Products Liability FORUM ARCHIVE
The topic of product liability law arises so often in the media today that some brief explanation of its scope, origins, and impact might prove useful. This short essay is intended to be a primer for those who appreciate the importance of the topic, but would like some guidance on how to think about it more rigorously. . . . Continue reading...
Hot coffee can cause burns at home, too By Ted Frank, 02-10-2012 Greg Conko: Can brand makers be sued for generic drug injuries? By igorodetski, 01-30-2012 CJD still lying about hot coffee By Ted Frank, 01-25-2012 First Circuit upholds $1.5M table-saw verdict By Ted Frank, 10-09-2011 First Circuit upholds $1.5M table-saw verdict By Ted Frank, 10-09-2011 Liability for thee, but not for me By Ted Frank, 09-27-2011 Liability for thee, but not for me By Ted Frank, 09-27-2011 New York judges more likely to acquit than juries By Ted Frank, 08-10-2011 New York judges more likely to acquit than juries By Ted Frank, 08-10-2011 "The story behind Wacky Warning Labels" By Ted Frank, 07-26-2011 "The story behind Wacky Warning Labels" By Ted Frank, 07-26-2011 Warning: may be an ironic warning By Ted Frank, 07-22-2011 Warning: may be an ironic warning By Ted Frank, 07-22-2011 Insurers and Toyota sudden acceleration By Ted Frank, 07-11-2011 Insurers and Toyota sudden acceleration By Ted Frank, 07-11-2011 What media bias? By Ted Frank, 06-16-2011 What media bias? By Ted Frank, 06-16-2011 Hearing: Can We Sue Our Way Into Prosperity? By Carter Wood, 05-24-2011 Hearing: Can We Sue Our Way Into Prosperity? By Carter Wood, 05-24-2011 Tennessee Legislature sends tort reform package to governor By Carter Wood, 05-21-2011 Tennessee Legislature sends tort reform package to governor By Carter Wood, 05-21-2011 A new definition of chutzpah? By mkrauss, 05-19-2011 A new definition of chutzpah? By mkrauss, 05-19-2011 Gameshow justice: Godwin v. Electrolux Home Prods. By Ted Frank, 05-16-2011 Gameshow justice: Godwin v. Electrolux Home Prods. By Ted Frank, 05-16-2011 "Warning: Pen caps can obstruct breathing. Keep out of mouth." By Ted Frank, 05-16-2011 "Warning: Pen caps can obstruct breathing. Keep out of mouth." By Ted Frank, 05-16-2011 Refutation of Toyota sudden acceleration hysteria doesn't stop Toyota sudden acceleration litigation By Ted Frank, 05-02-2011 Refutation of Toyota sudden acceleration hysteria doesn't stop Toyota sudden acceleration litigation By Ted Frank, 05-02-2011 "Abnormal Use" interview By Ted Frank, 04-25-2011 "Abnormal Use" interview By Ted Frank, 04-25-2011 No jackpot justice in Escambia County tobacco suit By Ted Frank, 04-21-2011 No jackpot justice in Escambia County tobacco suit By Ted Frank, 04-21-2011 Viscusi: "Does Product Liability Make Us Safer?" By Ted Frank, 03-06-2011 Viscusi: "Does Product Liability Make Us Safer?" By Ted Frank, 03-06-2011 Mississippi Supreme Court gets hellhole cleanup opportunity By Ted Frank, 03-03-2011 Mississippi Supreme Court gets hellhole cleanup opportunity By Ted Frank, 03-03-2011 "Pressuring Toyota into an Overcautious Recall" By Ted Frank, 03-01-2011 "Pressuring Toyota into an Overcautious Recall" By Ted Frank, 03-01-2011 Breaking: unanimous vote against preemption in Williamson v. Mazda By Ted Frank, 02-23-2011 Breaking: unanimous vote against preemption in Williamson v. Mazda By Ted Frank, 02-23-2011 BREAKING: Bruesewitz v. Wyeth By James R. Copland, 02-22-2011 BREAKING: Bruesewitz v. Wyeth By James R. Copland, 02-22-2011 Tort reform and federalism By Ted Frank, 02-15-2011 Tort reform and federalism By Ted Frank, 02-15-2011 Wacky warning - Super Bowl ad division By Ted Frank, 02-10-2011 Wacky warning - Super Bowl ad division By Ted Frank, 02-10-2011 NASA exonerates Toyota on sudden acceleration By Ted Frank, 02-09-2011 NASA exonerates Toyota on sudden acceleration By Ted Frank, 02-09-2011 Defibrillate or litigate? By Carter Wood, 02-03-2011 Defibrillate or litigate? By Carter Wood, 02-03-2011 Annals of personal responsibility: Bornsen v. Pragotrade By Ted Frank, 02-03-2011 Annals of personal responsibility: Bornsen v. Pragotrade By Ted Frank, 02-03-2011 Getting an early-morning start on all that litigation By Carter Wood, 01-22-2011 Getting an early-morning start on all that litigation By Carter Wood, 01-22-2011 Civil justice reform advances in Wisconsin By Carter Wood, 01-17-2011 Civil justice reform advances in Wisconsin By Carter Wood, 01-17-2011 Progressives and Charlie Crist, floating along in Florida By Carter Wood, 01-16-2011 Progressives and Charlie Crist, floating along in Florida By Carter Wood, 01-16-2011 Nevada Supreme Court upholds 'civil death penalty' By Carter Wood, 01-01-2011 Nevada Supreme Court upholds 'civil death penalty' By Carter Wood, 01-01-2011 In New York City, with shopping and litigation on the agenda By Carter Wood, 12-10-2010 In New York City, with shopping and litigation on the agenda By Carter Wood, 12-10-2010 9/11 compensation bill nearing a vote By Carter Wood, 12-06-2010 9/11 compensation bill nearing a vote By Carter Wood, 12-06-2010 CBS and Brian Cole's $131 million verdict against Ford By Ted Frank, 11-23-2010 CBS and Brian Cole's $131 million verdict against Ford By Ted Frank, 11-23-2010 "In Black and White, the Toyota Hysteria Exemplified" By Ted Frank, 11-21-2010 "In Black and White, the Toyota Hysteria Exemplified" By Ted Frank, 11-21-2010 "Principles of Product Liability" By Ted Frank, 11-08-2010 "Principles of Product Liability" By Ted Frank, 11-08-2010 Pridgen v. Avco By Ted Frank, 11-05-2010 Pridgen v. Avco By Ted Frank, 11-05-2010 Gerald Colbert v. Sonic Restaurants hot coffee case By Ted Frank, 10-19-2010 Gerald Colbert v. Sonic Restaurants hot coffee case By Ted Frank, 10-19-2010 Trial lawyer transportation lobbying: It's a pretty big deal By Carter Wood, 10-18-2010 Trial lawyer transportation lobbying: It's a pretty big deal By Carter Wood, 10-18-2010 Google's robot cars By Ted Frank, 10-09-2010 Google's robot cars By Ted Frank, 10-09-2010 NHTSA-National Research Council on Toyota "sudden acceleration" By Ted Frank, 10-09-2010 NHTSA-National Research Council on Toyota "sudden acceleration" By Ted Frank, 10-09-2010 Things Congress did and didn't do before leaving, Part II By Carter Wood, 10-05-2010 Things Congress did and didn't do before leaving, Part II By Carter Wood, 10-05-2010 Things Congress did and didn't do before leaving By Carter Wood, 10-01-2010 Things Congress did and didn't do before leaving By Carter Wood, 10-01-2010 Concussions continued By Carter Wood, 09-22-2010 Concussions continued By Carter Wood, 09-22-2010 Practice focus groups for personal injury attorneys By Carter Wood, 09-20-2010 Practice focus groups for personal injury attorneys By Carter Wood, 09-20-2010 "The Law of McDonald's" By Ted Frank, 09-15-2010 "The Law of McDonald's" By Ted Frank, 09-15-2010 Congress and concussions, prepping for further litigation By Carter Wood, 09-07-2010 Congress and concussions, prepping for further litigation By Carter Wood, 09-07-2010 Washington Post identifies human factor in claims against Toyota By Carter Wood, 09-06-2010 Washington Post identifies human factor in claims against Toyota By Carter Wood, 09-06-2010 Unpublished letter to the NY Times By Ted Frank, 08-30-2010 Unpublished letter to the NY Times By Ted Frank, 08-30-2010 Federal Circuit again rejects vaccine-autism junk science claims By James R. Copland, 08-27-2010 Federal Circuit again rejects vaccine-autism junk science claims By James R. Copland, 08-27-2010 Branham v. Ford $31M verdict overturned By Ted Frank, 08-18-2010 Branham v. Ford $31M verdict overturned By Ted Frank, 08-18-2010 The perfect crime By Ted Frank, 08-18-2010 The perfect crime By Ted Frank, 08-18-2010 Canadian Business on Toyota "sudden acceleration" By Ted Frank, 08-13-2010 Canadian Business on Toyota "sudden acceleration" By Ted Frank, 08-13-2010 Penn & Teller Thursday on vaccines By Ted Frank, 08-11-2010 Penn & Teller Thursday on vaccines By Ted Frank, 08-11-2010 Priester v. Cromer (S.C. Aug. 2, 2010) By Ted Frank, 08-08-2010 Priester v. Cromer (S.C. Aug. 2, 2010) By Ted Frank, 08-08-2010 Civil justice reform as an element in jobs, economic growth By Carter Wood, 08-05-2010 Civil justice reform as an element in jobs, economic growth By Carter Wood, 08-05-2010 Civil 'death penalty' leaves no defense By Carter Wood, 08-04-2010 Civil 'death penalty' leaves no defense By Carter Wood, 08-04-2010 Consider the elevator By Ted Frank, 08-02-2010 Consider the elevator By Ted Frank, 08-02-2010 Accusation of NHTSA coverup of driver error in Toyota "sudden acceleration" cases By Ted Frank, 07-30-2010 Accusation of NHTSA coverup of driver error in Toyota "sudden acceleration" cases By Ted Frank, 07-30-2010 Wacky warning dept.: Steven Morris v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co. By Ted Frank, 07-20-2010 Wacky warning dept.: Steven Morris v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co. By Ted Frank, 07-20-2010 Popcorn lung suit dismissed By Ted Frank, 07-20-2010 Popcorn lung suit dismissed By Ted Frank, 07-20-2010 Plaintiffs' lawyer lies about Toyota By Ted Frank, 07-16-2010 Plaintiffs' lawyer lies about Toyota By Ted Frank, 07-16-2010 Told-you-so dept.: USDOT exonerates Toyota By Ted Frank, 07-13-2010 Told-you-so dept.: USDOT exonerates Toyota By Ted Frank, 07-13-2010 Another hit-piece on Toyota By Ted Frank, 07-11-2010 Another hit-piece on Toyota By Ted Frank, 07-11-2010 Product recall fatigue By Ted Frank, 07-05-2010 Product recall fatigue By Ted Frank, 07-05-2010 Maureen Dowd gets it wrong on cellphone warnings By Ted Frank, 06-27-2010 Maureen Dowd gets it