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7 Oct 2007, 6:40 am
For some interesting stats on Montana "ice," visit the Montana Meth project at [www.montanameth.org] .Steven Kalar, Senior Litigator N.D. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 9:26 am by Above the Law
Today we are pleased to announce the speakers who will present the keynote address, which will kick off an informative two-day agenda featuring over 50 leading in-house legal experts:Tom Dawson and Alan Lange, Co-authors, Kings of TortDickie Scruggs was at one time a preeminent plaintiffs tort lawyer, with major wins in tobacco, asbestos and insurance litigation. [read post]
9 Nov 2013, 8:44 am by Dr. Shezad Malik
Yaz and Yasmin litigation has the dubious honor of being the largest consolidated litigation in the United States in 2012, when the total number of active cases was greater than the asbestos litigation. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 10:52 am by Ted Frank
The Complex Litigation Center handles mass tort cases such as asbestos lawsuits and other drug litigation or similar cases. [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 1:44 pm by Sam Skolnik
"Litigation climate is an important factor…in determining whether to do business in that state," said Rickard. [read post]
13 May 2009, 6:32 am
The court cannot permit a major pharmaceutical litigation to become the subject of the kind of 'rubber-stamp' expert opinions that have so marred mass litigations such as those involving asbestos and breast implants. [read post]
23 Jan 2016, 12:04 pm by The Law Offices of John Day, P.C.
Set aside the historical notion that the judicial branch of government is normally tasked with the responsibility of determining what evidence should be admitted in the courtroom and discovered by the litigants during the pre-litigation process. [read post]
21 Jul 2008, 10:56 am
  This stock wasn't doing too well because of the asbestos-related product-liability litigation. [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 2:53 pm
Two stories flagged by Overlawyered -- in yesterday's USA Today by Ken Dilanian and today's LA Times by Chuck Neubauer and Tom Hamburger -- examined various aspects of Biden's longtime policy preference for plaintiffs, his alliance and financial dependence on their lawyers, and the ethical implications of his opposition to asbestos-litigation reforms while his son and a former aide stood to gain. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 4:09 am by Walter Olson
Chamber ILR] “I’ll Never File Another Asbestos Case in Texas” [Oliver] Financial whistleblowing rules a potential “gold mine”? [read post]
4 May 2011, 6:42 am by John C. Monica, Jr.
  Believe it or not, these particular Kent cigarettes utilized crocidolite asbestos in their filters because of its unique filtering properties. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 3:52 am by admin
  Substances such as asbestos, pesticides and hazardous waste are examples of the types of materials frequently addressed in this type of litigation. [read post]
4 Jun 2008, 3:49 pm
The court found misplaced Plaintiff's reliance on when a cause of action accrues in an asbestos case which has a separate statute-of-limitations accrual rule. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 8:29 am by Walter Olson
Rossmiller, an Oregon lawyer, also has some kind words for my book The Rule of Lawyers, published a few years earlier, which lays out the background for the scandal by showing how once-obscure plaintiff’s lawyers in states like Mississippi, working with courts known for “home cooking” and in alliance with local political figures, had begun redistributing billions of dollars in big-ticket litigation from tobacco and asbestos on down. [read post]
25 Sep 2022, 9:31 am by Patrick A. Malone
During the hearing, members of a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia asked whether J&J had used the legal strategy to gain ‘a litigation advantage’ over roughly 40,000 cancer patients who have sued the company. [read post]
3 Mar 2014, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
Howard on lawsuit finance and champerty] Will health insurers be the ones to pull back the curtain on the asbestos bankruptcy trusts? [read post]
5 May 2011, 10:53 pm by Walter Olson
The Motley firm, with associated law firms, is credited with having made billions from tobacco and asbestos litigation and has recycled large sums into the campaign coffers of state attorneys general and other friendly politicians. [read post]
27 Oct 2008, 11:30 am
Nonetheless, each of these cases presented privately held legal claims that could not be litigated to resolution absent aggregation with the claims of other parties. [read post]
10 Feb 2021, 9:07 am by Matthew Vance
  According to the Court of Appeals, over the course of the several years since the decedent’s passing, there was litigation that resulted in the plaintiffs achieving settlements with most of the defendants. [read post]