“The greens already plan to file [lawsuits] early and often,” CEI's Chris Horner observes. “What this does is embolden defendants, lawmakers, and even judges."
Climategate takes steam out of global warming litigation
The case for scrapping product liability
Product liability may be overkill for large firms responsive to market forces and subject to governmental regulation, say Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Public nuisance highlights
Novel uses of public nuisance and concerns over contingency arrangements were frequent themes for Public Nuisance Wire in 2009.
Turning hellholes into points of light
Besides turning the spotlight on judicial hellholes, the American Tort Reform Foundation also highlights “jurisdictions where judges, legislators, the electorate and the media intervened to stem abusive judicial practices.”
Judicial hellholes receive due recognition
This year's edition of Judicial Hellholes bestows the infamous title on six jurisdictions: South Florida, West Virginia, Cook County (Ill.), Atlantic County (NJ), New Mexico Appellate Courts, and New York City.
Chevron files suit against environmental plaintiff’s lawyer
SAN FRANCISCO – Chevron has filed a malicious conduct lawsuit against an attorney who took the oil giant to court in 2006.
San Francisco proposes new policies for asbestos caseload
With a plethora of new asbestos cases coming to fruition, San Francisco County Superior Court is proposing the creation of a single asbestos department.
EPA endangerment finding: not for tort use
WASHINGTON DC -- The Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) has urged the EPA to clarify that any Endangerment Finding it may issue with regard to greenhouse gases is not meant for use in tort cases.
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