Today, a fact of life is that judges are invited to and do speak at conferences that gather persons interested in a topic. Sometimes the...

Software and data operate in binary code that changes very little, if at all, for borders (excluding homeland security issues for some...

Some naive lawyers (e.g. me) long ago thought civil litigation was about truth, justice and the American way. Not so; the University of...

Advocates of damages caps in medical malpractice cases seldom, if ever, confront the gross unfairness of leaving on one person the...

The past week’s rulings at SCOTUS are bad news for at least some who (accurately or not) label themselves as “conservatives.”  Some...

My personal view is that “fundraiser walks” for any disease serve the unfortunate role of letting government off the hook when it fails...

Product liability and criminal penalties may soon come together for General Motors due to the ignition switch issues, according to a May...

Rand’s latest is out. See below: Bankruptcy’s Effect on Product Identification in Asbestos Personal Injury Cases This report investigates...

In the Graduate, Dustin Hoffman received one word of advice about the future: plastics. It may have been good advice for a recent...

For toxic tort lawyers, a new interview of Gary Marchant provides notable insight into the major changes ahead for the future of toxic...

“More will die from cancer over the next two years than died in combat in all the wars the United States has ever fought, combined.” In...

Be careful what you wish for remains an important maxim for lawyers, lobbyists and risk managers. The latest example arises as it appears...

“Aggressive” companies prefer the “lax law” of Nevada. That’s the bottom line of a new paper on the race to the bottom in corporate law....

Does the emperor lack clothes? Does SCOTUS need major change, with some of the changes much like change proposed for state courts (e.g....

When and how do a handful of states or nations take on outsized legal significance through legislation aimed at specific subjects? For...

A May 2013 article from Science by Lacetera et al reviews evidence – as opposed to opinions and conjecture – and concludes that...

(Image courtesy of USGS) As science advances, new findings become possible and the unexplained may become explainable. The events might...

Publish What You Pay. The theory is simple. Require oil companies and others to publish all payments of more than $ 100k to government...

The world’s most polluted places. Our Amazing Planet provided this eye-opening Earth Day story in words and pictures. The story shows...

Here is an AmLaw Daily article describing a district court ruling that highlights logical inconsistencies in the tactics and law related...