This article from the Madison County Record reports that Judge Daniel Stack has decided to retire as of 2010. Judge Stack is well known...

For years, many have posed the question: what is the next “asbestos” ? The answer usually has been: more asbestos. Here is one recent...

In light of this morning’s news from the General Motors chapter 11 case, and emails landing in my inbox of late, this seems an apt time...

Per this article from Delaware Online: June 25, 2009 DuPont sued over asbestos in ArgentinaEx-Lycra plant workers say they were exposed...

An article by Steve Korris in the Madison County Dail Record provides an update on CSX’s lawsuit targeting the Pittsburgh-based Peirce,...

In a win for defendants in general and some asbestos defendants in particular, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a June 1, 2009 per curiam...

The free version of the GM docket is located here. The case is assigned to Judge Gerber, who has been handling the Thompson-Hayward...

An article on the BBC and an article on Scotsman.com report that trial has started on the insurance indsutry challenge to Scotland’s...

This May 12, 2009 post updates a post of Wednesday, April 22, 2009 regarding pleural plaques and asbestos issues in the UK. The UK press...

The New York Times ran a Saturday article detailing growing evidence of government misconduct in the criminal prosecution of WR Grace...

The battle over pleural plaques claiming is continuing to evolve in the UK With respect to the Scottish legislation allowing renewed...

Lawyers are starting to react publicly to the Illinois Supreme Court’s ruling on the Lipke issue. One article is pasted below, and quotes...

Defense lawyers, defendants and insurers all are smiling today because the Illinois Supreme Court today issued a ruling that favors...

This post follows up on a prior post that described the Manville asbestos trust halting its prior practice of licensing its claims data...

James Hardie is an Australian building products company that made lots of asbestos-cement products, some of which were made from the...

It is striking news that a bankruptcy judge has refused to allow Congoleum to continue to try to confirm an asbestos bankruptcy plan....

How valuable are mesothelioma claims to plaintiff’s firms? I can’t tell you for sure but plainly they are much sought. An Internet site...

Popular wisdom has it that that the types of tort litigation we have in the US are abhorred by the rest of the world. The reality,...

The Canadian Medical Association has come out with an editorial, described here, that calls on Canada to join with other countries to...

Global tort litigation issues continue to evolve. Last fall, the UK’s highest court decided that it would not permit recovery of money as...