An op-ed in Investors Business Daily by Lisa Rickard, president of the Institute for Legal Reform on an arcane but important topic. For nearly a century, the American Law Institute (ALI) has provided an invaluable public service to judges and policymakers by surveying the current state of the law and Read more…
New York’s specialized court for asbestos lawsuits could become a pivotal battleground for litigation over talcum powder as plaintiff lawyers seek to establish a record of wins in a court system known for liberal rules and big jury verdicts. Talc manufacturers Johnson & Johnson and Colgate-Palmolive and their wholesale suppliers Read more…
An old one of mine from Forbes.com that details tactics still used in the world of mass-tort advertising, as more recently described by veteran Kevin Pflug at Medium.com: Like millions of other people, Rachel Wright jumped on the Facebook wave in September, 2010. The Columbus, Ohio resident quickly accumulated more Read more…