ABA Journal
JANUARY 25, 2022
Lawyers defending companies involved in mass tort litigation on Friday supported federal rule changes they believe will help prevent the introduction of “junk” scientific testimony…
Day on Torts
JUNE 13, 2022
Where defendant’s allegedly defamatory statements accusing plaintiffs of bigamy were made within the context of a declaratory judgment action, the absolute litigation privilege applied and dismissal of the defamation case was affirmed. This case is a good example of the absolute litigation privilege being applied. In Vanwinkle v.
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The Cloud Court Blog
AUGUST 19, 2022
That enterprise, of course, is litigation. There exists an interesting body of literature that addresses how litigants leverage “asymmetric access to information” ( i.e., salient data to which only one party has access) to achieve better results for their clients. [i] Until then: litigate like you mean it. [i] But not always.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 8, 2024
Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers. John Kerry, then U.S.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
APRIL 8, 2022
The post also illustrates the positive impact the reform is likely to have on climate litigation initiatives in Italy. Adopting a comparative perspective, we draw on constitutional frameworks and recent climate litigation cases in other European jurisdictions. What does the reform bring about?
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 8, 2023
The college then prolonged the litigation, virtually forcing the family into insolvency. Oberlin President Carmen Twillie Ambar and the Board needlessly spent millions in litigation costs above the damages rather than admit that the college was wrong in the targeting of this grocery. A judge later reduced the award to $25 million.
Day on Torts
DECEMBER 20, 2021
The trial court dismissed the action, finding that the settlement of the personal injury case “very clearly intended to foreclose upon any future wrongful death funds related to the mesothelioma litigation,” and the Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal. Decedent himself ultimately accepted a settlement in lieu of further litigation.
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