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8 Oct 2009, 10:30 pm
Southwestern lawprof Byron Stier of Mass Tort Lit, on SSRN: Mass tort scholars, practitioners, and judges struggle with determining the most efficient approach to adjudicate sometimes tens of thousands of cases. [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 3:43 pm
I posted to SSRN my article, Jackpot Justice: Verdict Variability and the Mass Tort Class Action, 80 Temple Rev. 1013 (2007). [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 9:02 pm
Byron Stier (Southwestern) has posted to SSRN Jackpot Justice: Verdict Variability and the Mass Tort Class Action. [read post]
30 May 2009, 5:13 am
Congratulations to Byron Stier on his positive tenure vote at Southwestern Law School! [read post]
7 Feb 2009, 5:45 am
Alan Calnan and Byron Stier put together a fantastic conference. [read post]
16 Sep 2008, 10:32 am
Professor Byron Stier, of Southwestern Law School, has written an interesting article entitled, Another Jackpot (In)Justice: Verdict Variability and Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts. [read post]
4 Sep 2008, 2:26 pm
Byron Stier of Southwestern has a new paper (via Robinette) on a source of asymmetric injustice aimed at defendants in mass torts, though it must be said the alternative of frankly inviting inconsistent verdicts does not inspire confidence either. [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 11:44 am
Our Mass Tort Lit Blog colleague, Byron Stier, has posted on Bepress Another Jackpot (In)Justice: Verdict Variability and Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts. [read post]
1 May 2008, 6:36 am
(Oh Wait, You Can't))So, in the event that the Alltop law page gets updated, here's a tip to Guy for a few blogs on the subject to consider:Bill Childs (TortsProf)John Day (Day on Torts)Beck/Herrmann on defending BigDrug and BigDevice (Drug and Device Law)Bill Marler on food poisoning (Marler Blog)Byron Stier and Howard Erichson (Mass Tort Litigation Blog)Perlmutter & Schuelke, publishing weekly personal injury round-ups chock full of links to good personal… [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 6:56 am
Here's the lineup: Introductory Panel: Thomas Koenig (Northeastern-Sociology), Michael Rustad (Suffolk), and Kenneth Simons (Boston) Applications Panel: Martha Chamallas (Ohio State), Mary Kate Kearney (Widener), Jeffrey O'Connell (Virginia), and Byron Stier (Southwestern) Punitive Damages... [read post]
12 Dec 2007, 4:32 am
Professors Alan Calnan and Byron Stier and are co-chairing the event. [read post]
7 Dec 2007, 3:10 pm
Following up on my earlier post and Walter's note on Byron Stier's personal experience, let me add my own war story, complete with PACER citations to briefs I wrote nine and a half years ago.... [read post]
7 Dec 2007, 7:57 am
Byron Stier has some comments from personal experience. [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 2:56 pm
Byron Stier and Howard Erichson (Mass Tort Litigation Blog)Beck/Herrmann (Drug and Device Law including pharmaceutical and medical device product liability, and both of whom are also book authors)Bill Marler (Marler Blog, one of many on food poisoning that has, you know, been in the news a bit)You would think that, with so much noise being made about the need for tort "reform" because personal injury suits are so problematic, there would be at least a few blogs devoted to… [read post]
11 Nov 2007, 3:13 pm
(The New York Personal Injury Law Blog presents Blawg Review, a round-up of legal blogs, or "blawgs. [read post]
10 Nov 2007, 7:53 am
Here are some other early reactions and reports: Parloff, Carlile @ BLT (view from negotiation room), Richard Nagareda, Zipursky/Pharmalot, Byron Stier (thinks the system worked as it's supposed to), settlement site, trial scoreboard @ OnPoint News, Tim Worstall. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 11:05 am
Byron Stier has a thoughtful post on the settlement over at Mass Tort Litigation Blog. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 2:32 pm
As Byron Stier at the Mass Tort Litigation Blog blog points out, the Vioxx judge in the multi district litigation has rejected that claim of immunity;And finally, before heading into the lawsuit section, a study finds that 20% of hospitals give bad emergency room advice on strokes, heart disease and other cardiovascular conditions (via The Medical Quack):A look inside the courthouse:Bill Marler weighs in with the first lawsuit concerning salmonella poisoning arising out of Veggie… [read post]