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5 Feb 2008, 6:01 am
The Boston Globe reports on the latest settlement in the Rhode Island nightclub fire suit. [read post]
2 Feb 2008, 7:05 am
Over at Point of Law, Marie Gryphon has an interesting discussion about contingent fees. [read post]
2 Feb 2008, 2:57 am
As I previously noted, a former Mitsubishi president was convicted in Japanese criminal court in the aftermath of the discovery of massive and long-standing coverups of safety defects. [read post]
1 Feb 2008, 6:40 am
Here are the top torts downloads on SSRN for the last 60 days: 1 237 Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2007: Twenty-First Annual Survey Symeon C. [read post]
1 Feb 2008, 6:27 am
Yesterday Keith Hylton posted Asbestos and Mass Torts with Fraudulent Victims on SSRN. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 10:45 am
The Oregon Supreme Court has yet again affirmed the nearly 100-to-1 ratio of punitive damages in the Williams v. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 6:57 am
Aspen Publishers has launched its "Essentials" series, and Mark Geistfeld is writing the Torts installment. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 3:28 am
The Lexington paper has a story with details of Katie Lassiter's account of her ride on Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom's "Superman: Tower of Power" ride on which she lost her feet. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 7:45 am
A great teaching opportunity on assumption of the risk from WNBC (New York): ... [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 7:36 am
Jeffrey O'Connell (Virginia) has posted "Commentary Binding Early Offers versus Caps for Medical Malpractice Claims? [read post]
29 Jan 2008, 7:04 am
In a new featured column at PointofLaw, Richard Nagareda (Vanderbilt) argues that resolution of mass torts requires a reconception of the attorney-client relationship and the role of the civil tort system: What is needed for mass torts is a corresponding... [read post]
29 Jan 2008, 6:44 am
In his latest Findlaw column, Tony Sebok analyzes the constitutionality of providing civil immunity to telephone companies that allegedly violated customers' privacy rights by providing information about phone and Internet communications to the federal government. [read post]
29 Jan 2008, 3:42 am
The Seattle Times has a disturbing story about former UW standout tight end Jerramy Stevens, now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and his "raft" of second chances after a conviction for assault, a fairly compelling accusation of rape, and a... [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 1:20 pm
I just received this from our Institute on Legislative and Governmental Affairs: The Law School's Institute for Legislative and Governmental Affairs cordially invites you to attend a hearing of the Commission on Public Health Access in Sleith Hall Auditorium on... [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 1:04 pm
The Post's Government Inc. blog reports that Blackwater is suing Wiley Rein for malpractice in defending the company against a wrongful death suit brought by the "Fallujah Four. [read post]
27 Jan 2008, 5:03 am
That's what Sidney Wolfe (Public Citizen) is asking for after sixteen deaths have been reported -- but none apparently among the people using it for cosmetic purposes. [read post]
26 Jan 2008, 5:17 am
On Thursday, I posted about two states, Ohio and Texas, that passed significant medical malpractice reforms in 2003. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 6:56 am
...is the Crimtorts symposium at Widener. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 5:58 am
Last week, Kip Viscusi posted on SSRN The Flawed Hedonic Damages Measure for Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Compensation. [read post]