Plaintiff lawyers could have done the right thing when they began seeing reports of women suffering painful side effects from pelvic mesh implants. They could have represented clients with legitimate ...

New South Carolina tort laws will take effect on January 1, 2026. Businesses' liability in DUI cases will be capped at 50% of total damages. Restaurants and bars can lower their insurance requirements ...

Mass torts in Philadelphia won’t be slowing down in 2026, according to the court's trial date certain calendar. For both the talc and paraquat mass tort programs, that is especially true. Here is a ...

A coalition of Indiana business groups are joining forces with lobbying firm the Corydon Group to create a nonprofit focused on business-friendly civil and tort law reforms. The new group is called ...

Paul Boehm, who had cochaired the firm's FDA practice group at W&C, has joined Sidley Austin in Washington, D.C. Explore the entire Law.com network. Enjoy free access to one article from the Law.com ...

Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Wole Olanipekun, has described the book, ‘Contemporary Law of Tort in Nigeria’, authored by Uche Obi, as “a remarkable contribution to the heart ...

If significant tort reform becomes reality, litigation and trial skills, not just case volume, will become the currency of survival. The failure of SB 30 and, to a lesser extent SB 39, in 2025 has ...

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R. Brent Wisner of Wisner Baum said AB 931, set to take effect Jan. 1, threatens his legal work in both California and Arizona. Explore the entire Law.com network. Enjoy free access to one article ...

One provision sharply limits lawsuits directly against insurers, while another encourages parties to reach out-of-court settlements by expanding the window before claims expire from one year to two.

Journal Editorial Report: The President warns of economic ‘devastation’ if the Justices rule against him. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s litigation reforms are starting to pay off for the state’s ...

Last week, former Attorney General William P. Barr wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal purporting to expose a nefarious effort to impose a carbon tax through tort litigation. His op-ed is part ...