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12 Apr 2008, 6:00 am
A panel discussion becomes a lengthy, informal exchange about the benefits of tort reform in Texas. [read post]
11 Apr 2008, 7:04 am
Eric Claeys (George Mason) has posted Jefferson Meets Coase: Land-Use Torts, Law and Economics, and Natural Property Rights on SSRN. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 2:13 pm
Via ATL, Reuters reports that the victim of an alleged battery by one "Yayo," apparently a friend of 50 Cent and member of his hip-hop group, has sued both the rapper and his label for promoting a violent lifestyle. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 8:17 am
Consumerist has a post (based on a WSJ piece) about the second life of thirty years of videos made for Wal-Mart. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 4:50 am
Last year, Oklahoma's governor vetoed legislation that would have changed various things in that state's tort system -- capping noneconomic damages at $300K, requiring clear and convincing evidence of intentional conduct or gross negligence for punitive damages, etc. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 4:33 am
Kenneth Abraham (Virginia) has just published The Liability Century, now available from The Harvard University Press. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 5:39 am
[Beck/Herrmann; Legal Intelligencer/law.com via TortsProf; Pharmalot] More on McLaughlin v. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 5:35 am
The Washington Post reports that the FDA has increased its estimate of fatalities from contaminated heparin to 62. [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 12:52 am
The Legal Intelligencer (via law.com) reports on a decision filed yesterday by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit holding that claims that the manufacturers of Paxil and Zoloft failed to warn of a risk of suicide... [read post]
9 Apr 2008, 12:31 am
In this week's Writ column, Tony Sebok discusses the Second Circuit's recent decision in McLaughlin v. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 6:01 am
In an article yesterday, Forbes reports on "The Worst Places to Get Sued in America. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 5:40 am
The New York Daily News reports that Nicholas Cage has settled his libel suit against Kathleen Turner. [read post]
7 Apr 2008, 4:31 am
I just returned with three of our students from the Rendigs Products Liability Moot Court Competition in Cincinnati, Ohio. [read post]
5 Apr 2008, 6:19 am
...for being one of a handful of nominees for "Teacher of the Year" at the Charleston School of Law. [read post]
4 Apr 2008, 7:54 am
Locally we have had several instances of people allegedly finding foreign objects in their food. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 12:51 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Times (h/t WVC) reports on complexities in the story of Billy Wolfe, the victim of bullying around which the NYT centered a story (earlier post here). [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 6:15 am
On November 13 and 14, 2008, Brooklyn Law School will host The Products Liability Restatement: Was it a Success?. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 6:52 am
Three more defendants are close to settlements in the Rhode Island nightclub fire suit in which a pyrotechnics display during a Great White performance ignited a fire at a Rhode Island nightclub, and killed 100 people. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 6:12 am
Menu Foods is reportedly settling the hundreds of suits filed against it after its tainted pet food injured or killed numerous pets. [read post]
1 Apr 2008, 4:47 am
The Charleston Law Review has published its 2008 symposium volume, which contains articles and essays from the punitive damages symposium that we held back in September. [read post]
