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13 Nov 2013, 3:50 am
A colleague asked me about this last week; I confess that I had not considered it. [read post]
12 Nov 2013, 8:05 pm
. $810 in Minnesota, and other med-mal loss statistics [Becker's Hospital Review via TortsProf] Charge: black lung defense firm finds ways to conceal medical expert reports from adversaries [Center for Public Integrity via Joe Patrice, Above the Law] Prescribing drugs for off-label uses is perfectly legal, but Johnson & Johnson will pay $2.2 billion for promoting the practice [Ann Althouse] Jury awards $4 million legal malpractice verdict against prominent D.C. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 12:31 am
Two tort reform bills have been placed on the House calendar for this week: the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act and the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act. [read post]
8 Nov 2013, 7:09 am
Nora Freeman Engstrom (Stanford) has posted to SSRN 3-D Printing and Products Liability: Identifying the Obstacles. [read post]
6 Nov 2013, 3:44 am
Edward Elgar Publishing announces the publication, later this month, of Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts, edited by Jennifer Arlen (NYU). [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 1:30 am
The Faculty Lounge reports that upon Dean Solomon's move to the Provost's office, TortsProf John Oberdiek will become acting Dean at Rutgers-Camden next July 1, 2014. [read post]
1 Nov 2013, 5:32 am
John Goldberg & Ben Zipursky have posted to SSRN The Fraud-on-the-Market Tort. [read post]
31 Oct 2013, 3:50 am
Courtesy of Becker's Hospital Review, the findings include: For events occurring in 2014, the projected loss rate for hospital professional liability will be an estimated $2,940 per bed. [read post]
30 Oct 2013, 4:09 am
Tony Sebok (Cardozo) and Brad Wendel (Cornell) have posted to SSRN Duty in the Litigation Investment Agreement: The Choice between Tort and Contract When the Deal Breaks Down. [read post]
29 Oct 2013, 12:58 am
Yahoo Sports reports that Penn State has reached a settlement with twenty-six victims of the Sandusky sex abuse scandal: Penn State announced Monday that it had settled a civil suit involving 26 victims from the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal... [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 6:53 am
Over at JOTWELL, John Goldberg has a review of "Tort as A Substitute for Revenge," by Scott Hershovitz: Modern tort theory begins with Holmes, who was eager to recast the old law of ‘trespass’ on suitably modern terms. [read post]
25 Oct 2013, 7:55 am
The U.S. [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 9:05 pm
-elect Cory Booker (and Mayor Bloomberg too) on liability reform and fixing health care [NJLRA] How plaintiff’s lawyers get around caps [Alex Stein, Bill of Health] Missouri protects health volunteer workers [John Ross] Like an Ayn Rand novel: Massachusetts ballot initiative pushes confiscation of private hospital profits [Ira Stoll, NY Sun] Advice: plan now to lower your 2014 income to get valuable ObamaCare subsidies [San Francisco Chronicle] Medicare comes off poorly: “Quality Of… [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 1:02 am
Yesterday Gov. [read post]
23 Oct 2013, 9:05 pm
Call: 717-671-1901 [promotion for Commonwealth Foundation, a Pennsylvania free-market-oriented outfit] How litigation finance might remake the lawsuit landscape [Nora Freeman Engstrom via TortsProf] Tweet Tags: asbestos, Japan, product liability, Stella LiebeckLiability and torts roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
23 Oct 2013, 3:17 am
Don Gifford (Maryland) and I have posted to SSRN Apportioning Liability in Maryland Tort Cases: Time to End Contributory Negligence and Joint and Several Liability. [read post]
22 Oct 2013, 1:16 am
From Hart Publishing comes a new torts book and a discount for our readers: Tort Law: Challenging Orthodoxy Edited by Stephen GA Pitel, Jason W Neyers and Erika Chamberlain In this book leading scholars from the United Kingdom, the United... [read post]
21 Oct 2013, 1:08 am
Sandra Sperino sends news of an interesting upcoming symposium at Ohio State: On November 15, 2013, The Ohio State Law Journal will host a symposium titled “Torts and Civil Rights Law: Migration and Conflict.” [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 3:16 am
Cathy Sharkey (NYU) has posted two articles to SSRN. [read post]
16 Oct 2013, 12:23 am
Brendan Kenny, who launched Twin Cities eDiscovery Forum a year ago, is back at it: The SF Bay Area eDiscovery Forum is having its inaugural meeting on October 21st, 2013 from 8:00–9:00 a.m. at the offices of Hanson, Bridgett, LLP,... [read post]
