The Director’s Cut
When people who have had profoundly serious wrongs inflicted on them sue, they are suing for money. But the fact is that they don’t want…
Read MoreWhen even the Wall Street Journal says that “We Won’t See You in Court: The Era of Tort Lawsuits Is Waning,” you know that you’ve…
Read MoreIn the past few years there has been much attention paid to controversial cases where police have used (or misused) force to subdue people, and…
Read MoreThe American Association for Justice (AAJ) has just released a new report detailing how women have been disproportionately harmed by dangerous and unsafe drugs and…
Read MoreNora Freeman Engstrom is a Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Curriculum at Stanford Law School, where she writes and teaches about civil…
Read MoreRECALLING TOM LAMBERT Joseph A. Page* One would be hard-pressed to find a more apt exemplification for the term “a hard act to follow” than…
Read MoreAutomobiles have been closely tied to the law of torts for a century. There have been many automobile-related lawsuits, ranging from cases involving the operation…
Read MoreThe right of trial by jury is one of the jewels of the American system of government. For hundreds of years the right of trial by jury has been seen as a check, not only on the power of government; but also on the influence of the wealthy and powerful, or in today’s parlance, the 1%.
Read MoreFor years the American Chamber of Commerce has waged a war against the civil justice system. It is, after all, no big secret that the American Chamber of Commerce hates trial lawyers, and tort law; hates, in fact, the very idea of a system which hold wrongdoers accountable for causing injury, harm, and death.
Read MoreNovember 1998 marked a pivotal moment in the history of cigarettes in the United States. Forty-six states and the four largest tobacco companies reached a landmark settlement that brought sweeping changes to cigarette manufacturers’ practices—and to rates of smoking. Since the settlement, cigarette smoking rates in the United States have been cut nearly in half.
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