Wednesday, April 24, 2013

New comment on Kiobel: The United States Can’t Be the World’s Courthouse by Eric Posner

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Eric Posner, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, has written an essay on the Supreme Court's decision in Kiobel v Roya...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Supreme Court decides Milbrook v. US, recognizing cause of action against the federal government

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About two months ago I commented on a case now before the US Supreme Court called Milbrook v. US in which the Court was asked to consider w...

Supreme Court decides Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, holding Alien Tort Statute can't be applied extraterritorially

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Long time readers of this blog probably remember that I have been following the decisions in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum closely for a...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Florida senate approves tort reform package

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Bad news for victims of medical malpractice in Florida.  The state senate just approved a tort reform package (SB 1792) that would make med...

New York Times on whether the court should dismiss the claims against the NFL

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As you probably know, more than 4,000 retired players are suing the National Football League for failing to protect players from chronic r...
Saturday, April 6, 2013

Possible ban on energy drink sales to minors?

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As you probably remember there has been a lot of discussion on the dangers of caffeinated drinks like Monster, Red Bull and others recently....
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Why Aren’t More NY and NJ Lawyers Looking For Hurricane Sandy Insurance Claims?

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Why Aren’t More NY and NJ Lawyers Looking For Hurricane Sandy Insurance Claims?   Basically because, as Max Kennerly explains over at Litig...

Post oral argument comments on Mutual Pharma v. Bartlett

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The big news in torts last month was the oral argument before the US Supreme Court in Mutual Pharmaceutical v. Bartlett which asks the Cour...

New study on side effects of robotic surgery; case moves on

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A couple of weeks ago I reported that the FDA has launched an investigation into the safety of the da Vinci surgical robot following a num...

More on the controversy over "high energy" (ie, caffeinated) drinks

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As you probably remember there has been a lot of discussion on the dangers of caffeinated drinks like Monster, Red Bull and others recentl...