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For the second time in just a few weeks, I have been experiencing serious technical problems with the system that hosts my blogs (ie, "...

The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the government’s bailouts of car-makers Chrysler and General Motors "dashed the legal r...

A few days ago, I posted a link to a new report on medical malpractice ( here ).  Here is another one: Public Citizen recently released a ne...

Go here for the TortsProf Blog's list of this week's top stories and here for the Abnormal Use blog's "Friday links....

A couple of months ago, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on PLIVA v. Mensing (09-993), Actavis v. Mensing (09-1039), and Actavis v. De...

A few days ago I posted ( here ) a link to a paper by a tort reform group arguing that the federal medical malpractice bill is not unconstit...

Here is a link to a new report by the American Association for Justice called Medical Negligence:  The Role of America’s Civil Justice Syst...

Go here for the TortsProf Blog's list of this week's top stories.  Among their stories this week you will find links to a new case ...

The American Tort Reform Association has issued a 7 page paper that its president says “makes a clear case that the legislation passes const...

Illinois, the country's fifth most populous state, is ranked as the second state next to California with the highest total payouts and t...