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Health Law Prof Blog
ACA Litigation Update
Last week, Health Affairs posted a nice summary of the different legal challenges that have survived the Supreme Court's decision in NFIB v. Sibelius, including one pending before the 6th Circuit in…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Conference Announcement: Advocacy Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure After 75 Years
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Conference: Advocacy Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure at the University of Kansas, November 8-9, 2012The Kansas Law Review in conduction with the Shook, Hardy & Bacon Center for…
Food Poison Journal
Previewing, and reviewing, Salmonella lawsuits: peanut butter, mangoes, cantaloupes and more
By Bill Marler
Salmonella is seemingly everywhere right now. Salmonella contaminated peanut butter and many other nut butter products have sickened dozens nationally; salmonella mangoes have sickened over 100, including 93 in California;…
The Venture Alley
When Should My Startup Get a Litigator Involved?
By Trent Dykes
CONTRIBUTED BY Tyson Harpertyson.harper@dlapiper.com John Wolfejohn.wolfe@dlapiper.com Everyone knows that if your company is being sued (or wants to sue somebody else), then they need the assistance of a qualified…
TortsProf Blog
“Philly Regrets Flood of Cases”
The Wall Street Journal reports that mass tort filings in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas have "skyrocketed from 550 in 2008 to nearly 2,700 last year. The surge left an…
Marler Blog
Listeria Lawsuit Filed in Tainted Forever Cheese Outbreak
By Bill Marler
We filed a lawsuit today against Forever Cheese, the importer of Listeria-contaminated Marte brand Frescolina ricotta salata cheese that federal public health officials have determined is the source of a 15-person…
California Litigation Blog
A Plaintiff’s Right to Dismiss Is Not Absolute.
By Jeff Huron
A plaintiff has the right to voluntarily dismiss, with or without prejudice, all or any part of an action before the commencement of trial. Civ. Proc. § 581. A plaintiff…
PropertyProf Blog
Are Land Use Battles Bankrupting Cities?
By propertyprof
The L.A. Times details how land use disputes have left some cities on shaky financial ground:[H]efty legal costs from land battles are a widespread problem in cities across California. Peacocks,…
Marler Blog
Pink Slime (a.k.a., lean finely textured beef – LFTB) Strikes Back
By Bill Marler
This gem just dropped into my inbox: MEDIA ADVISORY BPI to Announce Major Lawsuit at Press Conference What: Beef Products, Inc., BPI Technology, Inc. and Freezing Machines, Inc. (collectively, “BPI”)…
Marler Blog
Forget sharks or airplanes or venomous snakes. These days, cantaloupe is more deadly than them all.
By Bill Marler
Ouch! That was the opening sentence in the National Law Journal’s Jenna Greene’s article this morning – “Ripe for litigation.” (You need a subscription to read the article). With Listeria-tainted…