The key to understanding whether Georgia’s recent tort reform law will push tort cases to federal court is to look at which, if any, of its provisions may be avoided by filing in federal court.

Mass tort cases present unique challenges for both plaintiff’s and defense counsel. Unlike a class-action case, where a representative plaintiff stands in for the other members of the class, each ...

Plaintiff's attorney, Christopher Brown, of Geiger Legal, said that he normally prefers to put the plaintiff on the stand first at trial. However, the legal team took a different approach and called ...

March 12 (Reuters) - The number of new federal lawsuits fell 14% in the 2024 fiscal year as a result of a decline in mass tort litigation driven in large part by 3M's decision to strike a $6 billion ...

On Friday, Aug. 15, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed Senate Bill 328 (“SB 328”), which permits toxic tort lawsuits against companies that operate in Illinois even in situations where the ...

MALVERN, PA — The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) released a new analysis estimating that motor vehicle tort cases filed between 2014 and 2023 generated $42.8 billion in excess litigation ...

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 authoritative voice with an alarming tone of concern emanates from your television screen, asking, “Did you use (brand name product or drug)?” The ads are inescapable and frequent. With just under ...