate Funeral Protests? [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 1:35 pm
For the first several (roughly 5) years I was a law professor, I taught the same course package. [read post]
15 Apr 2012, 10:50 pm
Cathy Sharkey (NYU) has posted to SSRN Preemption as a Judicial End-Run Around the Administrative Process?. [read post]
1 Oct 2012, 2:34 am
Forthcoming in the December issue of Enterprise & Society, Rachel Maines (Cornell School of Electrical and Computer Engineering) has an article on "The Asbestos Litigation Master Narrative: Building Codes, Engineering Standards, and "Retroactive Inculpation. [read post]
10 Mar 2014, 2:53 am
In "Would Litigation Financing Improve Mass Torts," the National Law Journal examines an article by Professor Byron Stier suggesting that plaintiffs should be allowed to sell their claims to financial entities. [read post]
31 May 2023, 5:11 am
The ever-creative Kyle Graham and his daughter have written and illustrated (using felt!) [read post]
