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AAJ warns against asbestos-claim legislation
Legislation pending in the House that would require private asbestos bankruptcy trusts to publicly release information about asbestos victims would delay claims and help companies avoid liability, the nation’s largest trial attorney group has warned.
US House passes major health care malpractice reform bill
A measure that caps damages for a broad array of medical and other health-related injury cases and repeals a portion of the federal health care law passed the House on Thursday on a vote divided largely along party lines.
Company seeks asbestos liability limit in Idaho
A national bottle-top maker that's grown weary of some $700 million in asbestos claims it's paid out to victims of lung disease has arrived in the Idaho Legislature as part of its years-long, state-by-state trudge to shield itself from forking over more cash.
Trial lawyers’ push to change fed tax rule stalls
After pressing Congress for years to change a tax policy that limits the ability of lawyers in contingency-fee cases to deduct litigation costs as business expenses, trial attorneys appear to be giving up the fight.
U.S. Supreme Court creates confusion on foreign product liability
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that state courts did not have the authority to hear product liability cases against foreign manufacturers could spell the end of the “stream of commerce” theory of personal jurisdiction.
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