As it said it would do, J&J filed a cert petition seeking review of the Ingham verdict against it and others. The verdict involved 22...

Last week's workshop on the path to update the federal Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence is summarized in a cogent and insightful...

For World Cancer Day, it seems the right time to highlight some of the stark data on expected future cancers around the globe. Regardless...

Weekend reading led to an interesting, long form story on the private, automated and apparently  arbitrary and capricious world of  “law”...

According to this page of the SCOTUS web site, underlying plaintiffs timely filed their briefs opposing GM’s bid for certiorari on...

This page at the 9th Circuit provides briefs and orders for State of Washington v. Trump.

The issues in State of Washington v. Trump can be framed broadly or narrowly. If framed broadly, the issues may have notable impacts as...

Not surprisingly, GM has now publicly asserted it will try every appellate option to try to change the 2d Circuit’s ruling that enforced...

Hurray, equitable mootness appears to be dead, at least in the 3rd Circuit. What is it? In short form, it’s a (nonsensical) rationale for...

Every litigant faces the possibility of trial and appeal. But Wall Street finds that risk annoying. So, bankruptcy courts invented the...

In the NFL concussion litigation, the federal judge overseeing the case has now ordered release of supporting financial calculations for...

Mass tort law today is badly flawed by the lack of connections between state court tort systems and the parallel but disconnected...

The Supreme Court acted in unusual fashion yesterday on Chrysler, and the actions create some issues that need further thought as to...

Here is an article from Japan this week that reports on finding Libby Mines vermiculite in buildings in Japan. The article claims the...