wrong on cellphone warnings By Ted Frank, 06-27-2010 What interests the Canadians at the trial lawyers convention By Carter Wood, 06-18-2010 What interests the Canadians at the trial lawyers convention By Carter Wood, 06-18-2010 "Disclosed to Death" By Ted Frank, 06-15-2010 "Disclosed to Death" By Ted Frank, 06-15-2010 Wake up to lawsuits! By Carter Wood, 06-10-2010 Wake up to lawsuits! By Carter Wood, 06-10-2010 "Use of a headset that covers both ears will impair your ability to hear other sounds" By Ted Frank, 06-08-2010 "Use of a headset that covers both ears will impair your ability to hear other sounds" By Ted Frank, 06-08-2010 Connecticut Smoker gets $8 Million Jury Verdict By mkrauss, 06-01-2010 Connecticut Smoker gets $8 Million Jury Verdict By mkrauss, 06-01-2010 Using motor vehicle safety legislation to end federal preemption By Carter Wood, 05-20-2010 Using motor vehicle safety legislation to end federal preemption By Carter Wood, 05-20-2010 When trial lawyers design government agencies, and cars, too By Carter Wood, 05-20-2010 When trial lawyers design government agencies, and cars, too By Carter Wood, 05-20-2010 Federal Circuit affirms dismissal of vaccine-autism claims By James R. Copland, 05-19-2010 Federal Circuit affirms dismissal of vaccine-autism claims By James R. Copland, 05-19-2010 Motor vehicle 'safety' legislation sure looks familiar By Carter Wood, 05-19-2010 Motor vehicle 'safety' legislation sure looks familiar By Carter Wood, 05-19-2010 A $500 million damage award hardly makes news anymore By Carter Wood, 05-19-2010 A $500 million damage award hardly makes news anymore By Carter Wood, 05-19-2010 The next hot areas of tort claims By Carter Wood, 05-13-2010 The next hot areas of tort claims By Carter Wood, 05-13-2010 "Stop drinking your lotion, people!" By Ted Frank, 05-13-2010 "Stop drinking your lotion, people!" By Ted Frank, 05-13-2010 New at Overlawyered By Walter Olson, 04-28-2010 New at Overlawyered By Walter Olson, 04-28-2010 CPSC, 3-2, adopts new product complaint database By Walter Olson, 04-16-2010 CPSC, 3-2, adopts new product complaint database By Walter Olson, 04-16-2010 Engel progeny cases in Florida By Walter Olson, 04-06-2010 Engel progeny cases in Florida By Walter Olson, 04-06-2010 Orange County versus Toyota, cont'd By Walter Olson, 03-30-2010 Orange County versus Toyota, cont'd By Walter Olson, 03-30-2010 Around the web, March 26 By Walter Olson, 03-26-2010 Around the web, March 26 By Walter Olson, 03-26-2010 "Buy globally, sue locally" By Walter Olson, 03-24-2010 "Buy globally, sue locally" By Walter Olson, 03-24-2010 Around the web, March 18 By Walter Olson, 03-17-2010 Around the web, March 18 By Walter Olson, 03-17-2010 Discovery and tobacco historians By Walter Olson, 03-17-2010 Discovery and tobacco historians By Walter Olson, 03-17-2010 NRO: our editor on Toyota; me on Reid By James R. Copland, 03-16-2010 NRO: our editor on Toyota; me on Reid By James R. Copland, 03-16-2010 SC Supremes Overturn $18M Plaintiff's Verdict in Auto Acceleration Case By mkrauss, 03-15-2010 SC Supremes Overturn $18M Plaintiff's Verdict in Auto Acceleration Case By mkrauss, 03-15-2010 An encyclopedia of litigation By Carter Wood, 03-08-2010 An encyclopedia of litigation By Carter Wood, 03-08-2010 I'm living on a Chinese drywall, the response in Congress By Carter Wood, 03-02-2010 I'm living on a Chinese drywall, the response in Congress By Carter Wood, 03-02-2010 From the Toyota show trials By Walter Olson, 02-25-2010 From the Toyota show trials By Walter Olson, 02-25-2010 Philadelphia Freedom? Another Round in the Prempro Wars By mkrauss, 02-25-2010 Philadelphia Freedom? Another Round in the Prempro Wars By mkrauss, 02-25-2010 Toyota hearings, the Waxman way By Walter Olson, 02-24-2010 Toyota hearings, the Waxman way By Walter Olson, 02-24-2010 Today's Toyota hearing By Walter Olson, 02-23-2010 Today's Toyota hearing By Walter Olson, 02-23-2010 Hormone Replacement and Breast Cancer: Wyeth Gets Whacked By mkrauss, 02-23-2010 Hormone Replacement and Breast Cancer: Wyeth Gets Whacked By mkrauss, 02-23-2010 CPSC's punitive new approach By Walter Olson, 02-21-2010 CPSC's punitive new approach By Walter Olson, 02-21-2010 Around the web, February 21 By Walter Olson, 02-20-2010 Around the web, February 21 By Walter Olson, 02-20-2010 Around the web, February 19 By Walter Olson, 02-19-2010 Around the web, February 19 By Walter Olson, 02-19-2010 Around the web, February 15 By Walter Olson, 02-14-2010 Around the web, February 15 By Walter Olson, 02-14-2010 Lawsuit landings in Maui, a response By Carter Wood, 02-13-2010 Lawsuit landings in Maui, a response By Carter Wood, 02-13-2010 Distracted driving as product liability claim? By Walter Olson, 02-10-2010 Distracted driving as product liability claim? By Walter Olson, 02-10-2010 "Target Toyota: Why the Recall Backlash Is Overblown" By Walter Olson, 02-10-2010 "Target Toyota: Why the Recall Backlash Is Overblown" By Walter Olson, 02-10-2010 Florida Smoker's $300 Million Award to Be Reduced By mkrauss, 02-09-2010 Florida Smoker's $300 Million Award to Be Reduced By mkrauss, 02-09-2010 Ergonomics, Public Citizen, Cars and NPR By Carter Wood, 02-04-2010 Ergonomics, Public Citizen, Cars and NPR By Carter Wood, 02-04-2010 Around the web, February 1 By Walter Olson, 01-31-2010 Around the web, February 1 By Walter Olson, 01-31-2010 Lawsuit alleges death by dentures By Walter Olson, 01-27-2010 Lawsuit alleges death by dentures By Walter Olson, 01-27-2010 See the fabulous sites of Hawaii from the air, take notes, sue By Carter Wood, 01-25-2010 See the fabulous sites of Hawaii from the air, take notes, sue By Carter Wood, 01-25-2010 Hanging out in Maui with the litigation industry By Carter Wood, 01-25-2010 Hanging out in Maui with the litigation industry By Carter Wood, 01-25-2010 Yale, PCRM, and grilled chicken By Walter Olson, 01-24-2010 Yale, PCRM, and grilled chicken By Walter Olson, 01-24-2010 The year ahead in food liability By Walter Olson, 01-20-2010 The year ahead in food liability By Walter Olson, 01-20-2010 Nevada Supreme Court rejects third-party pharmacy liability By Walter Olson, 01-11-2010 Nevada Supreme Court rejects third-party pharmacy liability By Walter Olson, 01-11-2010 Trial lawyers association outlines its 2010 legislative agenda By Carter Wood, 01-11-2010 Trial lawyers association outlines its 2010 legislative agenda By Carter Wood, 01-11-2010 "Jurors Turned Against Companies in 2009 Product-Defect Cases" By Walter Olson, 01-08-2010 "Jurors Turned Against Companies in 2009 Product-Defect Cases" By Walter Olson, 01-08-2010 Schwarzenegger to make legal reform a priority By Walter Olson, 01-07-2010 Schwarzenegger to make legal reform a priority By Walter Olson, 01-07-2010 David Bernstein, "Getting to Causation in Toxic Tort Cases" By Walter Olson, 12-29-2009 David Bernstein, "Getting to Causation in Toxic Tort Cases" By Walter Olson, 12-29-2009 Around the web, December 29 By Walter Olson, 12-28-2009 Around the web, December 29 By Walter Olson, 12-28-2009 Around the web, November 30 By Walter Olson, 11-30-2009 Around the web, November 30 By Walter Olson, 11-30-2009 Is the Bell Tolling For Philip Morris? $300M Verdict for One Former Smoker By mkrauss, 11-20-2009 Is the Bell Tolling For Philip Morris? $300M Verdict for One Former Smoker By mkrauss, 11-20-2009 Product liability and the CPSIA database By Walter Olson, 11-18-2009 Product liability and the CPSIA database By Walter Olson, 11-18-2009 Around the web, November 4 By Walter Olson, 11-03-2009 Around the web, November 4 By Walter Olson, 11-03-2009 Equally unjust in civil as in criminal cases By Carter Wood, 10-21-2009 Equally unjust in civil as in criminal cases By Carter Wood, 10-21-2009 Paxil Verdict In: Big Loss for GlaxoSmithKline By mkrauss, 10-14-2009 Paxil Verdict In: Big Loss for GlaxoSmithKline By mkrauss, 10-14-2009 "Jackpot Justice: Verdict Variability and the Mass Tort Class Action" By Walter Olson, 10-09-2009 "Jackpot Justice: Verdict Variability and the Mass Tort Class Action" By Walter Olson, 10-09-2009 Serious objections to OSHA nominee merit a hearing By Carter Wood, 10-04-2009 Serious objections to OSHA nominee merit a hearing By Carter Wood, 10-04-2009 Quest for Chinese drywall defendants By Walter Olson, 09-30-2009 Quest for Chinese drywall defendants By Walter Olson, 09-30-2009 Tobacco regulation moves forward By Carter Wood, 09-29-2009 Tobacco regulation moves forward By Carter Wood, 09-29-2009 Feature not bug dept. By Walter Olson, 09-26-2009 Feature not bug dept. By Walter Olson, 09-26-2009 NYT: David Michaels, OSHA, Daubert and activists By Carter Wood, 09-24-2009 NYT: David Michaels, OSHA, Daubert and activists By Carter Wood, 09-24-2009 Tobacco suits stumbling? By Walter Olson, 09-23-2009 Tobacco suits stumbling? By Walter Olson, 09-23-2009 Big Paxil Test Case Begins in Philadelphia By mkrauss, 09-17-2009 Big Paxil Test Case Begins in Philadelphia By mkrauss, 09-17-2009 Around the web, September 16 By Walter Olson, 09-15-2009 Around the web, September 16 By Walter Olson, 09-15-2009 NYC may have upper hand in ExxonMobil MTBE trial By Walter Olson, 09-11-2009 NYC may have upper hand in ExxonMobil MTBE trial By Walter Olson, 09-11-2009 Around the web, September 9 By Walter Olson, 09-09-2009 Around the web, September 9 By Walter Olson, 09-09-2009 Why Daubert matters in considering the OSHA nominee By Carter Wood, 09-07-2009 Why Daubert matters in considering the OSHA nominee By Carter Wood, 09-07-2009 Some Enterprise Rental Cars Lack "Standard" Airbags By mkrauss, 09-03-2009 Some Enterprise Rental Cars Lack "Standard" Airbags By