Litigation

Grisham's Latest
What do mass tort scholars do in their down time? ... Well, read a mass tort novel, of course. John Grisham's latest book, The Appeal, involves a toxic tort of groundwater pollution that injures many in a Mississippi town --...

More on Grisham's The Appeal
Following up on this post, I finished reading John Grisham's The Appeal this past weekend.  As some reviews have noted, the story is more about the politics of judicial elections than the actual appellate process, which is barely mentioned at all...

John Grisham's New Book, The Appeal
If you haven't already heard, John Grisham has a new legal thriller out.  It's called The Appeal.  Here's an excerpt from Charles Taylor's review at Bloomberg.com: [The defendant's] next step, of course, is to appeal the verdict...

John Grisham and Legal Influence
In light of John Grisham's new book, The Appeal, The Wall Street Journal Law Blog posed an interesting question this week in the post John Grisham & Judicial Elections: [John Grisham] is clearly trying to influence the legal system...

Call for Book Reviews
From Bridget Crawford at Feminist Law Profs comes this call for book reviews: Call for Book Reviews: Women and the Law Proposals Due September 25, 2008 The editors of Pace Law Review invite proposals from scholars, researchers, practitioners and professionals...

Mississippi Authors
Mississippi Justice--Grisham's latest project A little off the beaten trail, my favorite Mississippi author, John Grisham, has a new book hitting the bookshelves--The Appeal. Check out his interview where he talks about writing this latest book as well as writing in general...

Rituxan
FDA Reviews Cancer Medication Associated with PML

Philip Morris
Loses Appeal, Will Pay Millions

Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Wins Appeal of $20 Million Asbestos Cancer Verdict
Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Wins Appeal of $20 Million Asbestos Cancer Verdict

Google
Settles Book-Scanning Class Actions for $125 Million

Amazon
Facing Class Action over Book Deletions

Ram Publishing
alleging phone book advertising contract fraud.