Thursday, January 30, 2014

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit decides question left open by the US Supreme Court in 2010: prosecutor should not be immune to civil claims for misconduct during investigation phase of a case

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Back in 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case called Pottawattamie County, Iowa v. Harrington  in which it was asked t...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Court of Appeals holds that defamation plaintiff must show negligence (at least) in order to recover against blogger

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A few days ago, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided an important new case on defamation.  The court held that Gertz v. Robert...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Huffington Post article on patient safety and malpractice

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According to a recent article in the Huffington Post, the latest statistics show that medical errors, most of which are preventable, are the...

Statistics on injuries caused by dogs in 2013

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Go here for a summary of the statistics on injuries caused by dog attacks in 2013 compiled by DogsBite.org. According to this report, there...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Judge rejects proposed settlement in NFL case

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The judge presiding over the proposed $765 million settlement between the N.F.L. and more than 4,500 retired players who sued the league and...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

England and Wales Reform Libel Laws

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As reported in the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law :  The Defamation Act 2013, approved by the British Parliament on Apri...

Update on investigation of effects of "energy drinks": attorneys general claim company that makes "5-Hour Energy" is withholding documents

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As you know, there has been a lot of attention during the last few months on whether so called "energy drinks" are dangerous - par...
Monday, January 6, 2014

A few headlines

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I am still away, but I am taking some time away from my time away between semesters to catch up with some of the headlines from the last few...
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...