Litigation

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...

Interview with Richard Nagareda on Mass Torts in a World of Settlement
This blog has featured Richard Nagareda (Vanderbilt)'s new book Mass Torts in a World of Settlement in a previous post. Here is an interview of Nagareda sent to me by Rodger Citron (Touro) that may interest our readers: Vanderbilt Law...

David Marcus on Nagareda
David Marcus of the University of Arizona has written an extensive book review of Richard Nagareda's Mass Torts in a World of Settlement. The review, entitled Some Realism about Mass Torts, will appear in the University of Chicago Law Review...

Richard Nagareda on Taylor v. Sturgell
Richard Nagareda (Vanderbilt) has recorded a SCOTUScast on Taylor v. Sturgell, the nonparty preclusion case argued before the United States Supreme Court last week. Howard Erichson commented on the case last week in a post on this blog...

Nagareda in Class Certification
Class Certification in the Age of Aggregate Proof, by Richard A. Nagareda, Vanderbilt University School of Law, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Few pre-trial motions in our civil justice system elicit as much controversy as those...

Nagareda on Class Certification in the Age of Aggregate Proof
Richard Nagareda has posted his article, Class Certification in the Age of Aggregate Proof, on SSRN. It will appear this spring in New York University Law Review. Here's the abstract: Few pre-trial motions in our civil justice system elicit as...

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.

Richard Mellon Scaife
Billionaire divorce lawsuit ends in a $725,000 a month settlement.

Dr. Richard Glunk
$20 million settlement reached in medical negligence and wrongful death lawsuit.

Airborne Settlement
Company agrees to pay consumers $23.3 million class action settlement for false advertising.

Shareholder Settlement
R&G Financial Corporation agrees to $39 million securities fraud class action settlement.

Teen Driver Wins Suit
Convenience stores to pay six-figure settlement to underage alcohol buyer in accident settlement.