Saturday, May 17, 2014

Federal regulators impose sanctions on GM

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Yesterday federal regulators imposed the biggest punishment they could on G.M. and condemned it over its failure to promptly report a defect...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Another article about the possible compensation system for victims of injuries caused by GM cars

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A few days ago I posted a couple of comments on the fact that GM has hired Kenneth Feinberg to consider the possibility of creating a compen...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Tennessee adopts statute of repose for legal malpractice actions

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The state of Tennessee has adopted a five-year statute of repose for legal malpractice claims that will go into effect July 1.  A one year s...

Could a botched execution give rise to a torts claim?

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As you have probably heard of or read about by now, there was a disturbing report of an execution gone wrong in Oklahoma just over a week ag...

Comment on constitutional tort cases before the Supreme Court

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As is true most years, the US Supreme Court is again considering a number of constitutional tort cases, in which plaintiffs seek compensatio...

Court of appeals for the third circuit affirms dismissal claims against generic drug manufacturers on preemption grounds

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The Third Circuit recently affirmed a trial court’s order dismissing a claim against a number of generic drug manufacturers in a case relat...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

NY Times article on the BP oil spill settlement and compensation fund

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A few days ago I posted a couple of comments on the fact that GM has hired Kenneth Feinberg to consider the possibility of creating a compen...

Once again, wolf-dogs in the news

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Back in 2009 I first heard of so called "wolf-dogs" a hybrid dog breed that had apparently gained some popularity in some parts of...

Animal rights

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A few days ago I posted a note about a proposal in France to change the Civil Code to recognize that animals are living beings capable of f...
Friday, April 25, 2014

More on GM's hiring of Ken Feinberg

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Yesterday I posted a short comment (with some links) on the fact that GM has announced it has hired Ken Feinberg to discuss the possibility ...