The Memphis-based law firm acquired Drucker, Rutledge & Smith LLP, a seven-lawyer civil litigation firm with experience in the areas of business, tort defense, insurance, construction, baking and employment. Texas was the first new state for ...more »
People like Blaine LeCesne, a tort law professor at Loyola University who has been following the litigation closely, say that would be selling the Gulf Coast short. "Louisiana stands to gain a huge amount from this, which is why I don't want it to ...more »
... we last week posted video of a plaintiffs' 'expert' teaching Gulf Coast personal injury lawyers how to exploit the law and corrupt the civil justice system," began American Tort Reform Association communications director Darren McKinney.more »
By Debra Cassens Weiss The US Supreme Court has ruled that federal law pre-empts tort claims by the estate of a railroad worker who died after contracting malignant mesothelioma. The majority opinion (PDF) by Justice Clarence Thomas said the design ...more »
The Rottenstein Law Group is a New York-based law firm that represents clients in mass tort actions. The firm was founded by Rochelle Rottenstein, a lawyer with over two decades of experience in compassionate representation of clients in consumer ...more »
Duncan argues on appeal that the district court erred in concluding she was contributorily negligent and, therefore, barred from recovery under the applicable law — the tort law of Maryland — and that the court erred in denying her cross-motion for ...more »
Congratulations to the students of the Federal Courts Law Review for a wonderful symposium last Friday, February 24, 2012, on "Mass Torts in the Federal Courts." In today's post, I will recap the two individual presenters: Ken Feinberg and the ...more »
There can also be suits under state law or the domestic laws of nations. But there may not be ATS federal common-law causes of action against corporations.” The case, Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., was filed in 2002 by 12 Nigerians claiming they ...more »
Federal prosecutors also seized the Internet domain name bodog.com. Ayre and his co-conspirators paid more than $42 million from 2005 to 2008 for an advertising campaign to attract US gamblers to the website, prosecutors said.more »
Under state law, a tort claim is a notice that must be filed before a government entity can be sued. James Goldman, president of the county Board of Commissioners, said officials hope it doesn't come to that. He said he was surprised by Simon's ...more »
The Alien Tort Statute is at the heart of the Kiobel case. Enacted in 1789, it gives federal district courts jurisdiction over tort suits brought by aliens for violations of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States.more »
Gwen Ifill and The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle discuss the potential liability implications for corporations. GWEN IFILL: At the US Supreme Court today, justices heard arguments on a pair of international human rights cases.more »
But conservative justices seemed skeptical that a more-than 200-year-old US law formulated at the time of the country's founding allowed such suits against corporations. The law allows “aliens” to bring civil lawsuits for acts that violate the “law of ...more »
Last year, the US appeals court in New York threw out the suit on the grounds that corporations are not liable in this country for overseas violations of international law. Justice Stephen G. Breyer noted those cases are filed under the Alien Tort...more »
The law was passed by the first Congress in 1789. In 2002, 12 Nigerian nationals sued Royal Dutch Shell under the ATS, alleging that the oil company had colluded with the Nigerian military from 1992 to 1995 to suppress a grass-roots protest movement ...more »
Under state law, a tort claim is a legal notice that must be filed before a government entity can be sued. James Goldman, president of the county board of commissioners, said officials hope it doesn't come to that. He said he was surprised by Simon's ...more »
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