Mass Tort Litigation Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-5002332023-06-12T16:27:45-07:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadMark Behrens on ALI and Bar Groups Needing More Defense Engagement for Balancetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b751a7c247200c2023-06-12T16:27:45-07:002023-06-12T16:32:36-07:00Law360 has published, ALI, Bar Groups Need More Defense Engagement for Balance, by Mark Behrens (Co-Chair, Public Policy Group and Partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.). Here is an excerpt: The personal injury plaintiffs bar has an impressive level...Byron StierSymposium on Concluding the Restatement (Third) of Torts at Southwestern Law School in Los Angelestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02b75175f2d5200b2023-03-13T00:06:10-07:002023-03-13T00:19:37-07:00On Friday, March 24, the Southwestern Law Review and Southwestern's Panish Civil Justice Program invite you to attend an in-person symposium on Concluding the Restatement (Third) of Torts, co-sponsored by the American Law Institute. The symposium will take place at...Byron Stier16th Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues at the Law & Economics Center, George Mason University Scalia Law Schooltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02af148696ac200c2022-12-01T15:29:45-08:002022-12-01T15:29:45-08:00The Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Scalia Law School posted on its webpage videos of all the panels at the 16th Annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues. Panels addressed the following issues: Emerging Issues in Civil...Byron StierLuke Meier on Achieving True Strict Product Liability (But Nor for Plaintiffs with Fault)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02a2eed8e171200d2022-10-08T16:20:45-07:002022-10-08T16:20:45-07:00Luke Meier, Professor of Law at Baylor Law School, has posted to SSRN his manuscript, Achieving True Strict Product Liability (But Not for Plaintiffs with Fault). Here is the abstract: Under modern tort law, the strict product liability cause of...Byron StierJoseph William Singer on Personal Jurisdiction and Choice of Lawtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02a30d4efb4e200b2022-09-27T19:16:53-07:002022-09-27T19:17:36-07:00Joseph William Singer, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, has posted to SSRN his article, Hobbes & Hanging: Personal Jurisdiction v. Choice of Law, 64 Ariz. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022). Here is the abstract: When conduct in one...Byron StierBradt, Clopton, and Rave on Dissonance and Distress in Bankruptcy and Mass Tortstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02a30d4ed173200b2022-09-26T14:59:27-07:002022-09-26T14:59:27-07:00Andrew Bradt, Associate Dean, J.D. Curriculum and Teaching, Faculty Director of the Civil Justice Research Initiative, and Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law; Zachary Clopton, Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law; and D. Theodore...Byron StierLinda Mullenix on Assessing the Impact of The Principles of the Law of Aggregate Litigationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02a2eed737ac200d2022-09-24T00:29:07-07:002022-09-24T00:29:07-07:00Linda Mullenix, Morris & Rita Altas Chair in Advocacy at University of Texas at Austin School of Law, has posted to SSRN her book chapter, Aggregationists at the Barricades: Assessing the Impact of The Principles of the Law of Aggregate...Byron Stier Catherine Sharkey on Common Law Tort as Transitional Regulatory Regime and Climate Change Litigationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02a30d4e7db3200b2022-09-23T14:44:28-07:002022-09-23T14:46:51-07:00Catherine Sharkey, Segal Family Professor of Regulatory Law and Policy at NYU School of Law, has posted to SSRN her book chapter, Common Law Tort as a Transitional Regulatory Regime: A New Perspective on Climate Change Litigation, in Climate Liberalism:...Byron StierRabin and Engstrom on No-Fault Compensation for Tobacco and Opioid Victimstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef02788069d45e200d2022-02-06T21:06:45-08:002022-02-06T21:06:45-08:00Professors Robert Rabin and Nora Freeman Engstrom of Stanford Law School have posted to SSRN their article, The Road Not Taken: Perspectives on No-Fault Compensation for Tobacco and Opioid Victims, 70 DePaul L. Rev. 395 (2021). Here is the abstract:...Byron StierLaw & Contemporary Problems Issue In Memoriam: Professor Francis McGoverntag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0282e116fa04200b2021-08-08T00:24:27-07:002021-08-08T00:26:36-07:00The journal, Law & Contemporary Problems, has published an an issue In Memoriam: Francis McGovern, entitled, "Innovations in Complex Litigation and Settlement." Published authors include the following: Lynn Baker (Texas Law); David Bernick (Kirkland & Ellis); Stephen Burbank (Penn Law);...Byron Stier