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GlobalTort
Garlock and Asbestos Bankruptcy Makes NPR
By Kirk Hartley
Asbestos bankruptcy on NPR - the story is not very analytic or useful, but the topic is out there. Note especially NPR's label: the "murky world of asbestos litigation." As…
Employment & Labor
Year In Review In The Class Action World
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr. and Jennifer Riley We are honored to have our article entitled “Workplace Class Actions: Looking Back at 2013 and Ahead to 2014” published in this…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Donelson & Hopkins on Disclosure
Dain C. Donelson and Justin Hopkins have posted Disclosing Adverse Earnings News and Litigation: The Importance of Large Market Declines on SSRN with the following abstract: This study examines the legal consequences…
Data Law Insights
Repeated E-Discovery Failures Lead to $1 Million Sanctions
Last month, in In Re Pradaxa (Dabigatran Extexilate) Products Liability Litigation, a federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois ordered the defendants in a multi-district litigation (MDL) product liability…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Get to know a jurist: Laster
By CorporateAcquisitions MergerLawBlogger
The Litigation Insider (reg req'd) offers a rare interview of Vice Chancellor Laster. It's worth a read. He comments on the Chancery Court's ability to act swiftly (ahem...Chancery Arbitration supporters…
Resolving Discovery Disputes
When Discovery Abuse is a Trial Strategy
I was asked how do you handle discovery abuse when it is part of a deep pocket defendant's litigation strategy. His story went like this: Plaintiff's counsel had been to…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Pay Attention to the Clock: The Importance of Procedural Timing Issues in ERISA Litigation
I have been tied up on trial out of state most of January, and am now starting to go back over the more interesting items that landed in my in-box…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
M & A Litigation in 2013
Professors Davidoff and Cain have published a paper indicating that over 97% of takeovers involving at least $100 million have been the subject of litigation. Professor Davidoff discussed his paper in…
SDNY Blog
N.Y. Times Quotes SDNYBlog Editor in Article About A-Rod Suit
The article is here. In other litigation news regarding A-Rod, Judges Schofield and Ramos issued a joint order yesterday directing the parties to file a "Statement of Relatedness" by today…
At Counsel Table
Should Young Lawyers Specialize?
By Alex Craigie
“One word . . . plastics.”-The Graduate I never for a moment thought about pursuing a career as a transactional attorney. I entered law school for the wrong reasons. I…