mkrauss, 09-03-2009 Future claimants' interests in Chrysler bankruptcy, cont'd By Walter Olson, 08-31-2009 Future claimants' interests in Chrysler bankruptcy, cont'd By Walter Olson, 08-31-2009 Tobacco verdict: "I liked it better when it was $28 billion" By Walter Olson, 08-30-2009 Tobacco verdict: "I liked it better when it was $28 billion" By Walter Olson, 08-30-2009 Around the Web, August 24 By Carter Wood, 08-24-2009 Around the Web, August 24 By Carter Wood, 08-24-2009 WSJ: "Fraud by Trial Lawyers Taints Wave of Pesticide Lawsuits" By Walter Olson, 08-19-2009 WSJ: "Fraud by Trial Lawyers Taints Wave of Pesticide Lawsuits" By Walter Olson, 08-19-2009 Accountability is good By Carter Wood, 08-12-2009 Accountability is good By Carter Wood, 08-12-2009 "Autism Omnibus Appeal Dismissed" By Walter Olson, 08-07-2009 "Autism Omnibus Appeal Dismissed" By Walter Olson, 08-07-2009 Continuing the legislative undermining of preemption By Carter Wood, 08-03-2009 Continuing the legislative undermining of preemption By Carter Wood, 08-03-2009 IUDs: "The best birth control" By Walter Olson, 08-02-2009 IUDs: "The best birth control" By Walter Olson, 08-02-2009 Guestblogger this week: S. Todd Brown By Walter Olson, 07-27-2009 Guestblogger this week: S. Todd Brown By Walter Olson, 07-27-2009 Around the web, July 27 By Walter Olson, 07-26-2009 Around the web, July 27 By Walter Olson, 07-26-2009 Korzec, "Products Liability Harmonization: A Uniform Standard" By Walter Olson, 07-24-2009 Korzec, "Products Liability Harmonization: A Uniform Standard" By Walter Olson, 07-24-2009 New featured column: "Taking stock: a quarter-century of product liability defense" By Walter Olson, 07-23-2009 New featured column: "Taking stock: a quarter-century of product liability defense" By Walter Olson, 07-23-2009 Mississippi football player's lead paint win By Walter Olson, 07-21-2009 Mississippi football player's lead paint win By Walter Olson, 07-21-2009 Save a life and maybe they'll name a litigation group after you By Carter Wood, 07-19-2009 Save a life and maybe they'll name a litigation group after you By Carter Wood, 07-19-2009 Unanimous Wisconsin high court: lead pigment not defectively designed By Walter Olson, 07-14-2009 Unanimous Wisconsin high court: lead pigment not defectively designed By Walter Olson, 07-14-2009 At Overlawyered: Blawg Review #220 By Walter Olson, 07-13-2009 At Overlawyered: Blawg Review #220 By Walter Olson, 07-13-2009 Chinese drywall litigation By Walter Olson, 07-06-2009 Chinese drywall litigation By Walter Olson, 07-06-2009 Suing the scientific advisor By Walter Olson, 06-28-2009 Suing the scientific advisor By Walter Olson, 06-28-2009 Around the web, June 27 By Walter Olson, 06-26-2009 Around the web, June 27 By Walter Olson, 06-26-2009 $7 million Mississippi verdict against Sherwin-Williams By Walter Olson, 06-26-2009 $7 million Mississippi verdict against Sherwin-Williams By Walter Olson, 06-26-2009 Litigation groups: Continuous expansion is the key to profits By Carter Wood, 06-24-2009 Litigation groups: Continuous expansion is the key to profits By Carter Wood, 06-24-2009 Alabama, sunlight or subsidy? By Carter Wood, 06-17-2009 Alabama, sunlight or subsidy? By Carter Wood, 06-17-2009 GM, Chrysler Bankruptcy Plans Unfair to Accident Victims? By mkrauss, 06-15-2009 GM, Chrysler Bankruptcy Plans Unfair to Accident Victims? By mkrauss, 06-15-2009 Judge Weinstein on mass torts By Walter Olson, 06-11-2009 Judge Weinstein on mass torts By Walter Olson, 06-11-2009 The week in Congress: Preemption is awful, except... By Carter Wood, 06-08-2009 The week in Congress: Preemption is awful, except... By Carter Wood, 06-08-2009 Around the web, June 8 By Walter Olson, 06-07-2009 Around the web, June 8 By Walter Olson, 06-07-2009 GM and Chrysler Product Liability Plaintiffs By mkrauss, 06-04-2009 GM and Chrysler Product Liability Plaintiffs By mkrauss, 06-04-2009 Suing over defective Chinese drywall By Walter Olson, 05-28-2009 Suing over defective Chinese drywall By Walter Olson, 05-28-2009 Judiciary hearing: 'Holding Foreign Manufacturers Accountable' By Carter Wood, 05-19-2009 Judiciary hearing: 'Holding Foreign Manufacturers Accountable' By Carter Wood, 05-19-2009 Holding foreign manufacturers accountable, presumably by suing By Carter Wood, 05-15-2009 Holding foreign manufacturers accountable, presumably by suing By Carter Wood, 05-15-2009 New Obama appointments to CPSC By Walter Olson, 05-05-2009 New Obama appointments to CPSC By Walter Olson, 05-05-2009 Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down part of state's tort reform By Carter Wood, 05-01-2009 Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down part of state's tort reform By Carter Wood, 05-01-2009 Formaldehyde, readying the plot By Carter Wood, 04-29-2009 Formaldehyde, readying the plot By Carter Wood, 04-29-2009 Judge: banana-pesticide suits were "a pervasive conspiracy to defraud" By Walter Olson, 04-27-2009 Judge: banana-pesticide suits were "a pervasive conspiracy to defraud" By Walter Olson, 04-27-2009 In Congress next week, the familiar routine By Carter Wood, 04-24-2009 In Congress next week, the familiar routine By Carter Wood, 04-24-2009 "Is it a productive use of product liability law to require warning about mercury in tuna?" By Walter Olson, 04-24-2009 "Is it a productive use of product liability law to require warning about mercury in tuna?" By Walter Olson, 04-24-2009 Asbestos and AAJ lobbying By Carter Wood, 04-20-2009 Asbestos and AAJ lobbying By Carter Wood, 04-20-2009 More liveblogging of DRI conference By Walter Olson, 04-19-2009 More liveblogging of DRI conference By Walter Olson, 04-19-2009 Maryland General Assembly passes on civil justice changes By Carter Wood, 04-14-2009 Maryland General Assembly passes on civil justice changes By Carter Wood, 04-14-2009 New push for federal food safety regulation By Walter Olson, 04-09-2009 New push for federal food safety regulation By Walter Olson, 04-09-2009 "Lawyers flocking to Chinese drywall cases" By Walter Olson, 04-08-2009 "Lawyers flocking to Chinese drywall cases" By Walter Olson, 04-08-2009 Williams Saga Ends: Supreme Court Dismisses Philip Morris's Appeal as Improvidently Granted By mkrauss, 04-01-2009 Williams Saga Ends: Supreme Court Dismisses Philip Morris's Appeal as Improvidently Granted By mkrauss, 04-01-2009 The deepest of deep pockets, or none dare call it stimulus By Carter Wood, 03-28-2009 The deepest of deep pockets, or none dare call it stimulus By Carter Wood, 03-28-2009 Topsy-Turvy Florida Tobacco Trials By mkrauss, 03-27-2009 Topsy-Turvy Florida Tobacco Trials By mkrauss, 03-27-2009 "A malignant form of institutional competition" By Walter Olson, 03-24-2009 "A malignant form of institutional competition" By Walter Olson, 03-24-2009 Michigan: "Don't reverse state drug liability law" By Walter Olson, 03-19-2009 Michigan: "Don't reverse state drug liability law" By Walter Olson, 03-19-2009 Nanotechnology, tomorrow's mass tort? By Walter Olson, 03-18-2009 Nanotechnology, tomorrow's mass tort? By Walter Olson, 03-18-2009 Testimony from the Senate GOP hearing on legal reform By Carter Wood, 03-17-2009 Testimony from the Senate GOP hearing on legal reform By Carter Wood, 03-17-2009 Copland and Howard: a proposal for drug-injury administrative compensation By Walter Olson, 03-11-2009 Copland and Howard: a proposal for drug-injury administrative compensation By Walter Olson, 03-11-2009 More Wyeth v. Levine reactions By Walter Olson, 03-10-2009 More Wyeth v. Levine reactions By Walter Olson, 03-10-2009 New Republic: "Pre-emption games" By Walter Olson, 03-06-2009 New Republic: "Pre-emption games" By Walter Olson, 03-06-2009 The Wyeth Case, pre-emption and federalism ctd. By mkrauss, 03-05-2009 The Wyeth Case, pre-emption and federalism ctd. By mkrauss, 03-05-2009 Over-specific product warnings By Walter Olson, 03-01-2009 Over-specific product warnings By Walter Olson, 03-01-2009 Around the web, February 24 By Walter Olson, 02-23-2009 Around the web, February 24 By Walter Olson, 02-23-2009 New York Times on CPSIA By Walter Olson, 02-18-2009 New York Times on CPSIA By Walter Olson, 02-18-2009 New featured column: Virginia Postrel, "Regulatory glamour -- and its casualties" By Walter Olson, 02-17-2009 New featured column: Virginia Postrel, "Regulatory glamour -- and its casualties" By Walter Olson, 02-17-2009 Trashing pre-1985 children's books By Walter Olson, 02-13-2009 Trashing pre-1985 children's books By Walter Olson, 02-13-2009 Court says measles vaccine not to blame for autism By mkrauss, 02-12-2009 Court says measles vaccine not to blame for autism By mkrauss, 02-12-2009 Debate on FDA preemption By Walter Olson, 02-09-2009 Debate on FDA preemption By Walter Olson, 02-09-2009 Around the web, February 9 By Walter Olson, 02-09-2009 Around the web, February 9 By Walter Olson, 02-09-2009 Ohio AG dismisses state's lead paint lawsuit By Carter Wood, 02-06-2009 Ohio AG dismisses state's lead paint lawsuit By Carter Wood, 02-06-2009 CPSIA, collateral and Sarbanes-Oxley By Walter Olson, 02-06-2009 CPSIA, collateral and Sarbanes-Oxley By Walter Olson, 02-06-2009 Risks overblown? No, that never happens By Walter Olson, 02-06-2009 Risks overblown? No, that never happens By Walter Olson, 02-06-2009 Ohio Supreme Court and tort law, cont'd By Walter Olson, 02-04-2009 Ohio Supreme Court and tort law, cont'd By Walter Olson, 02-04-2009 Reversing preemption, one bill at a time By Carter Wood, 02-03-2009 Reversing preemption, one bill at a time By Carter Wood, 02-03-2009 The next round of litigation By Carter Wood, 02-01-2009 The next round of litigation