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“‘Nuclear Verdicts’ Again Cited as Ga., Pa. Courts Tie for No. 1 Judicial Hellhole; Cook County, Illinois; California; New York City and South Carolina asbestos litigation ranked second through fifth”

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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. You can access the American Tort Reform Foundation’s 2023/2024 Judicial Hellholes Report at this link.

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Christmas Torts: The 2020 Listing Of Holiday Mishaps and Madness

JonathanTurley

’Tis the season for the Christmas tort. Thus, each year we gather for the posting of the annual list of Christmas torts and crimes. This year’s Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center had its own inter-species tort when an owl was found in a tree driven from upstate New York. Last year, for example, Curtis L.

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Ohio Atty Hit With $250K Sanction Over Sue-and-Withdrawals

Law 360

After facing a long series of toxic tort and successor liability arguments, an Illinois chemical company scored an affirmative win against an Ohio plaintiffs lawyer who has repeatedly sued the company and then dismissed before a successor-liability theory could be tested.

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University of Illinois (Chicago) Law Professor Sues Over Exam Controversy

JonathanTurley

We previously discussed the treatment of Professor Jason Kilborn, who was put on indefinite administrative leave after using a censured version of the n-word in an exam question at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). COUNT II Violation of University of Illinois Statutes. University-of-Illinois-Chicago-—-Complaint1.

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TikTok Torts: Idaho Professor Sues “Internet Sleuth” for Defamation Over Idaho Murders

JonathanTurley

Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote that “although the article drips with disapproval of Wilkow’s (and the judges’) conduct, an author’s opinion about business ethics isn’t defamatory under Illinois law.”.

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Corporate Bankruptcies Balloon in Early 2023

Intelligize Blog

Essentially, the Texas Two-Step refers to a legal maneuver in which a parent company transfers its tort liabilities to a spin-off entity that remains under the parent company’s control. If successful, J&J could substantially reduce its exposure to damages from a flood of lawsuits claiming its baby powder and talc products cause cancer.

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Mixed Messages from the ABA, As It ‘Reaffirms’ Rule Against Nonlawyer Ownership while also Encouraging Innovation

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Resolution 402 was presented to the ABA by the Illinois State Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, and two ABA sections: the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section and the Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division.