Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 319: Spotlight on Torts (Part 3 – Strict and Vicarious Liability)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 317: Spotlight on Torts (Part 2 – Intentional Torts)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 316: Spotlight on Torts (Part 1 – Negligence)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 315: Listen and Learn -- The Breach Element of a Negligence Claim (Torts)
Podcast - Ohio State Senator Has a Bone to Pick with Court Ruling on Boneless Wings
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 247: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Factual Causation
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 382: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Proximate Cause
Hinshaw Insurance Law TV – Cybersecurity Part Two: The Rise in Cyber Negligence Cases
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 347: Listen and Learn -- Assumption of Risk (Torts)
Cyberside Chats - Zero Trust and Cyber Negligence: A conversation with Dr. Zero Trust Chase Cunningham
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 319: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Landlords, Owners, and Possessors of Land
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 318: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Professionals and Children
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 149: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Landlords, Owners, and Possessors of Land
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 147: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Duties of Professionals and Children
The Risk of Personal Injury Claims from COVID-19 and What to Do About It
The Year Ahead: Litigation Hot Spots at a Glance
COVID-19 in the Workplace - PPP Update, COVID Plans from the Biden Transition Team, Higher Education Relief Package Provision, COVID WARN Act Developments
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 107: Listen and Learn -- Assumption of Risk (Torts)
Navigating the New Normal: Risk Management and Legal Considerations for Real Estate Companies
Personal Jurisdiction Part 2: The Ford Cases [More With McGlinchey Ep. 8]
It is becoming almost impossible to avoid being exposed to multiple different chemicals on a daily basis. Companies use them to make their environments look and smell cleaner, to keep pests away, and to save time in...more
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - This case arises from Plaintiff Nolan J. Lebouf Jr.’s alleged exposure to asbestos. The plaintiff specifically claims to have been exposed to...more
The City of Savannah, Georgia on February 5th filed a Complaint in the Superior Court of Chatham County, Georgia against a number of companies alleging damages related to per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”). See...more
On Jan. 6, a Pittsburgh jury concluded a month-and-a-half long trial involving a suit asserting that decedent Michaeleen Lee developed mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos-containing talcum powder products made by Johnson &...more
The 2024-2025 Judicial Hellholes report shines its brightest spotlight on 10 jurisdictions that have earned reputations as Judicial Hellholes. Asbestos litigation continues to be a trend within numerous jurisdictions....more
A recent Congressional report identified the risk of toxic heavy metal contamination of various brands of commercial baby food. Palmquist v. Hain Celestial Group is one of the first of many cases pending nationwide seeking...more
Last month, Sterigenics and its parent company, Sotera Health, agreed to pay $35 million to settle cases filed by 79 people who claim that exposure to ethylene oxide (“EtO”) from a medical Sterigenics facility in the Atlanta...more
La Corte Constitucional (la Corte) de Colombia, mediante Sentencia T-329 del 28 de agosto de 2023, decidió sobre una acción de tutela interpuesta por una comunidad que alega la vulneración del derecho fundamental a consulta...more
Tennessee AG Jonathan Skrmetti is suing more than 20 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) manufacturers, including 3M and DuPont, seeking injunctive and monetary relief under the state’s public nuisance and uniform...more
Last week, the New Hampshire Supreme Court held that state law does not recognize medical monitoring as a remedy or cause of action for plaintiffs who allege that they were exposed to a toxic substance. In Kevin Brown v....more
In what has been earmarked as the largest government enforcement PFAS action to date, California’s attorney general last month filed an historic lawsuit against more than a dozen per-and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS)...more
Last week, we highlighted a wave of litigation targeting underwear manufacturers. This week, litigation activity is now focusing on outerwear. On April 25, 2022, the same firm behind several of the underwear complaints...more
Under established Illinois law, an insurer must defend a legal action filed against its insured unless it is clear from the face of the underlying complaint that the allegations fail to state facts which bring the case...more
Welcome to the second 2019 issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues. For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As...more
By now, we have all heard about the $289 million verdict against Monsanto in the Roundup litigation. A California jury awarded the sum to Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a school groundskeeper who claimed that exposure to Roundup...more
In a decision handed down Tuesday, February 28, the Missouri Supreme Court limited circumstances in which out-of-state corporate defendants will be subject to personal jurisdiction, rejecting two novel theories of specific...more
Welcome to California! California is a great place to live and work, and we are fortunate to call it home. But there is no sugarcoating the fact that California presents unique and daunting challenges to product...more
You might recall previous entries discussing Parr v. Aruba – a suit for personal injuries from oilfield pollution (and a $2.9MM verdict for the plaintiffs). Not all similar suits have the same result....more
In a ruling that could broaden parent company exposure to suit in West Virginia, the Southern District of West Virginia found that it had personal jurisdiction over the out-of-state parent company of an in-state water company...more