Update: Saudis vow to sue tobacco companies
That prospective lawsuit by the very needy and deserving plaintiff, the government of Saudi Arabia, against international tobacco companies, discussed in this space Nov. 16, 2000 and Dec. 10, 2001, is...
View ArticleBillion dollar cleanup
Overlawyered has been covering the Rhode Island lead paint trial for quite some time. A year ago last February, a jury found lead paint makers liable (and see links therein); on Monday, a Rhode Island...
View ArticleRoundup – June 4
Is it, or isn’t it? It is: “Hopefully this means a better life,” says the energy company employee who won a $40 million judgment (almost half of it punitives) against Qwest Communications after the...
View Article“Everybody, that is, except the guys who did it.”
Mark Steyn throws down the gauntlet: Last week the New York Times carried a story about the current state of the 9/11 lawsuits. Relatives of 42 of the dead are suing various parties for compensation,...
View ArticleAsbestos litigation: foundations
Asbestos litigation has been around a long time. Early on, nothing like modern product liability law existed (see Richard Epstein’s discussion here); lawsuits resided in workplace injury law when filed...
View ArticleBreaking: Rhode Island lead paint decision overturned
So AP reports. More details as they become available. 9:43: AP/Boston Globe reports a dramatic rejection of public-nuisance theory, holding the case should’ve been dismissed years ago. Good news that....
View Article“Crazy claims no reason to reject class action, lawyer says”
“Ludicrous claims shouldn’t have caused U.S. District Joseph Goodwin to reject a class action over economic damages from heart medicine Digitek, according to Fred Thompson of Motley Rice.”...
View Article“Free” help from securities class action lawyers
Following murmurs about pay-to-play, South Carolina has turned down offers from local powerhouse Motley Rice and from Labaton Sucharow, whose attorneys had donated $12,000 to Attorney General Alan...
View Article“Judge Slaps Motley Rice With Fees Over ‘Frivolous’ Lawsuit”
“A federal judge in Indiana ordered lawyers including the prominent firm of Motley Rice to pay ITT Educational Services almost $400,000 in legal fees for pursuing a ‘frivolous’ lawsuit the judge said...
View ArticleFrom opioids suits, an expected fee harvest far into the billions
The prospect of settlement in the local government opioid cases is likely to result in a massive windfall into the many billions of dollars for private lawyers who signed up government clients; many of...
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