The Supreme Court of New Zealand recently removed some significant roadblocks to bringing private law claims against major corporate greenhouse (GHG) emitters with a decision made in the case of Smith ...

Construction activity constitutes a fundamental pillar of economic growth and urban development. In recent years, particularly in urban centres, the intensity and pace of development have ...

A Dec. 10, 2024, Ohio Supreme Court decision marks a significant victory for a balanced civil justice system and common sense. The Court hit the brakes on lawsuit abuse when it ruled that Ohio’s ...

Though sometimes overshadowed, tort reform continues to be an issue worthy of state lawmakers’ attention. Studies have consistently found that frivolous tort litigation reduces economic opportunities, ...

Public nuisance lawsuits against drug companies, chemical manufacturers, fossil fuel producers, and countless other industries have raised the spectre of onerous abatement orders and substantial ...

Though primarily a defense lawyer, I still hail your editorial “Tort Law vs. the Anti-Israel Protesters” (Dec. 29). As a co-author of America’s leading torts casebook, I suggest further that the tort ...

Richard Boldt & Don Gifford have posted to SSRN Interference with the Democratic Process as Public Nuisance. The abstract provides: This Article argues that the tort of public nuisance provides a ...

Environmental law did not begin with enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1969. Nor did it begin when Massachusetts adopted the first state wetland protection statute in 1963 ...