Above The Law

JULY 22, 2022

The post Wisconsin’s AG Is Launching A Huge Toxic Tort Suit appeared first on Above the Law. Has anyone else noticed that their cheese is VERY water resistant?

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JUNE 28, 2024

“US Supreme Court’s Purdue decision narrows options for mass torts defendants”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 7, 2024

The following graphs demonstrate the resolution of personal injury, wrongful death, and other tort cases in Shelby County, Tennessee during the last six fiscal years ending June 30, 2023. BirdDog Law shares this information for every county in Tennessee.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

“Clarence Thomas has a beef with bellwether trials in mass tort cases”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post. The post “Clarence Thomas has a beef with bellwether trials in mass tort cases” appeared first on How Appealing.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

“Merck shingles vaccine appeal will test controversial mass torts case management tool”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about an appeal that I will be arguing on behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants before a three-judge panel of the U.S.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Chamber backs 3M, argues bankruptcy is fix for mass tort ills.” Chamber backs 3M, argues bankruptcy is fix for mass tort ills.” ” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case’ from Reuters has this post about an amicus brief filed Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

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Law 360

MARCH 24, 2023

Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law a sweeping tort reform bill that he said will decrease frivolous lawsuits, change the state from a "judicial hellhole," and attract more investment in the state. Florida Gov.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

“In its new ‘Hellholes’ report, tort reform group says forum shopping is real”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post , which mentions a decision the Pa. Supreme Court issued on the day before Thanksgiving in a case in which I serve as appellate counsel for plaintiffs.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2022

Marstiller on whether the “federal Medicaid Act provides for a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid’s payment of a beneficiary’s past medical expenses by taking funds from the portion of the beneficiary’s tort recovery that compensates for future medical expenses.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Among other things, Florida’s heavy reliance on the unadorned reference to “medical expenses” implies that the state can take a tort settlement directed at medical expenses, not only if they are future medical expenses that the state has not yet paid (and might never pay), but even if they are medical expenses not covered by Medicaid.

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JULY 28, 2022

“Is 3M earplug bankruptcy the beginning of the end of mass tort MDLs?” ” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

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Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2022

The post Will Smith Writes Every ‘Cool’ Tort Professor’s Final Exam Question At The Oscars appeared first on Above the Law. I betchu Chris Rock won't do it again.

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MARCH 19, 2024

“Justices Lean Toward Insurer in Asbestos Bankruptcy Dispute; Court is considering when insurers have standing in bankruptcy; Insurer questions raised in context of mass torts”: Evan Ochsner of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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JURIST

AUGUST 5, 2021

The government of Mexico filed a complaint on Wednesday against eight gun manufacturers, holding companies and distributors, alleging tort claims based on a “deadly flood of military-style and other particularly lethal guns” across the border from the US into Mexico.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 6, 2022

The post Justices validate states’ right to take tort recoveries from Medicaid beneficiaries appeared first on SCOTUSblog. Share The Supreme Court on Monday resolved a narrow question of statutory interpretation under the Medicaid Act and expanded the ability of states to recoup health care costs from accident victims.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The post Trying To Find Love In Between IP And Torts? We all know Ohio is for lovers, but Massachusetts wants in on the action. This T14 Law School Has You Covered appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 14, 2023

The post This Syracuse Law Professor Should Have Brushed Up On His Tort Knowledge Before The Casino Run appeared first on Above the Law. You can go to a fight. You can go to a casino. Don't start fighting at the casino.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Michigan college student is unable to proceed with a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against two federal officers who tackled him after mistaking him for a fugitive in 2014. He also sued the officers individually under a Bivens action, claiming four violations of his Fourth Amendment rights.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The post OAN Loses Breach Of Contract Case Against AT&T In CA, Refiles It In DC As Tort Suit appeared first on Above the Law. Well, they already had it drafted. Don't want to waste a pleading.

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Above The Law

JULY 28, 2023

The post AI Update: Sam Altman Isn’t In It For The Money, AI Companies Attempt Self-Regulation, Tort Law For AI appeared first on Above the Law. This week in AI news.

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Above The Law

APRIL 26, 2022

The post Alex Jones’s Lawyers ‘Splain To Bankruptcy Judge That Putting The Kibosh On State Tort Claims Is His Real Job appeared first on Above the Law. Bold strategy, Cotton!

