Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Two new short articles on the Alien Tort Statute (and the case pending before the US Supreme Court)

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As I mentioned a few days ago, the Supreme Court will be addressing the issue it was supposed to decide but didn't in  Kiobel v. Royal ...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Summary of the latest case on the Alien Tort Statute before the Supreme Court

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Over at SCotUS blog, Amy Howe has published a good summary of the latest case on the Alien Tort Statute before the Supreme Court.  You can r...
Sunday, July 9, 2017

Chemerinsky on Supreme Court cases that affect the rights of injured victims to seek compensation in court

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Erwin Chemerinsky has published a short comment on two recent Supreme Court opinions that have the effect of closing the courthouse doors to...
Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Appeals Court in Wisconsin finds med mal cap unconstitutional

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The intermediate appeals court in Wisconsin has ruled that the state's $750,000 cap for non-economic damages in medical malpractice case...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

While the country is distracted by tweets, investigations, and failed Senate bills, the House votes to federalize medical malpractice

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In my most recent post I reported that the ABA opposed a bill currently under consideration by the House of Representatives which would impo...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

ABA opposes federal bill that would impose caps in med-mal cases

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The ABA Journal is reporting that the ABA recently sent a letter to House lawmakers urging them to reject a bill that would impose a  cap o...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

Florida Supreme Court strikes down statute imposing caps on medical malpractice cases -- UPDATED

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The TortsProf blog is reporting that a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court recently struck down a 2003 statute that imposed a cap on non-...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Article on the Trump administration and tort reform

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Over at HuffPost, Joanne Doroshow, executive director of the Center for Justice and Democracy at NYU Law School, has posted a short article ...
Monday, May 29, 2017

Nearly a third of drugs approved by the FDA between 2001 and 2010 had major safety issues

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A prevalent argument used by the pharmaceutical industries in product liability cases is that the courts (and the judicial system) are not t...
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Oklahoma legislature enacts bill (possible without realizing it) that may make it the first state to impose a "loser pays" rule in civil litigation

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Above the Law is reporting that the Oklahoma legislature recently enacted a bill, now on its way to the Governor's signature, that may ...