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Vioxx Maker Wins Initial Round in Texas

A Texas judge has ruled that state juries may not decide whether Vioxx manufacturer Merck & Co. withheld information from the Food and Drug and Administration.

Apr 23, 2007 3:12 PM CDT

Directors’ Settlement a Probable Record

A $41.5 million settlement finalized last month may be one of the largest to require outside directors to dig into their own pockets, the Wall Street Journal reports. (Sub. req.) The agreement settles a lawsuit brought by a bankruptcy trustee for shoe company Just for Feet Inc., which sought court…

Apr 23, 2007 2:03 PM CDT

Do As I Say, Not As I Do: Feds Post SS Numbers

Plaintiffs lawyers, start your engines. Another release of Social Security numbers by a government agency has been reported, this one involving the Agriculture Department. As many as 100,000 to 150,000 people who received loans or other federal assistance may have had their Social Security numbers posted in a public database,…

Apr 20, 2007 9:10 PM CDT

$101 Million Settlement OK’d in Casino Collapse

A New Jersey judge has approved a $101 million settlement of a lawsuit filed in the collapse of a parking garage at an Atlantic City casino. Four workers were killed and 36 others were injured when the garage at the Tropicana Casino Resort collapsed during construction in 2003, the Associated…

Apr 12, 2007 2:07 PM CDT

Fall of the Wild

Student Sues University after Injurious Encounter with Precariously Positioned ‘Head’ of the Class

Apr 2, 2007 5:59 AM CDT

New Name, New Strategies

ATLA changes its moniker and hones its tactics to battle tort reformers

Feb 21, 2007 9:07 AM CST

Tort Reform Texas Style

New Laws and Med-Mal Damage Caps Devastate Plaintiff and Defense Firms Alike

Oct 24, 2006 9:38 AM CDT

Seeking the Cure

With Health Care Fraud Rampant, States Are Urged to Pass Their Own False Claims Acts, But Foes Warn of Windfalls for Plaintiffs Lawyers

Oct 24, 2006 9:24 AM CDT

Backing Away from the Abyss

Courts May Be Starting to Get a Grip on Asbestos Litigation

Sep 24, 2006 7:40 AM CDT

Tote-Ally Ticked

Man Is Miffed When Moms Get Gift, as Last Resort Takes Team to Court

Jul 11, 2006 2:18 PM CDT

No Longer Immune

Court Opens Door to Cases Claiming Link Between Autism and Vaccine Preservative

Jul 10, 2006 6:02 PM CDT

Case-By-Case Tort Reform

Firms Push to Challenge Common Law Before New, Business-Friendly Judges

Jun 23, 2006 12:29 PM CDT

Breaking Up Downloading

Recording Industry Keeps Fighting Illegal File Sharing With Even More Lawsuits

Apr 22, 2006 10:21 AM CDT

Wake The @#*% Up!

Malevolent Midnight Message Jars Judge Who Holds “Drunk-Dialing” Duo in Contempt

Mar 21, 2006 11:33 AM CST

Ho, Ho, Ho (Mmmm, Ho-Hos)

You Better Watch Out, Be Careful What You Do, ’Cause Santa’s Got Gout and a Lawyer or Two

Dec 29, 2005 12:02 PM CST

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