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2023

The circuit court’s decision is the first judicial rejection of the so-called “Texas two-step,” a novel and controversial legal strategy in which large corporations attempt to shield themselves from mass tort liability through bankruptcy claims. The company then bestows its assets on one and its tort liability on the other.

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AUGUST 27, 2023

“Purdue Pharma’s Bankruptcy Heads to the Supreme Court; A 40-year-old strategy for dealing with mass torts may end up needing a new look from Congress”: Law professor David Skeel will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 27, 2024

However, as a torts professor, there is a question of whether the tort element of proximate cause could be materially changed in the case. Torts professors are already lining up to argue that there is a proximate cause under existing doctrines to hold the firearms industry. The Court has accepted the review on two questions: 1.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“‘Totally Out of Control’ Attorney Fees in Mass Torts Dodge Appellate Review; U.S. The post “‘Totally Out of Control’ Attorney Fees in Mass Torts Dodge Appellate Review; U.S. ” Amanda Bronstad of law.com has this report on a non-precedential ruling that the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

“Johnson & Johnson Wins Over Longtime Holdout for Talc Settlement; Tort lawyer Allen Smith now backs J&J’s settlement plan after the company raised its offer to roughly $9 billion”: Alexander Gladstone of The Wall Street Journal has this report. billion to proposed talc settlement.”

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MARCH 31, 2022

“Ohio Supreme Court asked to overturn tort reform law that lowered Brook Park child rapist’s judgment from $20 million to $250,000”: Laura Hancock of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report. The Supreme Court of Ohio has posted online the video of yesterday’s oral argument at this link. Attorney Robert S.

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JULY 24, 2024

“J&J Allies With Mass-Tort Specialists to Seal $8 Billion Talc Settlement; Votes from the weakest talc claims against Johnson & Johnson could help the company end mass cancer lawsuits in bankruptcy court”: Andrew Scurria, Erin Mulvaney, and Alexander Gladstone of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

United States , the 1950 Supreme Court case holding that the United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained by members of the armed forces while on active duty and resulting from the negligence of others in the armed forces. United States. The case involves the so-called Feres doctrine, after Feres v.

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JUNE 14, 2023

“Armslist Not Liable for Hosting Gun Sale Ads That Led to Purchases by People Who Used the Guns Criminally; The Seventh Circuit so holds, applying Wisconsin tort law, and not reaching the 47 U.S.C. § 230 issue”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a ruling that the U.S.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Iowa Tort Claims Act (ITCA) prohibits an award of punitive damages against the state. The ITCA is Iowa’s controlling law for tort claims against the state and state employees acting within the scope of their employment. Punitive damages are awarded as a way to punish the defendant and to deter that same conduct in the future.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

As there are no laws in Mali to aid the plaintiffs in seeking damages or civil remedies against foreign exporters, they brought their claims under US law, specifically the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act and the Alien Torts Statute. The defendant companies are Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Hershey, Mars, Mondel?z,

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

You can access the American Tort Reform Foundation’s 2023/2024 Judicial Hellholes Report at this link. Courts Tie for No. 1 Judicial Hellhole; Cook County, Illinois; California; New York City and South Carolina asbestos litigation ranked second through fifth”: Everett Catts of The Daily Report of Fulton County, Georgia has this article.

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Law 360

JUNE 6, 2024

Johnson & Johnson’s recent announcement of a prepackaged reorganization plan for its talc unit highlights that Chapter 11 is a continually evolving living statute that can address new types of problems with reorganization, value and job preservation, and just treatment for creditors, says Kenneth Rosen at Ken Rosen Advisors PC.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Artificial intelligence programs are making inroads in the legal field, showing proficiency in two sections of a practice bar exam and getting used for the…

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AUGUST 16, 2022

Appeals Court Says Commerce in Arms Act Does Not Bar State Tort Claims; Five of nine Superior Court judges supported the Aug. Appeals Court Says Commerce in Arms Act Does Not Bar State Tort Claims; Five of nine Superior Court judges supported the Aug. “Divided Pa. The post “Divided Pa.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

The second edition of the EAPIL Winter School held annually in Como, Italy, will focus on Multistate Torts. The event is organized by the University of Insubria in cooperation with the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and the University of Murcia and will feature English classes from about 20 international experts.

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