By Carter Wood, 02-01-2009 Around the web, February 1 By Walter Olson, 01-31-2009 Around the web, February 1 By Walter Olson, 01-31-2009 Federal CPSIA enforcement stayed for a year By Walter Olson, 01-31-2009 Federal CPSIA enforcement stayed for a year By Walter Olson, 01-31-2009 Around the web, January 30 By Walter Olson, 01-30-2009 Around the web, January 30 By Walter Olson, 01-30-2009 CPSIA: another coming (un-)attraction By Walter Olson, 01-28-2009 CPSIA: another coming (un-)attraction By Walter Olson, 01-28-2009 CPSIA: "Congress is completely clueless about what is coming" By Walter Olson, 01-28-2009 CPSIA: "Congress is completely clueless about what is coming" By Walter Olson, 01-28-2009 Conte v. Wyeth will stand By Walter Olson, 01-22-2009 Conte v. Wyeth will stand By Walter Olson, 01-22-2009 CPSIA and product liability By Walter Olson, 01-19-2009 CPSIA and product liability By Walter Olson, 01-19-2009 "Bad news for medical progress" By Walter Olson, 01-19-2009 "Bad news for medical progress" By Walter Olson, 01-19-2009 Off-label pharmaceutical promotion suits By Walter Olson, 01-16-2009 Off-label pharmaceutical promotion suits By Walter Olson, 01-16-2009 New at Forbes.com: Down with the CPSIA! By Walter Olson, 01-16-2009 New at Forbes.com: Down with the CPSIA! By Walter Olson, 01-16-2009 Bert Rein: "In Defense Of Preemption & FDA Regulatory Authority" By Walter Olson, 01-15-2009 Bert Rein: "In Defense Of Preemption & FDA Regulatory Authority" By Walter Olson, 01-15-2009 New York Times profiles Paul Offit By Walter Olson, 01-14-2009 New York Times profiles Paul Offit By Walter Olson, 01-14-2009 Medical device preemption By Walter Olson, 01-08-2009 Medical device preemption By Walter Olson, 01-08-2009 A blow to off-label promotion suits? By Walter Olson, 01-05-2009 A blow to off-label promotion suits? By Walter Olson, 01-05-2009 Top ten worst and best drug/device liability decisions of 2008 By Walter Olson, 12-31-2008 Top ten worst and best drug/device liability decisions of 2008 By Walter Olson, 12-31-2008 Court sides with state-based suits against 'light' cigarettes By Carter Wood, 12-15-2008 Court sides with state-based suits against 'light' cigarettes By Carter Wood, 12-15-2008 WLF on Vioxx & medical monitoring By Walter Olson, 12-09-2008 WLF on Vioxx & medical monitoring By Walter Olson, 12-09-2008 AEI's Roger Bate on Wyeth v. Levine By Walter Olson, 12-09-2008 AEI's Roger Bate on Wyeth v. Levine By Walter Olson, 12-09-2008 Lead content in artificial turf By Walter Olson, 12-08-2008 Lead content in artificial turf By Walter Olson, 12-08-2008 "The Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998" By Walter Olson, 12-05-2008 "The Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998" By Walter Olson, 12-05-2008 "The right prescription for drug safety" By Walter Olson, 12-05-2008 "The right prescription for drug safety" By Walter Olson, 12-05-2008 Preemption and SSRI/suicide suits By Walter Olson, 12-04-2008 Preemption and SSRI/suicide suits By Walter Olson, 12-04-2008 Update: Florida "son of Engle" trials delayed By Walter Olson, 12-01-2008 Update: Florida "son of Engle" trials delayed By Walter Olson, 12-01-2008 First individual Florida tobacco suit to begin this week By mkrauss, 11-26-2008 First individual Florida tobacco suit to begin this week By mkrauss, 11-26-2008 Master & Settlement: Ten years of advocacy and more litigation By Carter Wood, 11-21-2008 Master & Settlement: Ten years of advocacy and more litigation By Carter Wood, 11-21-2008 HHS-designee Daschle's voting record on civil justice reform By Carter Wood, 11-20-2008 HHS-designee Daschle's voting record on civil justice reform By Carter Wood, 11-20-2008 Around the web, November 20 By Walter Olson, 11-20-2008 Around the web, November 20 By Walter Olson, 11-20-2008 Master & Settlement: Tobacco foes want even more money By Carter Wood, 11-18-2008 Master & Settlement: Tobacco foes want even more money By Carter Wood, 11-18-2008 Master & Settlement: Budgets, bonding and bailouts By Carter Wood, 11-16-2008 Master & Settlement: Budgets, bonding and bailouts By Carter Wood, 11-16-2008 Master & Settlement: General Tobacco sues AGs, competitors By Carter Wood, 11-16-2008 Master & Settlement: General Tobacco sues AGs, competitors By Carter Wood, 11-16-2008 Master & Settlement: The many related issues By Carter Wood, 11-16-2008 Master & Settlement: The many related issues By Carter Wood, 11-16-2008 Master & Settlement: Coughing at the 10th anniversary By Carter Wood, 11-16-2008 Master & Settlement: Coughing at the 10th anniversary By Carter Wood, 11-16-2008 Unsupported Assertions? By Marie Gryphon, 11-13-2008 Unsupported Assertions? By Marie Gryphon, 11-13-2008 In the category of no good deed goes unpunished... By Carter Wood, 11-12-2008 In the category of no good deed goes unpunished... By Carter Wood, 11-12-2008 "Off-label" drug use and pre-emption By Walter Olson, 11-11-2008 "Off-label" drug use and pre-emption By Walter Olson, 11-11-2008 A compromise on federal pre-emption? By Walter Olson, 11-10-2008 A compromise on federal pre-emption? By Walter Olson, 11-10-2008 Rahm Emanuel, tort reformer By Carter Wood, 11-09-2008 Rahm Emanuel, tort reformer By Carter Wood, 11-09-2008 Around the web, November 6 By Walter Olson, 11-05-2008 Around the web, November 6 By Walter Olson, 11-05-2008 High on the list of legal-reform elections By Carter Wood, 11-05-2008 High on the list of legal-reform elections By Carter Wood, 11-05-2008 Wyeth v. Levine before the Supreme Court By Walter Olson, 11-04-2008 Wyeth v. Levine before the Supreme Court By Walter Olson, 11-04-2008 Chamber's new reports By Carter Wood, 11-01-2008 Chamber's new reports By Carter Wood, 11-01-2008 Commerce releases study on litigation, direct foreign investment By Carter Wood, 11-01-2008 Commerce releases study on litigation, direct foreign investment By Carter Wood, 11-01-2008 Waxman report on drug preemption By Walter Olson, 10-31-2008 Waxman report on drug preemption By Walter Olson, 10-31-2008 The FDA and drug pre-emption By Walter Olson, 10-21-2008 The FDA and drug pre-emption By Walter Olson, 10-21-2008 Around the web, October 14 By Walter Olson, 10-14-2008 Around the web, October 14 By Walter Olson, 10-14-2008 Garrison Keillor reads a poem on product liability By Carter Wood, 10-13-2008 Garrison Keillor reads a poem on product liability By Carter Wood, 10-13-2008 Georgia Supreme Court Denies Federal Pre-Emption in Thimerosal/Autism Case By mkrauss, 10-07-2008 Georgia Supreme Court Denies Federal Pre-Emption in Thimerosal/Autism Case By mkrauss, 10-07-2008 Why you need to bookmark Beck & Herrmann's Drug & Device Law By Walter Olson, 10-02-2008 Why you need to bookmark Beck & Herrmann's Drug & Device Law By Walter Olson, 10-02-2008 Equitable attack on San Francisco Tobacco Sales Ban Fails By mkrauss, 10-01-2008 Equitable attack on San Francisco Tobacco Sales Ban Fails By mkrauss, 10-01-2008 Boston Globe on Station nightclub fire By Walter Olson, 09-25-2008 Boston Globe on Station nightclub fire By Walter Olson, 09-25-2008 Failure of R.I. public nuisance claims affects N.H. MTBE suit By Carter Wood, 09-19-2008 Failure of R.I. public nuisance claims affects N.H. MTBE suit By Carter Wood, 09-19-2008 "Debate on tort reform has reached N.J.'s courtrooms" By Walter Olson, 09-10-2008 "Debate on tort reform has reached N.J.'s courtrooms" By Walter Olson, 09-10-2008 Update: Gourdine v. Crews By Walter Olson, 09-09-2008 Update: Gourdine v. Crews By Walter Olson, 09-09-2008 Angelos Strikes Out Again: Cell Phone Brain Injury By mkrauss, 09-09-2008 Angelos Strikes Out Again: Cell Phone Brain Injury By mkrauss, 09-09-2008 Knipe v. SmithKline Beecham: Paxil and pre-emption By Walter Olson, 09-09-2008 Knipe v. SmithKline Beecham: Paxil and pre-emption By Walter Olson, 09-09-2008 PBDE Liability: Get ready By mkrauss, 09-08-2008 PBDE Liability: Get ready By mkrauss, 09-08-2008 Issue preclusion in mass torts By Walter Olson, 09-04-2008 Issue preclusion in mass torts By Walter Olson, 09-04-2008 Around the web, August 22 By Walter Olson, 08-21-2008 Around the web, August 22 By Walter Olson, 08-21-2008 President signs bill to expand CPSC spending, authority By Carter Wood, 08-14-2008 President signs bill to expand CPSC spending, authority By Carter Wood, 08-14-2008 Around the web, August 13 By Carter Wood, 08-13-2008 Around the web, August 13 By Carter Wood, 08-13-2008 Palmetto State predictable By Carter Wood, 08-06-2008 Palmetto State predictable By Carter Wood, 08-06-2008 Update: Pharma-free expert list By Walter Olson, 08-03-2008 Update: Pharma-free expert list By Walter Olson, 08-03-2008 CPSC bill headed to President, etc. By Carter Wood, 08-01-2008 CPSC bill headed to President, etc. By Carter Wood, 08-01-2008 Voluntary pharmaceutical marketing guidelines By Walter Olson, 07-31-2008 Voluntary pharmaceutical marketing guidelines By Walter Olson, 07-31-2008 CPSC bill, increasing litigation, regulation, litigation By Carter Wood, 07-30-2008 CPSC bill, increasing litigation, regulation, litigation By Carter Wood, 07-30-2008 Tennessee: Chrysler Liable for $13M in Punitives By mkrauss, 07-28-2008 Tennessee: Chrysler Liable for $13M in Punitives By mkrauss, 07-28-2008 About that FDA "black box" By Walter Olson, 07-25-2008 About that FDA "black box" By Walter Olson, 07-25-2008 New York Intermediate Appellate Court Says Punitives Not Possible in Tobacco Case By mkrauss, 07-23-2008 New York Intermediate Appellate Court Says Punitives Not Possible in Tobacco Case By mkrauss, 07-23-2008 "No discovery, no parade of expert witnesses, no jury, and loser pays" By Walter Olson, 