Wednesday, October 26, 2011

"Personhood" amendments and tort law

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A few days ago, I discussed pre-natal torts in my class.  Among many other things we talked about whether a jurisdiction should recognize a ...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

New Public Citizen Report on tort reform in Texas

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Last month I reported on a new study on tort reform in Texas by Texas Watch.  See here .  Now, consumer protection organization Public Citiz...

Is there a connection between tort reform and the "occupy Wall Street" movement?

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The Pop Tort thinks so:   here .

Updated list on cases about corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act

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Here is an updated list of cases on the issue of corporate liability for international torts: Deciding that corporations can NOT be sued u...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

More on the cases granted by the Supreme Court

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Courtesy of the SCOTUS blog, here is a list of references to coverage of the Supreme Court's decision to grant cert in the cases related...

Wisconsoin considers new preemption statute

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At the request of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a state Senate committee has proposed a bill that would protect drug and device makers fr...

Mohamad v. Rajoub - "the other case" granted by the Supreme Court & the corporate liability scorecard so far

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As I reported earlier today, the Supreme Court has now officially agreed to review cases on whether plaintiffs have a right to recover from ...
Monday, October 17, 2011

Supreme Court grants review in cases regarding possible corporate liability for "international torts" -- UPDATED

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A few days ago, I posted a note about two cases pending before the US Supreme Court on the issue of whether plaintiffs have a right to r...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Strange result due to decision in Pliva v Mensing

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As you probably remember, back in June the Supreme Court issued a decision  PLIVA v. Mensing on the right to sue in state court when a gener...

More critical comments on Congress' attempt to enact tort reform legislation

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I have criticized the proposed attempts by Republicans in Congress to enact tort reform legislation (particularly a medical malpractice bill...