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6 Dec 2008, 1:19 pm
Only nearly twenty years after the oil spill, plaintiffs are starting to get damages. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 12:02 pm
The Australian reports that the Victorian Court of Appeal in Australia has expanded the old tort of "breach of confidence" to allow liability even if the publisher of material created in confidence was "unaware the material in question is covered... [read post]
26 Jan 2014, 7:38 am
This is slightly off-topic, but I know a significant number of torts professors also teach insurance courses. [read post]
1 Sep 2006, 6:40 am
Crime Federalism has an interesting bit on a spam received from one David Sheehan (actually, apparently, Saeed R Sehizadeh) (whois entry for napil.com), soliciting PI lawyers for an advertising network called NAPIL.com. [read post]
24 Oct 2006, 6:25 am
Bringing your Raspberry Tort(e)s fantasy football team to 3-4, Tech Law Advisor's creatively-named team Tech Law Advisor won a tough game, 134-124. [read post]
21 Feb 2007, 2:00 pm
Ethan Leib has a useful look at the Williams case.... [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 9:04 am
David Michaels has a post up regarding the BP plant explosion and the value of litigation in regulation, in particular contending that litigation provides a greater incentive to prevent Bad Things than OSHA or similar regulators:I've heard it said many... [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 5:24 am
I've previously mentioned this Review of Litigation article by my former professor David Anderson. [read post]
7 Jun 2007, 4:24 am
Larry Solum recommends the following article posted June 2d on SSRN: Malpractice Payouts and Malpractice Insurance: Evidence from Texas Closed Claims, 1990-2003, by Charles Silver (Texas Austin), Kathryn Zeiler (Georgetown/NYU), Bernard S. [read post]
16 Jul 2007, 4:27 am
From ABC News (via AP), reports of Avandia side effects (including heart attacks, deaths and hospitalizations) tripled in the month following the New England Journal of Medicine's report on the drug's safety. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 7:45 am
A great teaching opportunity on assumption of the risk from WNBC (New York): ... [read post]
28 Oct 2008, 10:45 am
ALI-ABA is sponsoring a conference on "Asbestos Litigation: Where Is It Going? [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 5:29 am
In this week's Writ column, Julie Hilden analyzes the defamation suit recently filed against Kim Kardashian based on her "tweets" about the Cookie Diet. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 4:37 am
I am heading to Cincinnati with the Western New England team for the Rendigs National Products Liability Moot Court competition, so I haven't had a chance to get posts together. [read post]
31 May 2011, 2:00 am
The ABA Journal reports that Courtney Love's former lawyers have filed a libel suit against her based on a tweet she sent after she terminated the representation. [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 6:48 am
Sure enough, the AP reports that a putative class action has been filed in Chicago over the Menu Food pet food problems. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 9:00 pm
American University has announced a series of events "seeking common ground on prescription drug safety. [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]
21 Oct 2008, 11:10 am
So asks William Ruskin over at Toxic Tort Litigation Blog. [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 11:12 am
The Washington Legal Foundation has published "Causation in Court: Working Principles for Toxic Tort Cases" (pdf) authored by Antony Klapper, a partner in the DC office of Reed Smith. [read post]
