After so many years of relative secrecy about claiming in asbestos litigation and some other "mass torts," it's refreshing to see fairly...

After months of procedural wrangling and negotiations about settlement, the asbestos plaintiff’s bar has now attacked the...

As reported by Laurie Kazan Allen at the IBAS web site and in other places, a new fund has been created in Switzerland to pay...

Researchers continue to generate more and more data and hypotheses regarding mesothelioma in persons with a germline (inherited) BAP1...

There are many double-edged swords in mass tort litigation. Some people see them, and some do not, too often because of a propensity for...

The Garlock trial sealing order has been reversed. The order also provides that one judge will oversee Garlock’s  claims against...

Due to a Second Circuit ruling yesterday, Travelers is about out of rope in its effort to avoid paying $500 million to asbestos...

Most insurers, defendants and various interested others can and should be spending money to find additional causes of mesothelioma. The...

Messrs. Cohn, Shelley and Arnold are back with a valuable new article:  The Need for Further Transparency Between the Tort System and...

A June 13, 2014  paper by Dr. Joseph Testa and colleagues expands the ongoing investigation into the relationships among mesothelioma,...

GM has been in the news of late as to the implications of its 2009 bankruptcy for the switch recall litigation. So, a brief overview of...

It’s good to see more people openly suggesting that insurers should be funding medical research on mesothelioma. The same principles also...

The Johns-Manville asbestos trust report for year end 2013 is out and online. The report is one of the least useful and least...

The Garlock asbestos bankruptcy opinion continues to generate fallout and follow up. Among other things, Ford has now filed motion papers...

The THAN bankruptcy (Thompson-Hayward) was and remains a poster child for some of the many flaws in chapter 11 handling of mass tort...

Last Friday, Daniel Fisher at Forbes reported on numerous health insurers and some hospital groups filing in Philadelphia state court...

Trials are public events, right? The press and public can sit in and watch the trial, and the evidence becomes part of the public record,...

Asbestos litigation is now yielding yet another example of why there should be transparency on asbestost trust claiming data. ...

In a welcome and overdue reversal of past rulings, a Delaware district judge recently ordered that 2019 statements are presumptively open...

Last week Baron & Budd took credit for blocking transparency in Louisiana as to asbestos bankruptcy claiming. This week the Nemeroff law...