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Kirk Hartley
Dec 20, 20181 min read
WSJ Notes More Specialized Legal Training Other Than Obtaining a JD
“Nationwide, 14% of law-school enrollees are pursuing non-J.D. programs, newly released numbers from the American Bar Association show,...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 14, 20181 min read
New, Peer Reviewed Study is Perfect for Lawsuits Involving Sky-diving: “Parachute use to preve
A brilliant new study on parachute use was recently published in the British Journal of Medicine. The researchers/authors presumably will...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 7, 20181 min read
Marchant and Lindor: “Genomic Malpractice: An Emerging Tide or Gentle Ripple?”
Yes, there is medical malpractice as to genomic information. The first real study on the topic is from ASU’s Gary Marchant (PhD in...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 5, 20184 min read
Another Step in Lung Cancer Screening: GRAIL Announces Plans to Initiate SUMMIT Study in 2019 to Sup
Another step forward is happening in the effort to find lung cancers early. It’s an early detection study – in the UK – using both...
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Kirk Hartley
Dec 3, 20181 min read
Praedicat Asks: “What’s the risk in learning about risks?”
It’s an interesting week for thinking about risk. As it happens, I’m presenting on lethal diseases and “real world evidence” at the...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 30, 20182 min read
What Long Term and Possibly Global Actions Will Arise from Massive Failures of Cyber Security: ̶
The latest global failure of cyber security is covered in detail in a November 30, 2018 post at Krebs on Security, and is headline news...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 29, 20183 min read
Allianz and Praedicat Expand Access for Manufacturers to Access a System for Enhancing Product Stewa
A press release yesterday brought news of an interesting next step in the process of increasing the intersections between law and...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 23, 20182 min read
Litigating Brain Disease Issues? New Molecular Science News Now on Hand; How Will It Evolve?
Over the years ahead, the term “somatic recombination” may make its way into the lexicon of more lawyers. Why? Because a new, high...
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Kirk Hartley
Nov 5, 20181 min read
Arsenic in Drinking Water, Cancer and Age of Exposure
Age of exposure to toxins is receiving increasing attention from researchers. Below, the abstract from an interesting study of arsenic...
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Kirk Hartley
Oct 12, 20181 min read
4D View of Development of Mouse Embryos
As the molecular revolution continues, take a look ahead to what trial lawyers will have for exhibits in the future: Watch Mouse Embryos...
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Kirk Hartley
Oct 4, 20181 min read
New Set of Science and Law Articles
Ever focused on science and law issues, Nathan Schactman’s October 3, 2018 post highlights several new articles focused on points of...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 20, 20181 min read
Toxic Trio – # 3 – Formaldehyde – Per Allianz and Praedicat
As pointed out in Tuesday’s post (September 18, 2018), Praedicat and Allianz recently published facts and assessments on a “toxic” trio...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 19, 20181 min read
Toxic Trio – # 2 – Toluene – Per Allianz and Praedicat
As pointed out in Tuesday’s post (September 18, 2018), Praedicat and Allianz recently published facts and assessments on a “toxic” trio...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 18, 20182 min read
Allianz and Praedicat Point Fingers at “Toxic Trio” in Cosmetics – #1 is dibutyl
A few far sighted liability insurers are paying attention to molecular science as to alleged or actual toxins, often aided by the...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 6, 20181 min read
New Study Addresses More Germline (Inherited) Variants in Genes of Persons Afflicted by Mesothelioma
Use of genomic testing continues to increase to seek to explain the reasons for and drivers of cancer. Some aspects of the newest broad...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 5, 20181 min read
New Article Touches on Genomics and Causation as to Mesothelioma
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...
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Kirk Hartley
Sep 3, 20181 min read
Notable New Study and Paper on 198 Persons with Mesotheliomas and Germline Variants in Cancer Associ
Some scientific findings provide both opportunities and risks for litigants in mass tort cases. The point is highlighted by a new paper...
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Kirk Hartley
Aug 21, 20181 min read
More Change Ahead – Causation, Genes and Beyond
For many years, astute observers pointed out that “change” is the one constant in asbestos litigation. With that in mind, one might...
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Kirk Hartley
Jul 6, 20184 min read
“Nightingale Health & UK Biobank announce major initiative to analyze 500,000 blood sample
We continue to see increases in the the scale and pace of the development of molecular and genetic knowledge. A recent example arises...
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Kirk Hartley
Jun 20, 20181 min read
“Blockchain and the Law CLE Now Available On Demand”
For those interested in blockchain and CLE, an excellent, on demand program from The Center for Law, Science & Innovation at the ASU...
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