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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Asbestos Alert: A Single Exposure May Be “Substantial,” and Evidence of Lobbying Is Not Excluded Under The Noerr-Pennington...

by Guy W. Stilson | Low, Ball & Lynch on 4/23/2013

The Court of Appeal has reversed a nonsuit in favor of Amcord based on an epidemiologist’s testimony that a hypothetical worker who poured a bag of gun plastic cement would be at an increased risk for developing mesothelioma....more

Trial Lawyers Fight Anti-Consumer Lobbies on Tort Reform

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 11/19/2012

The American Association of Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) has launched a new campaign to educate consumers about their rights to bring civil suits to redress wrongs including medical...more

ALEC Puts the Screws to Asbestos Victims

by Lawyers.com on 5/24/2012

Craig Grigonis, a third generation insulation installer in Michigan, watched his father die in 1987 of mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer with one known cause: exposure to asbestos. Before he died, his father James,...more

How Your Elected Legislators Have Chiseled Away Your Legal Rights

by Lawyers.com on 11/21/2011

Part one of a three-part series. There is a battle being fought at the highest levels of government over your right to file a medical malpractice or defective drug lawsuit. On the one hand are pro-business groups that...more

Tort Reform Advances In Tennessee

by Dechert LLP on 6/29/2011

Readers know that tort reform is an important issue we have posted on before, at the federal and state level. Latest update: Tennessee recently enacted reform legislation that will, among other things, limit the amount of...more

U.S. May Set Rule Requiring Brake Override System

by Robert Kraft on 3/4/2010

The Obama administration is considering requiring all automobiles to contain a brake override system intended to prevent sudden acceleration episodes like those that have led to the recall of millions of Toyotas, the...more

Toyota Officials Appear Before Congress, Offer Explanations

by Demas Law Group on 2/25/2010

It’s been a harrowing time recently for Toyota. The company is under worldwide scrutiny on the heels of recalling more than 8 million vehicles mostly because of a defect that causes the accelerator pedal to stick. The...more