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13 Apr 2024, 3:33 pm
Prelude to Litigation Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) was a widely used direct α-adrenergic agonist used as a medication to control cold symptoms and to suppress appetite for weight loss.[1] In 1972, an over-the-counter (OTC) Advisory Review Panel considered the safety and efficacy of PPA-containing nasal decongestant medications, leading, in 1976, to a recommendation that the agency label these medications as “generally recognized as safe and effective. [read post]
12 Oct 2023, 12:05 am
Byron G. [read post]
18 Feb 2023, 11:07 am
Byron Stier and I are pleased to announce "Concluding the Restatement (Third) of Torts" at Southwestern Law School on March 24, 2023: Since the early 1990s, the American Law Institute has been drafting the Restatement (Third) of Torts. [read post]
6 Sep 2022, 4:17 am
A 2019 study by data analyst David Stier found that more than 60 million Instagram users under the age of 18 were given the chance to change their personal accounts into business accounts. [read post]
17 Jul 2017, 6:32 am
Citing a story at Law.com, Byron Stier at Mass Tort Profs notes that Judge Jack Weinstein of the Eastern District of New York has been on the bench for over 50 years. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 7:35 pm
Stier reported that the U.S. [read post]
10 Mar 2014, 2:53 am
In "Would Litigation Financing Improve Mass Torts," the National Law Journal examines an article by Professor Byron Stier suggesting that plaintiffs should be allowed to sell their claims to financial entities. [read post]
29 Mar 2013, 3:56 am
And Southwestern University Law professor Byron Stier says it "provide[s] a comprehensive but accessible survey of the myriad issues and extensive academic commentary on negotiation, while offering practical advice for negotiators looking for immediately useful tips [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 11:02 am
The conventional wisdom is "no," as Professor Byron G. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 6:33 pm
Rev. 87 (2011); Byron G. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 4:10 am
Starting March 15 new federal regulation will restrict definition of “service animals” to dogs alone [Central Kitsap Reporter, earlier, more] “Appeals court: SD prosecutor’s conduct denied man a fair trial” [San Diego Union-Tribune] A tale of local regulation: “A septic system at the crossroads” [Roland Toy, American Thinker] Firm sues Fark, Reddit, Yahoo, etc. etc. over 2002 patent on “structured news release generation and distribution,”… [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 7:51 pm
Professor Byron Stier's original post about the issue is here, and his update is here. [read post]
19 Jul 2010, 7:41 am
Nobody questions Feinberg's integrity, but the whole point of having a nation of law, not men, is to make everyone accountable to that law, and Professor Byron Stier at the Mass Tort Litigation Blog raises the right issues: The issue of Feinberg's compensation is interesting. [read post]
18 Jul 2010, 10:12 pm
At the Mass Tort Litigation Blog, Professor Byron Stier raises some interesting ethics-related concerns about Kenneth Feinberg's administration of the $20 billion BP compensation fund, given that Mr. [read post]
26 May 2010, 10:09 pm
Cue riotous laughter [Paul Mulshine, Star-Ledger via Dan Pero] Report: rare genuinely-funny ads from injury law firm have boosted client leads 25% [Above the Law, earlier here and here] Thanks to law bloggers Byron Stier and Eric Turkewitz for joining others in noting my move to Cato even if Wikipedia still hasn’t (and now Wikipedia has too). [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 2:00 am
We joined Byron Stier (Southwestern) at Brown University last weekend on a panel on "Pluralism in Tort Law and Litigation" at the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities Annual Conference. [read post]
24 Feb 2010, 2:23 am
David Owen (South Carolina) and Byron Stier (Southwestern/Mass Tort Profs) are quoted in yesterday's NPR "All Things Considered" broadcast on Toyota's lawsuit problem. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 9:38 am
. --------------------- License plate of Ted Frank's car, via Byron Stier @ MassTorts [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 10:30 pm
Byron Stier of Mass Tort Lit has also contributed (before the fact; SSRN) some thoughts relevant to the "jackpot justice" discussion between Tim Lytton and Ted Frank earlier. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 2:19 pm
In my previous post pointing readers to Tim Lytton's thought provoking post on TortsProfBlog, I neglected to mention our own Byron Stier's work on the same issue. [read post]
