Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Happy New Year

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I have been gone for weeks for our winter break, but I wanted to take a moment away from all the vacation family fun to wish everyone a grea...
Monday, December 23, 2013

What would it be like if ATRA's tort reforms were actually implemented?

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The PopTort wonders what would the world look like if the American Tort Reform Association could get its tort reform proposal approved  here...

New report on regulation (or lack thereof) of generic drug manufacturers

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The Center for Justice & Democracy has published a new "white paper" called America’s Unaccountable Generic Drug Industry; How...

One of the last remaining claims arising out of the September 11 attacks to settle

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More than a dozen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, a last major piece of litigation against the airline industry and other defendants moved...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Case against Kansas City Royals for injury caused by mascot is now before the Missouri Supreme Court

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Long time readers of this blog might remember my posts on a case filed back in 2010 by a spectator at a Kansas City Royals baseball game who...

New study on possible effects of "energy drinks"

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If you have been following the controversy over whether so-called "energy drinks" are dangerous (particularly to minors), you will...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

How much do you know about medical malpractice?

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The PopTort has a quiz here .  The lessons are not new to those who follow this topic:  malpractice happens more often than people think, th...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving torts

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In celebration of Thanksgiving, here is a link to Prof. Jonathan Turley's annual compilation of Thanksgiving themed torts and crimes. ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

FDA Proposes Rule To Allow Generic Drugmakers To Change Labeling

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Back in August I posted that the FDA was considering adopting new regulations that would allow (and presumably encourage) generic drug manu...

Virginia Supreme Court Reverses Award Against Virginia Tech From 2007 Shootings

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Back in March, 2012 I reported ( here ) that Virginia Tech University had been found liable to the families of two students in a wrongful...