07-22-2008 "No discovery, no parade of expert witnesses, no jury, and loser pays" By Walter Olson, 07-22-2008 Pennsylvania: retreat from strict product liability urged By Walter Olson, 07-22-2008 Pennsylvania: retreat from strict product liability urged By Walter Olson, 07-22-2008 A depressing book on antidepressants? By Walter Olson, 07-18-2008 A depressing book on antidepressants? By Walter Olson, 07-18-2008 New areas for litigation By Carter Wood, 07-16-2008 New areas for litigation By Carter Wood, 07-16-2008 LeadPaintLawFirm.com By Walter Olson, 07-15-2008 LeadPaintLawFirm.com By Walter Olson, 07-15-2008 Preemption: Meanwhile, back at the convention By Carter Wood, 07-08-2008 Preemption: Meanwhile, back at the convention By Carter Wood, 07-08-2008 Preemption: The legislative undermining under way By Carter Wood, 07-08-2008 Preemption: The legislative undermining under way By Carter Wood, 07-08-2008 Gourdine v. Crews By Walter Olson, 06-30-2008 Gourdine v. Crews By Walter Olson, 06-30-2008 Criminalizing asbestos cases By Carter Wood, 06-27-2008 Criminalizing asbestos cases By Carter Wood, 06-27-2008 Meanwhile, fear sweeps the Triad By Carter Wood, 06-23-2008 Meanwhile, fear sweeps the Triad By Carter Wood, 06-23-2008 Another Supreme Court Review of Smoker's Suit By Carter Wood, 06-09-2008 Another Supreme Court Review of Smoker's Suit By Carter Wood, 06-09-2008 Around the web, June 6 By Walter Olson, 06-06-2008 Around the web, June 6 By Walter Olson, 06-06-2008 The mass-tort statute of limitation game By Walter Olson, 05-31-2008 The mass-tort statute of limitation game By Walter Olson, 05-31-2008 Did Merck settle too generously? By Walter Olson, 05-30-2008 Did Merck settle too generously? By Walter Olson, 05-30-2008 Federal Preemption, the Hearing By Carter Wood, 05-15-2008 Federal Preemption, the Hearing By Carter Wood, 05-15-2008 On the Hill By Carter Wood, 05-11-2008 On the Hill By Carter Wood, 05-11-2008 Hello? May I Speak to the Victim of the House? By Carter Wood, 05-09-2008 Hello? May I Speak to the Victim of the House? By Carter Wood, 05-09-2008 MTBE Settlement Despite Lack of Causation and Fault By mkrauss, 05-09-2008 MTBE Settlement Despite Lack of Causation and Fault By mkrauss, 05-09-2008 Tort Reform Efforts Continue in Oklahoma By Carter Wood, 05-08-2008 Tort Reform Efforts Continue in Oklahoma By Carter Wood, 05-08-2008 Around the Web, May 4 By Carter Wood, 05-04-2008 Around the Web, May 4 By Carter Wood, 05-04-2008 The Costs of Lead Paint Hype By Carter Wood, 04-29-2008 The Costs of Lead Paint Hype By Carter Wood, 04-29-2008 Bisphenol A: Chemical Industry Defends Itself, Condemned By Carter Wood, 04-27-2008 Bisphenol A: Chemical Industry Defends Itself, Condemned By Carter Wood, 04-27-2008 Warning of Risk is Unavailing to Drug Maker By mkrauss, 04-23-2008 Warning of Risk is Unavailing to Drug Maker By mkrauss, 04-23-2008 Still Waiting for the Congressional Hearings By Carter Wood, 04-21-2008 Still Waiting for the Congressional Hearings By Carter Wood, 04-21-2008 Thanks for the Invitation By Carter Wood, 04-21-2008 Thanks for the Invitation By Carter Wood, 04-21-2008 New featured column: Jim Copland on FDA pre-emption By Walter Olson, 04-14-2008 New featured column: Jim Copland on FDA pre-emption By Walter Olson, 04-14-2008 Rose v Brown & Williamson: Plaintiff's Judgment Quashed on Appeal By mkrauss, 04-11-2008 Rose v Brown & Williamson: Plaintiff's Judgment Quashed on Appeal By mkrauss, 04-11-2008 "California Supreme Court Adopts Sophisticated User Defense" By Walter Olson, 04-03-2008 "California Supreme Court Adopts Sophisticated User Defense" By Walter Olson, 04-03-2008 Vaccine lawyer subpoenas Kathleen Seidel By Walter Olson, 04-03-2008 Vaccine lawyer subpoenas Kathleen Seidel By Walter Olson, 04-03-2008 Paul Offit in NYT By Walter Olson, 04-01-2008 Paul Offit in NYT By Walter Olson, 04-01-2008 Pfizer held liable to reimburse cost of non-Pfizer drugs... By mkrauss, 03-24-2008 Pfizer held liable to reimburse cost of non-Pfizer drugs... By mkrauss, 03-24-2008 Medical monitoring in West Virginia By Walter Olson, 03-13-2008 Medical monitoring in West Virginia By Walter Olson, 03-13-2008 AP: "Carpal tunnel cases are plummeting" By Walter Olson, 03-06-2008 AP: "Carpal tunnel cases are plummeting" By Walter Olson, 03-06-2008 Litigating Backwards By Hans Bader, 02-25-2008 Litigating Backwards By Hans Bader, 02-25-2008 Richard Epstein on Riegel v. Medtronic By Walter Olson, 02-23-2008 Richard Epstein on Riegel v. Medtronic By Walter Olson, 02-23-2008 Momentous USSC decision in Riegel v Medtronic By mkrauss, 02-20-2008 Momentous USSC decision in Riegel v Medtronic By mkrauss, 02-20-2008 Anticonvulsants and suicidality, cont'd By Walter Olson, 02-18-2008 Anticonvulsants and suicidality, cont'd By Walter Olson, 02-18-2008 Suicide risk of anticonvulsants? By Walter Olson, 02-06-2008 Suicide risk of anticonvulsants? By Walter Olson, 02-06-2008 Altria departs New York... By Walter Olson, 01-31-2008 Altria departs New York... By Walter Olson, 01-31-2008 Paul Offit podcast By Walter Olson, 01-19-2008 Paul Offit podcast By Walter Olson, 01-19-2008 Lead paint lawsuit news By Ted Frank, 01-14-2008 Lead paint lawsuit news By Ted Frank, 01-14-2008 Another thimerosal study... By Walter Olson, 01-08-2008 Another thimerosal study... By Walter Olson, 01-08-2008 UK government: "Warning: too much information can harm" By Ted Frank, 01-02-2008 UK government: "Warning: too much information can harm" By Ted Frank, 01-02-2008 Minnesota as the new Madison County By mkrauss, 12-11-2007 Minnesota as the new Madison County By mkrauss, 12-11-2007 Lottery Litigation Dept.: Jeff Tamraz welding verdict By Ted Frank, 12-06-2007 Lottery Litigation Dept.: Jeff Tamraz welding verdict By Ted Frank, 12-06-2007 A Vioxx settlement question By Walter Olson, 11-24-2007 A Vioxx settlement question By Walter Olson, 11-24-2007 Chrysler: this time, we need a jury By Walter Olson, 11-23-2007 Chrysler: this time, we need a jury By Walter Olson, 11-23-2007 Product redesign in the New York courts By Walter Olson, 11-20-2007 Product redesign in the New York courts By Walter Olson, 11-20-2007 $60 Million Damages Award to Sleepy Driver Overturned By mkrauss, 11-08-2007 $60 Million Damages Award to Sleepy Driver Overturned By mkrauss, 11-08-2007 Defense verdict in Thomas case By Walter Olson, 11-06-2007 Defense verdict in Thomas case By Walter Olson, 11-06-2007 Non-Manufacturer Owes Duty to Product Consumer, says Federal Court By mkrauss, 11-02-2007 Non-Manufacturer Owes Duty to Product Consumer, says Federal Court By mkrauss, 11-02-2007 Riegel v. Medtronic By Ted Frank, 11-02-2007 Riegel v. Medtronic By Ted Frank, 11-02-2007 Wacky Tobacco By Ted Frank, 11-01-2007 Wacky Tobacco By Ted Frank, 11-01-2007 "No alarm on Wall Street over Wyeth case" By Walter Olson, 10-29-2007 "No alarm on Wall Street over Wyeth case" By Walter Olson, 10-29-2007 Electronic fetal monitoring in the WSJ By Walter Olson, 10-28-2007 Electronic fetal monitoring in the WSJ By Walter Olson, 10-28-2007 Antivaccine mythmongering By Walter Olson, 10-22-2007 Antivaccine mythmongering By Walter Olson, 10-22-2007 Medtronic recall litigation on the horizon By Ted Frank, 10-16-2007 Medtronic recall litigation on the horizon By Ted Frank, 10-16-2007 "On vaccines, immune to reason" By Walter Olson, 10-13-2007 "On vaccines, immune to reason" By Walter Olson, 10-13-2007 New featured column: "Courts thin out lead paint lawsuits" By Walter Olson, 10-05-2007 New featured column: "Courts thin out lead paint lawsuits" By Walter Olson, 10-05-2007 Nagareda, "Mass Torts in a World of Settlement" By Walter Olson, 10-01-2007 Nagareda, "Mass Torts in a World of Settlement" By Walter Olson, 10-01-2007 Around the web, September 28 By Walter Olson, 09-28-2007 Around the web, September 28 By Walter Olson, 09-28-2007 Rhode Island: paint cos. should pay $2.4 billion for cleanup By Walter Olson, 09-18-2007 Rhode Island: paint cos. should pay $2.4 billion for cleanup By Walter Olson, 09-18-2007 WLF on alcohol advertising suits By Walter Olson, 09-15-2007 WLF on alcohol advertising suits By Walter Olson, 09-15-2007 Emily Bazelon on personal responsibility By Ted Frank, 09-10-2007 Emily Bazelon on personal responsibility By Ted Frank, 09-10-2007 Trucking on down to Marshall, Texas By Walter Olson, 09-10-2007 Trucking on down to Marshall, Texas By Walter Olson, 09-10-2007 In Defense of Off-Label Drug Use By mkrauss, 08-31-2007 In Defense of Off-Label Drug Use By mkrauss, 08-31-2007 Toy recall and medical monitoring By Walter Olson, 08-23-2007 Toy recall and medical monitoring By Walter Olson, 08-23-2007 Reaction to Trial Lawyers Inc. lead paint report By Walter Olson, 08-09-2007 Reaction to Trial Lawyers Inc. lead paint report By Walter Olson, 08-09-2007 Ohio product liability veto undone By Walter Olson, 08-03-2007 Ohio product liability veto undone By Walter Olson, 08-03-2007 Settle? They'da been goners By Walter Olson, 07-29-2007 Settle? They'da been goners By Walter Olson, 07-29-2007 No Injury Consumer Protection Class Actions By Moin Yahya, 07-19-2007 No Injury Consumer Protection Class Actions By Moin Yahya, 07-19-2007 "Consumer Class Actions Usurping Personal Injury Claims" By Walter Olson, 07-19-2007 "Consumer Class Actions Usurping Personal Injury Claims" By Walter Olson, 07-19-2007 MMR vaccine scares By Walter Olson, 07-17-2007 MMR vaccine scares By Walter Olson, 07-17-2007 Pharma "litigation for all, and safety for none" By Walter Olson, 06-24-2007 Pharma "litigation for all, and safety for none" By Walter Olson, 06-24-2007 Nigerian copycat tobacco suits By Walter Olson, 