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13 Feb 2008, 5:03 am
BBC News reports that Nicholas Cage has filed suit against Kathleen Turner in London's High Court for "defamation, libel and slander" based on a few sentences in her forthcoming autobiography. [read post]
13 Feb 2008, 4:51 am
Techdirt reports that two Australian real estate agents are suing Google for linking to an allegedly defamatory article about them. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 6:27 am
The California Court of Appeals recently issued its decision in Bullock v. [read post]
12 Feb 2008, 6:11 am
Eric Turkewitz alerts us to a new blog, The Pop Tort. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 8:02 am
Julie Hilden's Writ column (up now) addresses eBay's recent decision to disable sellers' comments on buyers, and starts a two-part discussion of reputational harm and remedies in the online context. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 6:08 am
A couple of weeks ago, I noted some mutterings about Botox fatalities, mostly (if not exclusively) in the non-cosmetic use, where it's used for certain palsies. [read post]
10 Feb 2008, 3:30 am
Howard Bashman has a Law.com column about the Oregon Supreme Court's affirmance of the $79.5 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris. [read post]
9 Feb 2008, 12:16 pm
The Temple Journal of Science, Technology, & Environmental Law is sponsoring its 2008 symposium, "Shaping the Future of Medical Malpractice: Legal and Ethical Considerations. [read post]
9 Feb 2008, 3:06 am
Eric Turkewitz has an interesting post discussing a post by an obstetrical nurse (blogging at the very cleverly-named "At Your Cervix") who says she was directed not to accurately chart a covering physician's review of a tape. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 8:15 am
The University of Georgia law school is seeking a podium visitor for Torts I in the fall - one or possibly two sections. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 7:06 am
Alan Calnan (Southwestern) has posted A Consumer-Use Approach to Products Liability on SSRN. [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 9:55 am
A group of plaintiffs in the still-going-and-going-and-going litigation against Exxon for the massive damage caused by the Exxon Valdez oil spill has launched The Whole Truth website (warning! [read post]
7 Feb 2008, 5:43 am
I regret that Mary Kate Kearney will be unable to present at the Crimtorts symposium on February 25. [read post]
6 Feb 2008, 11:22 pm
The AP reports that the Minnesota Court of Appeals rejected a negligence claim brought against a hospital by the parents of a young boy who were unhappy with the results of his circumcision. [read post]
6 Feb 2008, 11:22 pm
This list of warnings that are scientifically accurate but perhaps not as alarming as they sound is evidently pretty old, but new to me and quite funny. [read post]
6 Feb 2008, 8:10 am
The American Medical Association (which, to say the least, has a dog in the liability fight) concludes that caps on punitive damages improves access to care: The American Medical Association said yesterday its new analysis of independent research proves that... [read post]
6 Feb 2008, 5:23 am
Daniel Farber (Berkeley) will discuss, "Tort Law in the Era of Climate Change: Katrina and 9/11" at the annual Monsanto Lecture at Valparaiso Law on Thursday, February 14th. [read post]
6 Feb 2008, 5:14 am
The Hawaii House Consumer Protection Committee holds hearings today on HB 1992, a bill that would cap non-economic damages in medical malpractice actions at $250,000, and also require that economic damages be allocated based upon proportionate percentages of negligence. [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 3:46 pm
[WSJ Law Blog (and farewell to Peter Lattman)] In the category of gambits we're sympathetic to, but are unlikely to succeed: East Texas burger restaurant tries mandatory-arbitration-by-posted-window-notice [TortsProf] Mikal Watts puff piece [Corpus Christi Caller-Times] [read post]
5 Feb 2008, 6:07 am
As Lloyds (via Dow Jones Newswire) reports, the Department of Justice has declined to intervene in the Katrina qui tam suit filed by Dickie Scruggs against State Farm: "The Government's investigation has not been completed, as certain potentially relevant information... [read post]
