The intersections between law and science continue to increase as more issues turn on when and how injury is defined and the light...

Immunotherapy for cancer is the new thing, and it shows great promise, but also difficulties. For a good overview explanation, see this...

Epigenetics. It’s a big deal, and is more and more becoming part of main stream conversations. For a very readable explanation, see Same...

An ounce of prevention versus ………. VW’s $18 billion charge for the emissions cheating scandal provides a timely example of the need to...

A brief review of the BAP1 “meso gene” discovery story is provided  – with links to key articles – in the April 1, 2016  issue of the...

It can be interesting to peel back onion skin layers of law and find new legal rules. Consider for example the following two paragraphs...

Genes, the immune system, and schizophrenia; how are they linked? The New Yorker provides a compelling excerpt from the explanation set...

Excluding Justices Thomas and Alito,  SCOTUS this week not surprisingly concluded that statistical proof can be used in class actions to...

Some members of the patent bar remain anxious to see patents sprawl across the ongoing revolution in molecular biology, as illustrated by...

Science-focused media and reporters continue efforts to shake up secrecy agreements between private litigants. The latest example arises...

As DNA sequencing gets better and better, it’s also improving and changing the standards for proof  in criminal law. This March 7, 2016...

Now in the books is the first mesothelioma trial to squarely put at issue the legal consequences when the mesothelioma victim  inherited...

An incredible story on how genetic mutations interact, but in different ways, is set out in a January 15, 2016  article in ProPublica....

The future is arriving quickly; ten predictions well worth reading for a big picture view are set out in a January 4, 2016 article in...

Storytelling is critically important for trial lawyers. For a very good summary in a couple of pages, see this January 2016 article in...

A January 5, 2016 abstract suggests the possible identification of the long sought highly specific and sensitive biomarker for...

Image from Illumina’s press conference announcing a bold new plan to change how the world deals with cancer. Did you feel the earth move...

The power of genomics, and a smart doctor, can be awesome. For example,  after 24 years, genomics and a smart doctor in a rare disease...

Plaintiff firms involved in asbestos litigation like to have the internet pulsing with references to asbestos and litigation. To that...

Cartoon courtesy of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. You knew this well-targeted attack was going to be launched by someone. Kudos to the...