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Friday, November 22, 2024

Lois Kapila News


Scientific advancements could increase toxic tort litigation, experts say

By Lois Kapila |
Hartley As advances in molecular science develop rapidly in laboratories, legal observers wonder if toxicogenomics will provide the next holy grail for toxic tort litigation -- specific causation.


Experts say more transparency needed in asbestos trusts

By Lois Kapila |
Hartley Asbestos litigation expert Lester Brickman said that even with a new and possibly more sympathetic Congress, chances are "remarkably slim" that transparency measures could be enacted to show how lawyers and claimants divvy up more than $18 billion in assets from more than 54 such trusts.