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UK Litigation Rising
Litigation is rising in the UK as litigation becomes a truly global industry. An October 8, 2008 online story from Global Reinsurance...

Kirk Hartley
Oct 9, 20081 min read
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Update on Entrepreneurial Claiming, Global Tort Litigation and Contingent Fees
There is renewed interest in and attention to the changes being wrought around the globe by entrepreneurial litigation claiming. I say...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 9, 20082 min read
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Summer Break About Over
I took about 3 weeks off to enjoy the out of doors when not in the office – some golf and a week on a lake with our 11 and 13 year old...

Kirk Hartley
Aug 20, 20081 min read
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Lawsuit Dismissed as Sanction for Breach of Confidentiality Order – Papers Leaked to Wikileaks
There’s lots of room for debate about whether and how confidentiality orders can and should be used in tort and other litigation. That...

Kirk Hartley
Aug 20, 20083 min read
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Medical Malpractice Crisis – Yes or No ?
The “medical malpractice” crisis has received much press. Over the last few years, more data has started to emerge that allows some...

Kirk Hartley
May 19, 20081 min read
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Japanese Asbestos Litigation Ramps Up – Suit by 178 Plaintiffs Names 46 Companies and Governme
Asbestos litigation is ramping up in Japan. The English language version of a Japanese newspaper article reports that a lawsuit was filed...

Kirk Hartley
May 18, 20081 min read
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Implications of New Molecular Research on the Inflammasome, Interleukin and Asbestos as a “Cau
An online article published April 10, 2008 in ScienceNOW provides an overview of detailed research published in Science indicating that...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 12, 20083 min read
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What’s in a Name – Why GlobalTort ?
Why GlobalTort? From the lawyer’s perspective, the name was chosen for multiple reasons. One reason for the name GlobalTort is that it...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 9, 20082 min read
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Risk-free Risk Taking
MBIA and Ambac apparently made underwriting mistakes in the process of backing various structured debt obligations (such as mortgage...

Kirk Hartley
Jan 24, 20081 min read
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“Security Spectacle”
Catching up posts from the winter holiday break…a nice piece on risk management in air travel http://jetlagged.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/...

Kirk Hartley
Jan 18, 20081 min read
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We’ve moved
We’ve moved to blogspot…welcome back! #Uncategorized

Kirk Hartley
Jan 17, 20081 min read
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