06-20-2007 Nigerian copycat tobacco suits By Walter Olson, 06-20-2007 Autism omnibus trial under way By Walter Olson, 06-19-2007 Autism omnibus trial under way By Walter Olson, 06-19-2007 Wrongful Death By Plaintiffs' Lawyers? By mkrauss, 06-14-2007 Wrongful Death By Plaintiffs' Lawyers? By mkrauss, 06-14-2007 Mo. high court rejects St. Louis lead-paint suit By Walter Olson, 06-13-2007 Mo. high court rejects St. Louis lead-paint suit By Walter Olson, 06-13-2007 Tobacco suit stresses race angle By Walter Olson, 06-07-2007 Tobacco suit stresses race angle By Walter Olson, 06-07-2007 Thimerosal and Autism: Final Round? By mkrauss, 06-05-2007 Thimerosal and Autism: Final Round? By mkrauss, 06-05-2007 Curlin and the fen-phen scandal By Walter Olson, 06-04-2007 Curlin and the fen-phen scandal By Walter Olson, 06-04-2007 Milwaukee lead-paint suit goes to trial By Walter Olson, 05-31-2007 Milwaukee lead-paint suit goes to trial By Walter Olson, 05-31-2007 FDA scandal! Or is it? By Ted Frank, 05-17-2007 FDA scandal! Or is it? By Ted Frank, 05-17-2007 More on choice of law and product liability By Walter Olson, 05-11-2007 More on choice of law and product liability By Walter Olson, 05-11-2007 More on Krauss's choice-of-law approach By Ted Frank, 05-08-2007 More on Krauss's choice-of-law approach By Ted Frank, 05-08-2007 St. Louis wants to pursue lead paint action By Walter Olson, 05-03-2007 St. Louis wants to pursue lead paint action By Walter Olson, 05-03-2007 Federal Choice-of-Law, State Sovereignty, and Products Liability By mkrauss, 05-02-2007 Federal Choice-of-Law, State Sovereignty, and Products Liability By mkrauss, 05-02-2007 NY Court: Statute of Limitations Means What It Says By mkrauss, 04-24-2007 NY Court: Statute of Limitations Means What It Says By mkrauss, 04-24-2007 The "mercury militia" By Walter Olson, 04-24-2007 The "mercury militia" By Walter Olson, 04-24-2007 Reasons to be Skeptical of Civil Juries By David Bernstein, 04-19-2007 Reasons to be Skeptical of Civil Juries By David Bernstein, 04-19-2007 NJ Verdict Demonstrates Absurdity of Punitives By mkrauss, 04-19-2007 NJ Verdict Demonstrates Absurdity of Punitives By mkrauss, 04-19-2007 Methodists back vaccine quackery By Walter Olson, 04-17-2007 Methodists back vaccine quackery By Walter Olson, 04-17-2007 Tying one hand behind bioscientists' backs By Walter Olson, 04-13-2007 Tying one hand behind bioscientists' backs By Walter Olson, 04-13-2007 Michael Krauss on Engle tobacco litigation By Walter Olson, 03-29-2007 Michael Krauss on Engle tobacco litigation By Walter Olson, 03-29-2007 New featured column: "The Fear Industrial Complex" By Walter Olson, 03-27-2007 New featured column: "The Fear Industrial Complex" By Walter Olson, 03-27-2007 New Trial Ordered in $15M Ford Case By mkrauss, 03-23-2007 New Trial Ordered in $15M Ford Case By mkrauss, 03-23-2007 "Second Thoughts on Breasts" By Ted Frank, 03-21-2007 "Second Thoughts on Breasts" By Ted Frank, 03-21-2007 Chrysler hit with $50M punitives By mkrauss, 03-12-2007 Chrysler hit with $50M punitives By mkrauss, 03-12-2007 More rough weather for tobacco defense By Walter Olson, 03-05-2007 More rough weather for tobacco defense By Walter Olson, 03-05-2007 Still more on Philip Morris v. Williams By Ted Frank, 02-28-2007 Still more on Philip Morris v. Williams By Ted Frank, 02-28-2007 R.I. judge says paint makers must pay for cleanup By Walter Olson, 02-27-2007 R.I. judge says paint makers must pay for cleanup By Walter Olson, 02-27-2007 Colorado Home Astroturf By James R. Copland, 02-26-2007 Colorado Home Astroturf By James R. Copland, 02-26-2007 "Worried in America" By Walter Olson, 02-21-2007 "Worried in America" By Walter Olson, 02-21-2007 More on Philip Morris v. Williams By Ted Frank, 02-20-2007 More on Philip Morris v. Williams By Ted Frank, 02-20-2007 Initial thoughts on Philip Morris By James R. Copland, 02-20-2007 Initial thoughts on Philip Morris By James R. Copland, 02-20-2007 Philip Morris v. Williams opinion By James R. Copland, 02-20-2007 Philip Morris v. Williams opinion By James R. Copland, 02-20-2007 Oregon Supreme Court Decision Thrown Out By mkrauss, 02-20-2007 Oregon Supreme Court Decision Thrown Out By mkrauss, 02-20-2007 Adam Liptak on Buell-Wilson By Ted Frank, 02-19-2007 Adam Liptak on Buell-Wilson By Ted Frank, 02-19-2007 Drugmaker liability in Michigan By Walter Olson, 02-15-2007 Drugmaker liability in Michigan By Walter Olson, 02-15-2007 "If you can defeat the motion to dismiss, you're 75 percent of the way home." By mkrauss, 02-08-2007 "If you can defeat the motion to dismiss, you're 75 percent of the way home." By mkrauss, 02-08-2007 Arthur Allen, "Vaccine" By Walter Olson, 02-07-2007 Arthur Allen, "Vaccine" By Walter Olson, 02-07-2007 MMR vaccine and autism, cont'd By Walter Olson, 01-21-2007 MMR vaccine and autism, cont'd By Walter Olson, 01-21-2007 Canada permits silicone breast implants By Walter Olson, 01-11-2007 Canada permits silicone breast implants By Walter Olson, 01-11-2007 "Rollover Economics: Arbitrary and Capricious Product Liability Regimes" By Ted Frank, 01-04-2007 "Rollover Economics: Arbitrary and Capricious Product Liability Regimes" By Ted Frank, 01-04-2007 Mississippi Supremes to Hear Ford Appeal By mkrauss, 01-03-2007 Mississippi Supremes to Hear Ford Appeal By mkrauss, 01-03-2007 Plavix: New round of drug suits on the way? By mkrauss, 12-22-2006 Plavix: New round of drug suits on the way? By mkrauss, 12-22-2006 Garza verdict slashed By James R. Copland, 12-21-2006 Garza verdict slashed By James R. Copland, 12-21-2006 Bausch & Lomb MoistureLoc litigation By Ted Frank, 12-19-2006 Bausch & Lomb MoistureLoc litigation By Ted Frank, 12-19-2006 Those "bad toy" lists By Walter Olson, 12-15-2006 Those "bad toy" lists By Walter Olson, 12-15-2006 SUV rollover lawsuits By Ted Frank, 12-13-2006 SUV rollover lawsuits By Ted Frank, 12-13-2006 Ohio lead-paint suits, cont'd By Walter Olson, 12-12-2006 Ohio lead-paint suits, cont'd By Walter Olson, 12-12-2006 When does the statute of limitations run on Tobacco Suits? By mkrauss, 12-06-2006 When does the statute of limitations run on Tobacco Suits? By mkrauss, 12-06-2006 Akron withdraws lead paint lawsuit By Walter Olson, 11-30-2006 Akron withdraws lead paint lawsuit By Walter Olson, 11-30-2006 Book corner By Walter Olson, 11-29-2006 Book corner By Walter Olson, 11-29-2006 Driver passes car on curve at 37 mph over posted speed, gets $15M By mkrauss, 11-22-2006 Driver passes car on curve at 37 mph over posted speed, gets $15M By mkrauss, 11-22-2006 "FDA ends ban on silicone breast implants" By Walter Olson, 11-20-2006 "FDA ends ban on silicone breast implants" By Walter Olson, 11-20-2006 Patent Holder Does Not Want to Market Drug in USA By mkrauss, 11-13-2006 Patent Holder Does Not Want to Market Drug in USA By mkrauss, 11-13-2006 Turning lead into gold By Ted Frank, 11-11-2006 Turning lead into gold By Ted Frank, 11-11-2006 Garcia v. Ford Motor: "A Valentine's tale" By Walter Olson, 10-20-2006 Garcia v. Ford Motor: "A Valentine's tale" By Walter Olson, 10-20-2006 New featured column: Ted on open-ended litigation By Walter Olson, 10-16-2006 New featured column: Ted on open-ended litigation By Walter Olson, 10-16-2006 "Anthrax and Lawyers" By Ted Frank, 10-10-2006 "Anthrax and Lawyers" By Ted Frank, 10-10-2006 Federal Jury finds for Merck in VIOXX case By mkrauss, 10-09-2006 Federal Jury finds for Merck in VIOXX case By mkrauss, 10-09-2006 Sherwin-Williams strikes back By Walter Olson, 10-09-2006 Sherwin-Williams strikes back By Walter Olson, 10-09-2006 This one's a real head-scratcher... By mkrauss, 10-03-2006 This one's a real head-scratcher... By mkrauss, 10-03-2006 Oct. 12 panel in D.C.: "Mass Fraud in Mass Torts?" By Walter Olson, 10-03-2006 Oct. 12 panel in D.C.: "Mass Fraud in Mass Torts?" By Walter Olson, 10-03-2006 A note on spinach law By Ted Frank, 09-27-2006 A note on spinach law By Ted Frank, 09-27-2006 Race to the Courthouse... By mkrauss, 09-27-2006 Race to the Courthouse... By mkrauss, 09-27-2006 "Light" tobacco class action, cont'd By Walter Olson, 09-27-2006 "Light" tobacco class action, cont'd By Walter Olson, 09-27-2006 The wrong kind of reform: Arizona and Premier Manufactured Systems By Ted Frank, 09-18-2006 The wrong kind of reform: Arizona and Premier Manufactured Systems By Ted Frank, 09-18-2006 "Ark. jury rejects Prempro suit" By Walter Olson, 09-17-2006 "Ark. jury rejects Prempro suit" By Walter Olson, 09-17-2006 The Headline versus the Text By mkrauss, 09-15-2006 The Headline versus the Text By mkrauss, 09-15-2006 R.I./duPont lead pact: charity under scrutiny By Walter Olson, 09-13-2006 R.I./duPont lead pact: charity under scrutiny By Walter Olson, 09-13-2006 More on DOJ tobacco suit ruling By Walter Olson, 09-06-2006 More on DOJ tobacco suit ruling By Walter Olson, 09-06-2006 Ted fact-checks a lawn-mower lawsuit By Walter Olson, 08-30-2006 Ted fact-checks a lawn-mower lawsuit By Walter Olson, 08-30-2006 Lead paint lawsuit blogging By Walter Olson, 08-27-2006 Lead paint lawsuit blogging By Walter Olson, 08-27-2006 More on vaccines at MPT By James R. Copland, 08-25-2006 More on vaccines at MPT By James R. Copland, 08-25-2006 "Vaccines Are Scarce. Why?" By Ted Frank, 08-25-2006 "Vaccines Are Scarce. Why?" By Ted Frank, 08-25-2006 Trans Fats, Ctd. By mkrauss, 07-26-2006 Trans Fats, Ctd. By mkrauss, 07-26-2006 NJ courts' Mass Tort Information Center By Walter Olson, 07-22-2006 NJ courts' Mass Tort Information Center By Walter Olson, 07-22-2006 Welding and Product Liability By mkrauss, 06-28-2006 Welding and Product Liability By mkrauss, 06-28-2006 RI lead paint sidelights