Published reports from non-partisan media say that the Japanese government was held liable to hundreds of persons exposed to asbestos...

Laurie Kazan-Allen – at IBAS on December 20 – reported on the first compensation payments in India for 14 former asbestos miners and/or...

Asbestos compensation in Japan is shown in the chart, which was published on Twitter by Laurie Kazan-Allen. The chart is part of an...

Asbestos litigation is increasingly global. For example, a news report indicates that a mesothelioma suit filed in Pittsburgh recently...

The BBC reports that Wales recently adopted a previously debated law that allows the government to recoup medical costs from an asbestos...

Laurie Kazan-Allen runs IBAS and through it continues to work on trying to get asbestos banned in more nations. At the same time, she...

Eternit is responding to Brazilian government action targeting the company with respect to claims for relief arising out of past asbestos...

Asbestos claiming continues to globalize as against some defendants. Bloomberg is reporting that a Brazilian government agency has filed...

Molecular biology is universal. It’s also moving incredibly fast these days. Indeed, the rapid pace of biology makes law look especially...

Quebec has announced it will invest $58 million with private industry in order to cause the reopening of the chrysotile asbestos mine...

Asbestos litigation continues in Japan. In one litigation, an appellate court upheld a negligence verdict against a former employer...

This story from Malta Today is pasted below. The article appears to refer to both new lawsuits filed against the Manville Trust in...

Matt Peacock has been covering asbestos use issues for many years from a consumer point of view. Now on YouTube is a 25 minute video on...

Here is the online image of Munich Re’s recent, comprehensive report on asbestos litigation, Asbestos: Anatomy of a Mass Tort. The 112...

Asbestos campaigners in the UK have embarked on a 1,200 mile bicycle trip to publicize the need for more medical research into...

An article here describes a construction group in Dubai trying to raise consciousness regarding asbestos in building projects. This type...