One of the major concerns of the plaintiffs' bar was that the Court of Appeals decision in Bostic seemed to require a showing of strict "but-for" causation—so that but for the exposure to a specific ...

Have you ever wondered how lawyers manage to bankroll mass toxic tort cases, which are notoriously expensive to finance? Spoiler alert: it's not magic; it's money from private equity firms trading in ...

Behind the Wheel of Legal Inflation: More Than $42.8B in Excess Auto Tort Cases Uncovered, New Triple-I Analysis Finds An analysis published today by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) ...

"Even under the 'narrowest' test for determining whether a claim is for a 'personal injury tort,' assault and battery clearly ...

A federal Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona recently granted in part and denied in part a consumer reporting agency’s motion for summary judgment, with respect to ...

Historically, the vast majority of revenue that the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, generates has arisen from cases brought against the health care industry. 1 And a substantial number ...

May 14 (Reuters) - A bankrupt Texas law firm facing allegations it filed lawsuits on behalf of people it did not represent can sell off thousands of mass tort cases as part of a settlement it struck ...

An analysis published today by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) revealed an estimated $42.8 billion in excess litigation value from motor vehicle tort cases filed between 2014 and 2023 ...