By Walter Olson, 06-28-2006 RI lead paint sidelights By Walter Olson, 06-28-2006 Peter Huber on pharmaceuticals policy By Walter Olson, 06-25-2006 Peter Huber on pharmaceuticals policy By Walter Olson, 06-25-2006 Cali Lead Paint By Sam Munson, 06-23-2006 Cali Lead Paint By Sam Munson, 06-23-2006 Antivaccination warriors, jabbed By Walter Olson, 06-23-2006 Antivaccination warriors, jabbed By Walter Olson, 06-23-2006 $111 million demanded over grout fumes By Walter Olson, 06-22-2006 $111 million demanded over grout fumes By Walter Olson, 06-22-2006 Trial Lawyers, Inc. Update By Sam Munson, 06-20-2006 Trial Lawyers, Inc. Update By Sam Munson, 06-20-2006 Allowing interstate competition for health care (and other) law By mkrauss, 06-20-2006 Allowing interstate competition for health care (and other) law By mkrauss, 06-20-2006 After UK vaccine panic, charges of misconduct By Walter Olson, 06-14-2006 After UK vaccine panic, charges of misconduct By Walter Olson, 06-14-2006 More on benzene-in-sodas suits By Walter Olson, 06-08-2006 More on benzene-in-sodas suits By Walter Olson, 06-08-2006 R.I. Supremes Decline to Decide Due Process/Contingent Fee Challenge By mkrauss, 06-05-2006 R.I. Supremes Decline to Decide Due Process/Contingent Fee Challenge By mkrauss, 06-05-2006 The "Benzene Scare" -- Coming to a Courtroom Near You? By mkrauss, 06-02-2006 The "Benzene Scare" -- Coming to a Courtroom Near You? By mkrauss, 06-02-2006 More on the Oregon Case Now Before the Supremes By mkrauss, 06-02-2006 More on the Oregon Case Now Before the Supremes By mkrauss, 06-02-2006 Update: Supreme Court to review Oregon Philip Morris punitive damages decision By Ted Frank, 05-30-2006 Update: Supreme Court to review Oregon Philip Morris punitive damages decision By Ted Frank, 05-30-2006 Conference 5/31: "The Value of Play" By Walter Olson, 05-26-2006 Conference 5/31: "The Value of Play" By Walter Olson, 05-26-2006 Paint litigation: its spreadability By Walter Olson, 05-17-2006 Paint litigation: its spreadability By Walter Olson, 05-17-2006 The tangled web of liability in B & L By Larry Ribstein, 05-17-2006 The tangled web of liability in B & L By Larry Ribstein, 05-17-2006 Contact lens solution fungus infections By Walter Olson, 05-11-2006 Contact lens solution fungus infections By Walter Olson, 05-11-2006 Judge fines R.I. AG for contempt By Walter Olson, 05-09-2006 Judge fines R.I. AG for contempt By Walter Olson, 05-09-2006 More Tobacco Twists And Turns By Sam Munson, 05-08-2006 More Tobacco Twists And Turns By Sam Munson, 05-08-2006 Blawg Review #56: Sex, Virtual Weddings, and Baseball By James R. Copland, 05-08-2006 Blawg Review #56: Sex, Virtual Weddings, and Baseball By James R. Copland, 05-08-2006 "Governor to veto genetic seed liability bill" By Ted Frank, 05-06-2006 "Governor to veto genetic seed liability bill" By Ted Frank, 05-06-2006 RI lead paint verdict By Walter Olson, 04-26-2006 RI lead paint verdict By Walter Olson, 04-26-2006 The Worst Disease By Sam Munson, 04-26-2006 The Worst Disease By Sam Munson, 04-26-2006 Lessons so far from the Vioxx cases By mkrauss, 04-24-2006 Lessons so far from the Vioxx cases By mkrauss, 04-24-2006 Maryland lead-paint legislation By Walter Olson, 04-19-2006 Maryland lead-paint legislation By Walter Olson, 04-19-2006 The Tobacco Wars By Sam Munson, 04-19-2006 The Tobacco Wars By Sam Munson, 04-19-2006 Lawyer Lead-ership By James R. Copland, 04-18-2006 Lawyer Lead-ership By James R. Copland, 04-18-2006 Tobacco Tales, Ctd By mkrauss, 04-18-2006 Tobacco Tales, Ctd By mkrauss, 04-18-2006 "The Cutter Incident" on C-SPAN2 By Ted Frank, 04-13-2006 "The Cutter Incident" on C-SPAN2 By Ted Frank, 04-13-2006 Court: Coke should have warned of fizziness By Walter Olson, 04-13-2006 Court: Coke should have warned of fizziness By Walter Olson, 04-13-2006 Michigan's FDA defense law By Walter Olson, 04-11-2006 Michigan's FDA defense law By Walter Olson, 04-11-2006 McDarby: Gilmartin to testify By James R. Copland, 04-06-2006 McDarby: Gilmartin to testify By James R. Copland, 04-06-2006 Merck loses in McDarby case By James R. Copland, 04-05-2006 Merck loses in McDarby case By James R. Copland, 04-05-2006 Lead Paint Fights Back By Sam Munson, 04-05-2006 Lead Paint Fights Back By Sam Munson, 04-05-2006 Rhode Island lead paint By Ted Frank, 04-02-2006 Rhode Island lead paint By Ted Frank, 04-02-2006 Here Comes The Sunscreen Suit By Sam Munson, 03-31-2006 Here Comes The Sunscreen Suit By Sam Munson, 03-31-2006 First West Coast Vioxx Cases By Sam Munson, 03-27-2006 First West Coast Vioxx Cases By Sam Munson, 03-27-2006 Can Businesses Be Sued Even When They Have Met FDA Requirements? By Ted Frank, 03-21-2006 Can Businesses Be Sued Even When They Have Met FDA Requirements? By Ted Frank, 03-21-2006 Associated Press on obesity litigation By Walter Olson, 03-19-2006 Associated Press on obesity litigation By Walter Olson, 03-19-2006 Global tobacco settlement exhausted punitives By Walter Olson, 03-17-2006 Global tobacco settlement exhausted punitives By Walter Olson, 03-17-2006 One vaccine lawsuit -- and the damage it did By Walter Olson, 03-15-2006 One vaccine lawsuit -- and the damage it did By Walter Olson, 03-15-2006 Sykes rebukes Wisconsin high court By Walter Olson, 03-10-2006 Sykes rebukes Wisconsin high court By Walter Olson, 03-10-2006 Lead paint follies By Walter Olson, 03-08-2006 Lead paint follies By Walter Olson, 03-08-2006 Defective Because Effective By mkrauss, 03-06-2006 Defective Because Effective By mkrauss, 03-06-2006 No punitives in R.I. lead paint case By Walter Olson, 03-02-2006 No punitives in R.I. lead paint case By Walter Olson, 03-02-2006 Offit, "The Cutter Incident" By Walter Olson, 02-28-2006 Offit, "The Cutter Incident" By Walter Olson, 02-28-2006 Jury deliberating in RI lead paint retrial By Walter Olson, 02-17-2006 Jury deliberating in RI lead paint retrial By Walter Olson, 02-17-2006 Safety standards and federal pre-emption By Walter Olson, 02-17-2006 Safety standards and federal pre-emption By Walter Olson, 02-17-2006 Playground design and liability By Walter Olson, 02-16-2006 Playground design and liability By Walter Olson, 02-16-2006 BREAKING NEWS: Oregon Supreme Court affirms 151:1 punitive:compensatory damages ratio v. Philip Morris By Ted Frank, 02-02-2006 BREAKING NEWS: Oregon Supreme Court affirms 151:1 punitive:compensatory damages ratio v. Philip Morris By Ted Frank, 02-02-2006 Idiots can harm themselves through Ipod, lawsuit says By mkrauss, 02-02-2006 Idiots can harm themselves through Ipod, lawsuit says By mkrauss, 02-02-2006 NHTSA pre-emption draws protest from 26 AGs By Walter Olson, 01-25-2006 NHTSA pre-emption draws protest from 26 AGs By Walter Olson, 01-25-2006 Welding rod shenanigans By Walter Olson, 01-22-2006 Welding rod shenanigans By Walter Olson, 01-22-2006 Wisconsin liability trip By Walter Olson, 01-21-2006 Wisconsin liability trip By Walter Olson, 01-21-2006 Forbes on welding rod litigation By Walter Olson, 01-09-2006 Forbes on welding rod litigation By Walter Olson, 01-09-2006 CRC on Environmental Working Group By Walter Olson, 12-16-2005 CRC on Environmental Working Group By Walter Olson, 12-16-2005 Taser on Trial By mkrauss, 12-12-2005 Taser on Trial By mkrauss, 12-12-2005 Welding: Boren loses; Dewey Morgan caught lying By Ted Frank, 12-09-2005 Welding: Boren loses; Dewey Morgan caught lying By Ted Frank, 12-09-2005 Ortho Evra, cont'd By Walter Olson, 12-07-2005 Ortho Evra, cont'd By Walter Olson, 12-07-2005 GM CEO: Lawsuit abuse a competitive disadvantage By James R. Copland, 12-06-2005 GM CEO: Lawsuit abuse a competitive disadvantage By James R. Copland, 12-06-2005 Correcting Wisconsin's high court By Walter Olson, 11-23-2005 Correcting Wisconsin's high court By Walter Olson, 11-23-2005 Welding lawsuit in Madison County: manganese and Parkinson's By Ted Frank, 11-21-2005 Welding lawsuit in Madison County: manganese and Parkinson's By Ted Frank, 11-21-2005 ATLA blocking avian flu bill By Walter Olson, 11-17-2005 ATLA blocking avian flu bill By Walter Olson, 11-17-2005 Ortho-Evra By Walter Olson, 11-15-2005 Ortho-Evra By Walter Olson, 11-15-2005 Refusing vaccines By Walter Olson, 11-11-2005 Refusing vaccines By Walter Olson, 11-11-2005 "Paint by Lawyer" By Walter Olson, 11-07-2005 "Paint by Lawyer" By Walter Olson, 11-07-2005 Another AG assails Oxycontin maker By Walter Olson, 11-05-2005 Another AG assails Oxycontin maker By Walter Olson, 11-05-2005 Merck wins one! By James R. Copland, 11-03-2005 Merck wins one! By James R. Copland, 11-03-2005 "A very dangerous lawsuit": the tactics of Mikal Watts By Ted Frank, 11-02-2005 "A very dangerous lawsuit": the tactics of Mikal Watts By Ted Frank, 11-02-2005 Silicosis affair -- typical? By Walter Olson, 10-12-2005 Silicosis affair -- typical? By Walter Olson, 10-12-2005 Update: Jasper popcorn suits settle By Ted Frank, 10-09-2005 Update: Jasper popcorn suits settle By Ted Frank, 10-09-2005 Terror in Tater Tot Town By Walter Olson, 10-07-2005 Terror in Tater Tot Town By Walter Olson, 10-07-2005 Toxically blonde By Walter Olson, 10-04-2005 Toxically blonde By Walter Olson, 10-04-2005 Something in the water at Harvard? By Walter Olson, 09-30-2005 Something in the water at Harvard? By Walter Olson, 09-30-2005 Mississippi fen-phen scandal By Walter Olson, 09-28-2005 Mississippi fen-phen scandal By Walter Olson, 09-28-2005 NHTSA pre-emption: trial lawyers hit the roof By Walter Olson, 09-08-2005 NHTSA pre-emption: trial lawyers hit the roof By Walter Olson, 09-08-2005 Richard Epstein v. Mark Lanier By Walter Olson, 08-30-2005 Richard Epstein v. Mark Lanier By Walter Olson, 08-30-2005 Kinsley on