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24 May 2007, 3:24 am
Med Ad News (a publication I admit never having heard of before getting the call from their reporter) has a lengthy piece about the Zyprexa document story, quoting me fairly extensively (at a glance, at least mostly accurately). [read post]
19 Nov 2007, 12:58 pm
Congress is in coming weeks considering legislation [PDF from a couple of years ago, but I think it's current] that would include fixed-site amusement parks in the CPSC's regulatory authority. [read post]
26 Nov 2007, 3:47 am
Via Overlawyered, the New Jersey Law Journal reports that the trial court judge overseeing the overserving lawsuit against Aramark has refused to unseal the settlement and explained why: On Friday, the judge made public his June 7 opinion explaining his... [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 5:56 am
MySpace has agreed with the AGs of 49 states to make a number of changes to its software and policies in an effort to reduce the use of the social networking site by predators. [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 3:50 am
Families of four Navy crewmen who were killed when their Seahawk helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean have filed a wrongful death suit against the helicopter manufacturer as well as the parts manufacturers. [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 4:44 am
A new SSRN paper attempts to predict the likely consequences of increased disclosure of medical errors, providing an interesting counterpoint to the frequent arguments that telling patients (and apologizing) about mistakes will reduce malpractice claims. [read post]
19 Jan 2007, 1:03 pm
In a not-remotely-surprising (and entirely appropriate, in my view) action, the family of Jennifer Strange, the woman who died from water intoxication after participating in a radio station's Hold your Wee for a Wii contest, has filed suit. [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]
18 Jun 2007, 8:36 am
The NY PI Blog has an interesting post about that Avandia spam I got and the potential ethical violation in its existence. [read post]
26 Jul 2007, 4:05 am
MySpace -- which has faced (and presumably continues to face) civil litigation over the torts of its users -- announced this week that it has removed 29,000 registered sex offenders from its membership.MySpace has not commented on the attorneys generals'... [read post]
12 Sep 2007, 4:13 am
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing today at 11:00 am (in Dirksen-226 if you want to stop by) on "Regulatory Preemption: Are Federal Agencies Usurping Congressional and State Authority? [read post]
19 May 2008, 4:56 am
A couple of years ago, Steven Domalewski was struck and seriously injured when a baseball he'd pitched was hit back into his chest. [read post]
6 Nov 2008, 1:24 pm
Ken Simons (Boston) is doing a guest run at Prawfs this month, so be sure to watch for his posts. [read post]
13 Nov 2023, 5:18 am
Linda Mullenix has posted two pieces to SSRN. [read post]
19 Jan 2007, 4:53 am
More suits have been filed on behalf of under-age girls who were allegedly assaulted by people they met on MySpace. [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]
15 Aug 2007, 5:02 am
Another plug for the upcoming punitive damages symposium being held Friday, September 7th here in Charleston. [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 2:13 pm
Julie Hilden's column this week on Writ discusses some advantages held by online news sources in the context of defamation litigation (focused largely on the shallow pockets of bloggers) and suggests some ways that bigger players might achieve similar results.... [read post]
9 Oct 2008, 11:22 am
It has (belatedly) come to my attention that Frank McClellan (Temple) has retired after 28 years. [read post]
2 Nov 2016, 2:32 am
Tony Sebok has posted to SSRN Actual Causation in the Second and Third Restatements: Or, the Expulsion of the Substantial Factor Test. [read post]
