video for torts law community Torts Law Videocast - Asbestos Judges Provide Glimpse Into Their Respective Dockets At Judicial Forum
Judges participating in HB Litigation Conference’s Judicial Forum on Asbestos on June 3 in New York City were asked by co-chair Perry Weitz to provide a glimpse into their respective dockets. ... continue reading - Delsia G. Marshall Of Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald Speaks On Potential Defendants In Lead Litigation
Delsia G. Marshall of Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald spoke on potential defendants in lead litigation during HB Litigation Conference’s Lead Litigation Conference in Philadelphia on May 19, 2009.... continue reading - Asbestos Judges Share Insights On Trial And Settlement Strategies, Discovery, More
A panel of asbestos judges assembled in
Beverly Hills, Calif., in March during HB Litigation Conference’s Emerging Trends in Asbestos Conference , where they shared their... continue reading - Top Experts Discuss Emerging Issues In Asbestos Litigation
A panel of leading asbestos litigators, judges and experts gathered for three days in March in
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A San Francisco jury awards the City of Modesto $18 million for perchloroethylene remediation, and, a plaintiff expert in the Zyprexa MDL is disqualified for being "shockingly careless." These and other stories from the news desk of the LexisNexis Product Liability & Toxic Torts Practice center. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Visit www.law.lexisnexis.com/practiceareas/torts.
Click Play Button to Listen Now - LexisNexis® Torts Law Center Podcast featuring Leslie Brueckner of Public Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent rulings on federal preemption
On this edition, Leslie A. Brueckner, Staff Attorney with Public Justice discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's recent preemption rulings involving medical devices and prescription drugs and their impact. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
Click Play Button to Listen Now - LexisNexis® Torts Law Center Podcast featuring Frank Woodson of Beasley Allen
On this edition, Frank Woodson of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles in Montgomery, Ala. on federal preemption in drug and medical device cases. The firm represents plaintiffs and claimants in civil litigation. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
Click Play Button to Listen Now LexisNexis is a collection of legal specialists, journalists, product developers, market analysts, technology experts, solution nuts, Web mavens, marketing geniuses, database maniacs, and many other types of professionals. The Insider Perspective blog is the place on our Web Centers where you can read what our experts think you need to know. Please feel free to comment on what they say, ask questions, and share with colleagues. Products Liability and Toxic Torts Blog  | Posted By: Tom Hagy Chinese-Made Drywall: A Multi-Defendant, Multi-Claim, Multi-District Litigation Has Litigators Multi-Tasking Based on attendance and buzz at recent legal education programs, mass tort, construction defect and, of course, insurance attorneys will be busy for some time litigating causation and culpability surrounding... continue reading | |  | Posted By: Thomas H. Clarke, Jr. Study Finds Concentrations Of 6 Air Toxics Regularly Exceed EPA Standards Using air toxics data from 2003 through 2005, a research firm found that ambient concentrations of benzene, 1,3-butadiene, carbon tetrachloride, acetaldehyde, arsenic, and acrolein regularly exceeded... continue reading | | | Posted By: Thomas H. Clarke, Jr. A Less Environmentally Harmful Way To Produce A Chrome-like Shine May Be At Hand Those of us that practice environmental and toxic tort law have all had multiple experiences in being involved with sites replete with heavy metals (and the solvents that frequently are used in such... continue reading | |  | Posted By: LexisNexis Tort Center Staff Internet Images and Privacy Rights: When The Web Bears Witness to a Loved One's Death
There’s an electronic window into everyone’s lives, and through this window, millions of eyes will pry and millions of people may learn the best and worst about you. It’s not like... continue reading | | | view all posts |
Analysis of important legal issues, authored by leading practice area experts. Insights & Analysis A roundup of "people" news about attorneys, law firms, judges, in-house counsel, industry executives, etc., in each practice area. We write up brief stories on new hires, promotions, awards, retirements, firm mergers and related topics so you know what's happening with your colleagues. Movers and Shakers - Indiana Attorney Secures $157 Million Verdict; Largest Single-Plaintiff Award in State History
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Attorney Mike Phelps of Bloomington, Ind., based Ken Nunn Law Office on Tuesday secured a $157 million judgment for a Lafayette, Ind., woman whose husband died after falling... continue reading - Bradley E. Lerman Joins Pfizer As Senior Vice President Of Litigation
NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc. has announced that Bradley E. Lerman will join the company as senior vice president, litigation. Lerman, who will be responsible for leading the company’s litigation... continue reading - Lieff Cabraser’s Sharmila Murthy Named 2009 Pegasus Scholar
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kathryn E. Barnett, a partner at the national plaintiff’s law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, has announced that the American Inns of Court (AIC) has... continue reading - Eckert Seamans Adds 12 Attorneys From Hendrickson & Long, Opens Charleston Office
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The law firms of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott LLC and Hendrickson & Long PLLC have announced that they combined their respective practices effective Jan. 1. All 12 attorneys... continue reading - Jeff Ifrah Named Co-Chair Of ABA Qui Tam Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney Jeff Ifrah, a shareholder with the Washington, D.C., office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, has been appointed to a two-year term as a co-chair of the... continue reading
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