Ernst v. Merck By Ted Frank, 08-29-2005 Kinsley on Ernst v. Merck By Ted Frank, 08-29-2005 Teflon and PFOA By Walter Olson, 08-26-2005 Teflon and PFOA By Walter Olson, 08-26-2005 Feminists for choice By Walter Olson, 08-23-2005 Feminists for choice By Walter Olson, 08-23-2005 "Rodzilla" and trade association liability By Walter Olson, 08-22-2005 "Rodzilla" and trade association liability By Walter Olson, 08-22-2005 Parade of new blogs By Walter Olson, 08-21-2005 Parade of new blogs By Walter Olson, 08-21-2005 Wisconsin's lawless high court By Walter Olson, 08-11-2005 Wisconsin's lawless high court By Walter Olson, 08-11-2005 Learning the Wrong Lessons from "An American Tragedy" By David Bernstein, 08-08-2005 Learning the Wrong Lessons from "An American Tragedy" By David Bernstein, 08-08-2005 Energy bill passes, sans MTBE shield By James R. Copland, 07-29-2005 Energy bill passes, sans MTBE shield By James R. Copland, 07-29-2005 New from the Washington Legal Foundation By James R. Copland, 07-29-2005 New from the Washington Legal Foundation By James R. Copland, 07-29-2005 Lying with Statistics - Ernst v. Merck edition By Ted Frank, 07-29-2005 Lying with Statistics - Ernst v. Merck edition By Ted Frank, 07-29-2005 Update: Popcorn flavoring suits II By Ted Frank, 07-20-2005 Update: Popcorn flavoring suits II By Ted Frank, 07-20-2005 More on Michigan medical monitoring decision By James R. Copland, 07-18-2005 More on Michigan medical monitoring decision By James R. Copland, 07-18-2005 Michigan rejects medical monitoring By Walter Olson, 07-18-2005 Michigan rejects medical monitoring By Walter Olson, 07-18-2005 "Snuff Out This Silly Suit" By Walter Olson, 06-29-2005 "Snuff Out This Silly Suit" By Walter Olson, 06-29-2005 EPCOT center ride death By Walter Olson, 06-16-2005 EPCOT center ride death By Walter Olson, 06-16-2005 "Invaluable" By Walter Olson, 06-13-2005 "Invaluable" By Walter Olson, 06-13-2005 Lawyers doing their jobs By Walter Olson, 06-11-2005 Lawyers doing their jobs By Walter Olson, 06-11-2005 Expanding drug liability -- retroactively By Walter Olson, 05-07-2005 Expanding drug liability -- retroactively By Walter Olson, 05-07-2005 You're in the anti-obesity army now By Walter Olson, 05-06-2005 You're in the anti-obesity army now By Walter Olson, 05-06-2005 Gun suits and the Dormant Commerce Clause By Walter Olson, 04-25-2005 Gun suits and the Dormant Commerce Clause By Walter Olson, 04-25-2005 "Pathological science" By Walter Olson, 04-23-2005 "Pathological science" By Walter Olson, 04-23-2005 FDA mulls breast implant return By Walter Olson, 04-13-2005 FDA mulls breast implant return By Walter Olson, 04-13-2005 Pfizer pulls Bextra By James R. Copland, 04-07-2005 Pfizer pulls Bextra By James R. Copland, 04-07-2005 Illinois municipalities bail on Crown Vic suit By Michael DeBow, 03-22-2005 Illinois municipalities bail on Crown Vic suit By Michael DeBow, 03-22-2005 On the Supreme Court's docket By Walter Olson, 03-14-2005 On the Supreme Court's docket By Walter Olson, 03-14-2005 DuPont's Teflon travails By Walter Olson, 03-08-2005 DuPont's Teflon travails By Walter Olson, 03-08-2005 Agent Orange is back... By James R. Copland, 02-28-2005 Agent Orange is back... By James R. Copland, 02-28-2005 "Side Effects of the Drug Scares" By Walter Olson, 02-28-2005 "Side Effects of the Drug Scares" By Walter Olson, 02-28-2005 "A Well-Oiled Machine" By Walter Olson, 02-15-2005 "A Well-Oiled Machine" By Walter Olson, 02-15-2005 Post hoc ergo propter hoc By Walter Olson, 02-08-2005 Post hoc ergo propter hoc By Walter Olson, 02-08-2005 Fen-phen's spiral By Walter Olson, 02-02-2005 Fen-phen's spiral By Walter Olson, 02-02-2005 Obesity suit reinstated By Walter Olson, 01-31-2005 Obesity suit reinstated By Walter Olson, 01-31-2005 Update: British Medical Journal embarrassed By Ted Frank, 01-28-2005 Update: British Medical Journal embarrassed By Ted Frank, 01-28-2005 MTBE's cash leak By Walter Olson, 01-28-2005 MTBE's cash leak By Walter Olson, 01-28-2005 Tabarrok, Surowiecki on Vioxx By James R. Copland, 01-27-2005 Tabarrok, Surowiecki on Vioxx By James R. Copland, 01-27-2005 2nd Circuit weighs in By James R. Copland, 01-26-2005 2nd Circuit weighs in By James R. Copland, 01-26-2005 Myrna Blyth's "Spin Sisters" By Walter Olson, 01-24-2005 Myrna Blyth's "Spin Sisters" By Walter Olson, 01-24-2005 "Pharmaceuticals the next victim?" By Walter Olson, 01-21-2005 "Pharmaceuticals the next victim?" By Walter Olson, 01-21-2005 British Medical Journal embarrassed By Walter Olson, 01-18-2005 British Medical Journal embarrassed By Walter Olson, 01-18-2005 Bob Herbert at it again By James R. Copland, 01-14-2005 Bob Herbert at it again By James R. Copland, 01-14-2005 "Demonizing for Dollars" By Walter Olson, 12-29-2004 "Demonizing for Dollars" By Walter Olson, 12-29-2004 Ohio enacts wide-ranging liability reforms By Walter Olson, 12-20-2004 Ohio enacts wide-ranging liability reforms By Walter Olson, 12-20-2004 P.R. by Fenton By Walter Olson, 12-07-2004 P.R. by Fenton By Walter Olson, 12-07-2004 Olson on obesity By James R. Copland, 12-03-2004 Olson on obesity By James R. Copland, 12-03-2004 WSJ on obesity study flaws By James R. Copland, 11-30-2004 WSJ on obesity study flaws By James R. Copland, 11-30-2004 Chrysler to appeal $102 million verdict By James R. Copland, 11-24-2004 Chrysler to appeal $102 million verdict By James R. Copland, 11-24-2004 Growth areas By Walter Olson, 11-12-2004 Growth areas By Walter Olson, 11-12-2004 Warning label madness By Walter Olson, 10-31-2004 Warning label madness By Walter Olson, 10-31-2004 Ephedra retailer litigation, cont'd By Walter Olson, 10-28-2004 Ephedra retailer litigation, cont'd By Walter Olson, 10-28-2004 Ephedra retailer litigation By Walter Olson, 09-23-2004 Ephedra retailer litigation By Walter Olson, 09-23-2004 Boeken: Campbell equals win for MO By James R. Copland, 09-22-2004 Boeken: Campbell equals win for MO By James R. Copland, 09-22-2004 Plaintiff's bar: let us handle your criminal defense By Walter Olson, 09-17-2004 Plaintiff's bar: let us handle your criminal defense By Walter Olson, 09-17-2004 Not quite beach reading but still good... By Leah Lorber, 09-02-2004 Not quite beach reading but still good... By Leah Lorber, 09-02-2004 Kentucky high court vacates $15M punitive award By Leah Lorber, 08-29-2004 Kentucky high court vacates $15M punitive award By Leah Lorber, 08-29-2004 From the archives: benefits of product liability By Walter Olson, 08-27-2004 From the archives: benefits of product liability By Walter Olson, 08-27-2004 Junk science in asbestos litigation By James R. Copland, 08-17-2004 Junk science in asbestos litigation By James R. Copland, 08-17-2004 Double Hurdles By Ted Frank, 08-16-2004 Double Hurdles By Ted Frank, 08-16-2004 Why Stella Liebeck is important By Ted Frank, 08-04-2004 Why Stella Liebeck is important By Ted Frank, 08-04-2004 Rebuked asbestos judge joins asbestos advisory firm By James R. Copland, 07-30-2004 Rebuked asbestos judge joins asbestos advisory firm By James R. Copland, 07-30-2004 Tobacco appeal bond update: the Empire State enters the fray? By James R. Copland, 07-26-2004 Tobacco appeal bond update: the Empire State enters the fray? By James R. Copland, 07-26-2004 Pre-Emption and the FDA By mkrauss, 07-26-2004 Pre-Emption and the FDA By mkrauss, 07-26-2004 Popcorn butter: suppliers win one By Walter Olson, 06-30-2004 Popcorn butter: suppliers win one By Walter Olson, 06-30-2004 The nullification crisis of 2004? By James R. Copland, 06-15-2004 The nullification crisis of 2004? By James R. Copland, 06-15-2004 Wall Street Journal highlights asbestos bankruptcy scams By James R. Copland, 06-03-2004 Wall Street Journal highlights asbestos bankruptcy scams By James R. Copland, 06-03-2004 Ninth Circuit allows gun lawsuit to proceed By James R. Copland, 05-28-2004 Ninth Circuit allows gun lawsuit to proceed By James R. Copland, 05-28-2004 Nissan headlights By Ted Frank, 05-19-2004 Nissan headlights By Ted Frank, 05-19-2004 "The Last Rung" By Walter Olson, 05-17-2004 "The Last Rung" By Walter Olson, 05-17-2004 Vaccines, cont'd By Walter Olson, 05-16-2004 Vaccines, cont'd By Walter Olson, 05-16-2004 From a kit (no lawyer included) By Walter Olson, 05-16-2004 From a kit (no lawyer included) By Walter Olson, 05-16-2004 AEI: Lawsuits without Injuries? By Ted Frank, 05-16-2004 AEI: Lawsuits without Injuries? By Ted Frank, 05-16-2004 McDonald's coffee revisited By Ted Frank, 05-16-2004 McDonald's coffee revisited By Ted Frank, 05-16-2004 Silica lawsuits: castles from sand By Walter Olson, 05-15-2004 Silica lawsuits: castles from sand By Walter Olson, 05-15-2004 Back at the old test-rigging game By Walter Olson, 05-15-2004 Back at the old test-rigging game By Walter Olson, 05-15-2004 Chicago lead paint case dismissed By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 Chicago lead paint case dismissed By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 Tobacco recoupment suit loses in France By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 Tobacco recoupment suit loses in France By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 "Why does the gun industry deserve special protection?" By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 "Why does the gun industry deserve special protection?" By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 Market-share liability: now prove you're innocent By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 Market-share liability: now prove you're innocent By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004
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