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The American Museum of Tort Law announces the retirement of its executive director, Richard L. Newman. Mr. Newman, who has been the executive director since the Museum opened in 2015 is an attorney, co-author of the treatise Tort Remedies in Connecticut, and a past-President of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. He was responsible for the…

Hey Justice junkies, do you know what happened to Steve Donziger, and why it’s so important?  Listen to the Ralph Nader radio hour interview with Mr. Donziger, right here, to learn more:  https://ralphnaderradiohour.com/corporate-prisoner/

The American Museum of Tort Law takes great pleasure in announcing that nationally known trial lawyer Marc J. Bern has become a Founder. Marc is the founding partner of Marc J. Bern & Partners LLP, a law firm headquartered in New York City that handles complex litigation across the United States. Mr. Bern focuses his…

The American Museum of Tort Law takes great pleasure in announcing that nationally known trial lawyer James E. Fitzgerald has become a Founder. Jim Fitzgerald started his law practice in 1975 and founded The Fitzgerald Law Firm in 1982 with the cornerstone belief of finding truth and justice. Jim represents people in complex damages cases…

Fred Levin was a bold and pioneering lawyer in the field of large-scale tort law, meant to compensate many wrongfully injured people and deter wrongdoing in the future. He demonstrated these skills at the onset of the historic mass litigation against the carcinogenic tobacco industry. He was a major philanthropist and motivator of younger lawyers.…

Dear President Trump and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives: In this time of crisis, of a global pandemic that has taken the lives of so many of our fellow citizens, we face a host of challenges. Our heroic healthcare workers are fighting valiantly to stem the tide of infection. Essential workers around…

The families who lost little children in the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012 sued the gun makers. The case was thrown out of court, however, because in 2005 Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which sharply restricted lawsuits against gun sellers and makers by granting industry-wide immunity from blame when one…

A New York Times article (10/20/2018) shines light on a current lawsuit (“Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College”), brought by Asian-American students denied admission by the college. Rejected Asian-American students allege that Harvard imposes a quota on Asian-American admissions, and holds these students to a higher admissions standard. Asian-Americans…

An October 16 article in the Washington Post describes a new legal service app that makes it possible to sue with a smartphone and claim awards from class action lawsuits. It’s called “Do Not Pay” and was developed by Joshua Browder, a 21 year old senior at Stanford. Browder describes it this way: “Lawyers say…

The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund recently tested 27 common kids’ products and found asbestos in a crayon and benzene in a marker. The article appeared in an August 8 article in the New York Times. One of the crayons tested – a green Playskool crayon – showed trace amounts of tremolite, which…