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19 Jun 2007, 7:01 pm
Last December, New York City passed a regulation requiring certain restaurants (mostly fast food establishments) to list calorie content on menus and menu boards by July 1st. [read post]
23 Jul 2007, 6:52 am
In a reversal of trial order that puts me in a Seinfeld mood, the plaintiffs in a roof-collapse case have been awarded $1.2 million in damages (see also Theme Law). [read post]
12 Aug 2007, 3:26 pm
I have to think the person registering PeanutButterClassAction.com must have felt a little silly, but it is, no doubt, effective. [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]
31 Jan 2008, 6:57 am
Aspen Publishers has launched its "Essentials" series, and Mark Geistfeld is writing the Torts installment. [read post]
12 Aug 2008, 11:51 am
Cal Punitive Damages notes that Dreyfus has sued his uncle and father for malice and fraud in connection with an unpaid loan, and seeks repayment, interest, and yes, punitive damages. - SBS [read post]
13 Aug 2008, 12:00 pm
On Sunday, August 10th, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signed Senate Bill 2863, which requires the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to establish a marketing code of conduct for prescription drugs and medical devices. [read post]
8 Sep 2006, 7:08 pm
Sometimes I'm glad when a spam gets through the filters I have set up. [read post]
15 Nov 2006, 4:33 am
Julie Hilden has a Writ column criticizing the dismissal of Britney Spears's complaint against Us Weekly; if you get to defamation in your Torts class, (a) I'm jealous, and (b) it's worth reading. [read post]
12 Dec 2006, 7:17 pm
In a move no doubt motivated, at least in part, by litigation concerns, MySpace announced a new effort to find and remove sex offenders from its ranks of users:MySpace is partnering with Sentinel Tech Holding Corp. to build and deploy... [read post]
20 Dec 2006, 11:09 am
For a range of interesting and, at times, entertaining documents, visit this page on Gottstein's website.... [read post]
22 Dec 2006, 9:43 am
The Scientist has a nice wrap-up of the chromium story as it stands now. [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]
20 Feb 2008, 5:00 am
The Denver Post reports on a study of Colorado's switch from a no-fault auto insurance system to a fault-based system: Two years after the insurance change in 2003, the average annual premium for a car dropped 10 percent to $827... [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]
27 May 2008, 4:39 am
In his latest Findlaw column, Tony Sebok discusses the lead paint nuisance suits filed by the State of Rhode Island against the lead paint industry. [read post]
19 Aug 2006, 10:35 am
An interesting essay by Stephen Sugarman on what he asserts is a shift in support for tort law. [read post]
31 Oct 2006, 8:47 am
I've no idea if BP acted properly or not in the case referred to here at Tort Deform, relating to the massive March 2005 explosion that killed 15 employees in the company's Texas City plant. [read post]
10 Nov 2006, 11:45 am
BP has settled the claim that was on the verge of going to trial relating to the tragedy at their Texas City refinery. [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 4:31 pm
As one would expect, The Smoking Gun has the lawsuit against Entercom and its radio employees relating to the death of Jennifer Strange in the Hold Your Wee for a Wii contest. [read post]
