Class Action

Nagareda on Mass Tort Litigation
In a new featured column at PointofLaw, Richard Nagareda (Vanderbilt) argues that resolution of mass torts requires a reconception of the attorney-client relationship and the role of the civil tort system: What is needed for mass torts is a corresponding...

Brickman: of 1 million mass tort claims, 90% came from mass screenings
We've discussed Lester Brickman's important work on rampant fraud and misdiagnosis in asbestos, silicosis and fen-phen mass screenings, and now the Cardozo lawprof is out with an SSRN paper entitled "The Use of Litigation Screenings in Mass Torts: A Formula...

Chief Justice Lambert forms Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation Committee to safeguard against potential abuses in tort litigation
Feb. 7, 2008 Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert has appointed 12 Kentucky attorneys to a committee that will study mass tort and class action litigation cases and develop recommendations for the Supreme Court of Kentucky...

Sebok on Nagareda's Mass Torts in a World of Settlement
Professor Anthony Sebok's book review, What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Mass Torts?, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 1213 (2008), is available here. Sebok reviews Professor Richard Nagareda's Mass Torts in a World of Settlement (2007), available here...

Stier on Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts
Our Mass Tort Lit Blog colleague, Byron Stier, has posted on Bepress Another Jackpot (In)Justice: Verdict Variability and Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts. The piece is essentially part II to Stier's similarly titled article on mass tort class actions...

Oregon Notices of Appeal: Filing Deadlines
The Oregon State Bar (OSB) Litigation Section Spring 2008 newsletter, the Litigation Journal, has a number of useful articles, including this one by Robyn Ridler on limited, general and supplemental judgments filing deadlines: Assessing AppealabilityWe also want to express our gratitude to the members of the OSB Litigation Section for making this newsletter freely available online.

Mesothelioma Law Suit
Asbestos Exposure

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

$189 Million Settlement Reached in Slab Litigation
$189 Million Settlement Reached in Slab Litigation

Breakthrough Settlement Reached In Chinese Drywall Litigation
Chinese Drywall Litigation Breakthrough Settlement Reached

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...