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Have you ever wondered how lawyers manage to bankroll mass toxic tort cases, which are notoriously expensive to finance? Spoiler alert: it's not magic; it's money from private equity firms trading in ...

Opinion: Giving bankruptcy judges access to special masters would strengthen their ability to manage high-stakes cases that have become increasingly common.

One of the major concerns of the plaintiffs' bar was that the Court of Appeals decision in Bostic seemed to require a showing of strict "but-for" causation—so that but for the exposure to a specific ...

On Friday, Aug. 15, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 328 (“SB 328”), which permits toxic tort lawsuits against companies that operate in Illinois even in situations where the ...

The Colorado Court of Appeals concluded that a trial court erred when it failed to appropriate liability between two defendant property owners for $409,000 in damages after toxic substances leaked ...

Business groups are sounding the alarm that a little-noticed piece of legislation passed at the end of the General Assembly’s spring session could expose companies based outside Illinois to a wave of ...

Mass tort cases present unique challenges for both plaintiff’s and defense counsel. Unlike a class-action case, where a representative plaintiff stands in for the other members of the class, each ...

September 22, 2025 - Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, are one of the fastest-growing areas in mass toxic tort litigation. Dubbed "forever chemicals" due to their exceptionally slow ...

Last July 4, at 4:18 pm, Fisty Lawson, a porter at the Golden Nugget, was driving down Paradise Road in Las Vegas when a sports utility vehicle rammed his car. Paramedics, rushing to the scene, found ...