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Kirk T. Hartley
Mar 30, 20211 min read
Covid Genome Analyses Shows the Power of Genomic Analyses for Understanding Diseases
A March 26, 2021 NYT article uses the genomic analyses of Covid to provide a cogent overview of the ongoing revolution in genomic...
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Kirk T. Hartley
Feb 4, 20211 min read
Stark Data - World Cancer Day
For World Cancer Day, it seems the right time to highlight some of the stark data on expected future cancers around the globe. Regardless...
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Kirk T. Hartley
May 4, 20201 min read
Are More High Value UK Class Actions Ahead?
A claim said to be worth $14 billion is up for a hearing next week in the UK Supreme Court.
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 27, 20171 min read
New, Global Tool to Evaluate “Collective Action” Laws Around The World – from Bake
As some of us predicted years ago, global litigation continues to expand in both class actions and other forms of collective actions. ...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 6, 20161 min read
Swinging Pendulums, Class Actions and SCOTUS
An April 4, 2016 Blue Sky blog article from Professor Coffee provides a cogent review of the end of the SCOTUS pendulum swinging against...
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Kirk Hartley
Mar 23, 20161 min read
Statistical Arguments, SCOTUS, Tyson, and Be Careful What You Wish For
Excluding Justices Thomas and Alito, SCOTUS this week not surprisingly concluded that statistical proof can be used in class actions to...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 5, 20141 min read
“Why Whirlpool’s Class Action Trial Victory [in the Clothes Washer Case] May Be Bad News for C
The headline is the view presented in an October 31, 2014 post by Paul Karlsgodt at the ClassActionBlawg.com. The point he makes in...
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Kirk Hartley
Oct 23, 20141 min read
NFL Concussion Litigation Becomes a Law School Course
Science and law meet in a new law school class (at UMKC) focused on the NFL concussion litigation. Too bad its not an online course. The...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 16, 20141 min read
NFL Concussion Litigation – Actuarial Reports Disclosed, and More Discovery Sought
Transparency as to class action damages is starting to move forward with respect to the NFL concussion litigation. As previously noted,...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 10, 20141 min read
Contrasts in Access to Data – Asbestos Bankruptcies and Underlying Litigation, versus Concussi
In the NFL concussion litigation, the federal judge overseeing the case has now ordered release of supporting financial calculations for...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 30, 20141 min read
Conflicts Among Class Members – The NCAA Concussion Version
The unsolved problem of conflicts between class members is amply illustrated by lawyers arguing back and forth about the “settlement”...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 8, 20142 min read
For-Profit Public Enforcement
The Conglomerate blog brings forward yet another interesting topic, paper and author in a July 7, 2014 post. The topic is “For-Profit...
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Kirk Hartley
Oct 31, 20121 min read
New Trends in “Say in Pay” Litigation
The D & O Diary has an interesting guest post on plaintiff’s firms suing to block "misleading" disclosures on executive compensation...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 28, 20121 min read
New Treatises on Class Actions Around the Globe, and Class Action Strategies
Kevin LaCroix at D & O Diary has mentioned/briefly reviewed a new treatise on class actions around the globe, and a new treatise on class...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 13, 20121 min read
Class Action Rules Now in Effect in Mexico
Class action rules are now in effect in Mexico, and include some unique rules on opt-in and opt-out procedures, as well as providing for...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 18, 20122 min read
J & J’s Billion Dollar Adverse Verdict – a Big Picture View
"Be careful what you wish for …" The Iqbal and Twombly rulings made it significantly harder for plaintiff to plead claims, even when it...
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Kirk Hartley
Apr 8, 20101 min read
Canadian Class Action Law Continues to Evolve – Antitrust Class Approved By Intermediate Appel
Class action law continues to evolve in Canada. This article from McCarthy Tetrault provides a link to and commentary on a recent and...
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Kirk Hartley
Jan 25, 20107 min read
Mass Tort Battles Ahead – New Thinking and Arguments, UK Report Endorses Litigation Funding, a
I’m setting aside James Hardie and Australia for a few days. News on Friday provides a great springboard for some comments in the same...
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Kirk Hartley
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Seminar on European Class Actions
Who was the last person to assure you that Europe would never entertain class actions ? Perhaps you should send them an email and invite...
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Kirk Hartley
Jan 8, 20102 min read
Conflict of Interests and International Tort Claims for Persons from Many Countries – The Liby
Here is an unexpected but interesting non-asbestos example of conflict of interest issues arising from efforts to resolve “mass torts”...
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