This week brought 4 major new Nature papers on genomics. Over the next 20 years, the findings they report, will: 1) materially impact...

A March 26, 2021 NYT article uses the genomic analyses of Covid to provide a cogent overview of the ongoing revolution in genomic...

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...

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

The NRA's chapter 11 filing last week has possible implications for mass torts, public policy and chapter 11 law. Why? Because the NRA is...

These are interesting times with respect to corporate transactions related to alleged or actual fraudulent conveyances, whether arising...

What ethical missions can appropriately intersect with corporate profits in the context of mass tort settlements that call for continuing...

Avoiding liability for fraudulent conveyances may have just become tougher. Why? Because this week, Kirkland & Ellis explicitly announced...

A July 5, 2019 book review by Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution describes in a glowing terms a book that sounds interesting with respect...

The appeal is underway for Monsanto from the verdict in the DeWayne Johnson case. Numerous stories spin the papers. For those who prefer...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (via its American Tort Reform Foundation) has issued the 2018-19 version of its annual “Judicial Hellholes”...

It’s an interesting week for thinking about risk. As it happens, I’m presenting on lethal diseases and “real world evidence” at the...

Age of exposure to toxins is receiving increasing attention from researchers. Below, the abstract from an interesting study of arsenic...

A new article consolidates information on the use of chapter 11 by Catholic dioceses. The author is a Penn State law professor, Marie...

As pointed out in Tuesday’s post (September 18, 2018),  Praedicat and Allianz recently published facts and assessments on a “toxic” trio...

As pointed out in Tuesday’s post (September 18, 2018),  Praedicat and Allianz recently published facts and assessments on a “toxic” trio...

A few far sighted liability insurers are paying attention to molecular science as to alleged or actual toxins, often aided by the...

Campaign contributions – direct and indirect, and transparent or hidden – are frequent topics for charges and counter-charges of bias and...

It’s good to see more lawyers focused on genomics as related to causation in mass tort cases. A group from Goldberg Segalla just wrote...