In recent years, some litigators have sought to expand the definition of a public nuisance to areas outside these traditional applications, for example by bringing claims against manufacturers who ...

In August of 2019, following a seven-week bench trial, Judge Thad Balkman of Oklahoma’s Cleveland County District Court found biotech and healthcare company Johnson & Johnson responsible for sparking ...

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 ...

Yesterday's ruling against Johnson & Johnson in Oklahoma, which marks the first time a court has held a pharmaceutical company liable for the "opioid crisis," hinges on a broad definition of "public ...

Erika Kirk Takes On the Podcast Conspiracy-Mongers with Grace Congress Gets Something Right It’s the Incentives, Stupid On Obamacare, Trump Already Showed Republicans the Way Trump’s Ominous Decision ...

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, ...

Federal judges are being asked to reject the latest efforts by California cities that have partnered with trial lawyers to possibly impose millions of dollars of liability on corporations over ...

A closely watched trial in Oklahoma against Johnson & Johnson not only threatens to upset the rule of law but could backfire badly on the Oklahoma economy. This case is the first of almost 2,000 ...

This appeal to the New Zealand Supreme Court concerned strike out of a claim in tort (comprised of three causes of action) relating to damage caused by climate change. The question was whether the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied review in a closely watched pair of cases brought by major corporations challenging liability under California nuisance law for their long-ago promotion of lead ...