In his Foreign Relations Law column, Samuel Estreicher discusses how a Ninth Circuit panel in 'Doe I v. Cisco Systems' recently gave new life to the Alien Tort Statute, which has become a major focus ...

The Colorado Court of Appeals concluded that a trial court erred when it failed to appropriate liability between two defendant property owners for $409,000 in damages after toxic substances leaked ...

(Reuters) - Some of the most closely watched U.S. product liability cases, including mass torts over opioid painkillers and the heartburn medicine Zantac, began to wind down in 2022. Others, however, ...

In Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority, the government contends (and the lower courts agreed) that the TVA should be immune from tort liability to shield executive policy-making, even when the TVA ...

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A recent panel discussion on whether state and local suits against fossil fuel producers are preempted by federal law (and my arguments for why the answer is "no, they are not"). Honolulu, like many ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Senate has given key approval to a bill that would reduce liquor liability costs for bars and restaurants. However, they did it by attaching their entire tort ...