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21 Apr 2007, 8:32 am
I mentioned the speed with which a plaintiffs' attorney started advertising with Google AdSense seeking clients among the victims of the Virginia Tech shootings. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 3:35 pm
Story here.... [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 8:22 am
Christopher Hurley, one of the lawyers that obtained that settlement, wants to make sure you know The Truth About Catholic Charities Foster Care Settlement;A new article on punitive damages is available at the Social Science Research Network, with extract courtesy of William Childs at TortsProf, Punitive Damages and Valuing Harm;Dr. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 4:20 am
The National Review has an opinion piece evaluating Fred Thompson's potential presidential candidacy as it relates to modifications to the tort system. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 3:19 pm
Jennifer Wriggins (Maine) points out an article potentially of interest to folks into comparative tort law -- Tort Reform A La Francaise: Jurisprudential and Policy Perspectives on Damages for Bodily Injury in France by David Corbe-Chalon and Martin Rogoff, in... [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 8:46 am
My Nebraska Law Review piece is now out: The Overlapping Magisteria of Law and Science: When Litigation and Science Collide, 85 NEB. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 4:37 am
So far at least one plaintiffs' firm has bought Google AdSense words: The ad redirects to this page.... [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 1:52 pm
A new SSRN posting from Alexandra Klass (Minnesota) (forthcoming Minnesota Law Review) addresses valuing harm (i.e., the denominator in the 9:1 punitives: compensatory ratio) under State Farm and its progeny. [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 2:40 am
Yes, that's right, the JPML's May 31 session announcement [PDF] is out, and it's in Vegas. [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 9:33 am
Punitive Damages, Due Process, and Deterrence: The Debate after Williams Hosted by The Charleston School of Law Friday, September 7, 20078:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 7:21 am
Via FOIA, the Orlando Sentinel obtained documents that reflect that NASA paid the survivors of Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts $26.5 million in settlements. [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 5:38 pm
A while back, I posted about a dispute regarding the impact of litigation on research, in particular in the context of the neurological effects of welding rods. [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 5:32 am
Pardon my personal plug here, but it is related. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 7:56 am
A lawsuit arising from Paramount Pictures' promotion of Mission: Impossible 3: Electric Boogaloo has been settled for $75,000. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 3:51 am
If this pattern keeps up, patients might actually feel better informed, and more tolerant when errors occur, causing a decrease in medical malpractice cases.Tony Sebok at FindLaw has the second half of his series on reopening the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund for the thousands of relief workers who were injured in the aftermath;Brian Wolfman at Public Citizen's Consumer Law and Policy blog discusses a danger I had not previously heard of: 15-20 million lightweight stoves installed in… [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 2:55 pm
Today's NYT has a longish piece about the bankruptcy litigation about a Catholic diocese in California, the fifth in the country to file a bankruptcy petition due at least in part to sexual abuse litigation.... [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 3:42 am
That's the suggestion of Keith Hylton (BU) in this SSRN entry. [read post]
11 Apr 2007, 5:13 am
The Torts and Compensation Systems section of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) is reviving the William L. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 12:38 pm
Why? [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 4:46 am
Part 2 of Tony Sebok's Writ column about the potential expansion of the 9/11 fund is up now.... [read post]
