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31 Mar 2007, 7:23 pm
I've previously posted a little about the lawsuit on Friday Night Lights (on NBC, and I think the best drama on TV right now) (and, incidentally, co-produced by Sarah Aubrey, one of my law school classmates). [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 9:47 am
Reason Number 1,476 I haven't danced since our wedding thirteen years ago: litigation exposure. [read post]
25 Jul 2007, 1:27 am
Last week, the Senate Finance Committee announced a bipartisan plan that would renew and expand the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides health insurance coverage to low-income, uninsured children whose parents do not qualify for Medicaid, but who cannot... [read post]
27 Dec 2007, 7:22 am
Meet Laurence Dry, M.D., J.D., a med-mal lawyer in Kentucky, and proud owner of two judgments against him -- one for losing a purportedly sure-winner case, and one for bringing that same case, this time purportedly frivolous. [read post]
13 Apr 2008, 4:58 pm
In a torts exam come to life, a woman is suing PetSmart after her husband received a liver from a woman who had been infected by a hamster adopted from PetSmart. [read post]
28 Jun 2008, 3:54 pm
The Incredibles came out before I started doing this blog (but Overlaywered noted its lawsuits-putting-superheroes-out-of-business premise). [read post]
27 Oct 2008, 9:48 pm
The Journal has a piece on the Wyeth v. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 5:06 am
Eric Turkewitz has a careful analysis of the various potential ways that lawyers in New York might be able to get around the current ethical restrictions on advertising, as well as some suggestions about how to better control advertising. [read post]
14 May 2009, 9:46 am
Legal publishers are experimenting with a new "Looseleaf" format. [read post]
15 Jan 2016, 3:24 am
Out of Kentucky comes a case that may help resolve issues surrounding drones and trespass. [read post]
22 Dec 2006, 5:24 am
A big local story is the libel suit brought by members of a Northampton family against Augusten Burroughs, contending that his book Running with Scissors (and the movie) defamed them. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 6:31 am
Relevant here only because Kumho Tires happened to be a party in an important expert testimony case, I nonetheless feel compelled to direct your attention to the company's announcement of scented tires.KUMHO Tire USA...December 21, 2006...announces the introduction of the... [read post]
31 Jul 2008, 12:11 pm
For the most part, certainly at the national level, tort issues have not been central to campaigning, at least so far this year. [read post]
23 Dec 2008, 2:38 pm
The new volume of the Yale Law Journal Pocket Part includes an article by Nancy S. [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 9:21 am
Couple of updates: Stephanie Mencimer (of The Tortellini) has an article, inspired at least in part by the Chamber of Commerce poll I posted about last week, discussing the prospects for various litigation reforms in the new Congress. [read post]
2 Jun 2007, 3:55 am
The New York Times reports that the FDA has found diethylene glycol, a sweet, syrupy poison in toothpaste imported from China. [read post]
9 Jun 2007, 3:13 pm
The New Jersey Law Journal (via law.com) reports that a New Jersey jury awarded $2.5M in damages, and $119,000 for past medicals against Hoffman La-Roche and its Swiss parent company. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 11:57 am
That's suggested by a pleading filed back in May: Download 20070529_extension.pdf It appears that Egilman was at that time very close to a settlement, while Gottstein was awaiting the resolution of those talks. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 2:20 pm
Our regional NFL team, the New England Patriots, already is dealing with a purported class action misrepresentation claim based on, well, something to do with the coach's admitted videotaping of opponents' defensive signals. [read post]
13 Oct 2007, 3:38 pm
His Writ column is here; he worries less about the numbers themselves and more about the alleged link between liability caps, malpractice rates, and (most critically) doctor supply. [read post]
