This book explores the intersections of negligence law in the context of public schooling and school policy. Today's schools face challenges that could easily, and even unintentionally, create a climate for an increase...

The deal represents $5 billion in cash and $ 1 billion in 3M common stock over the course of 2023-2029.

On April 19, 2023, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed Act No. 2023-25, which contained the new standard for liquor liability, into law. The new law, which dramatically changed the landscape of Alabama dram shop laws, took effect immediately.

Illinois House Bill 219 has passed both houses of the Illinois legislature and has been sent to Governor Pritzker for signature.

Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings filed a lawsuit in late October against 14 defendant chemical companies for manufacturing and sale of fire-fighting foams that contained PFAS ...

Earlier this year, the news was rampant with misleading stories that New York became the first state in the union to ban certain laundry detergents for containing 1,4-Dioxane after a third-party lab conducted testing on certain detergents.

On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule to prohibit ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos.

The Delaware Supreme Court heard arguments on June 14, 2023, on a question certified to it from the Third Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, as to whether medical monitoring claims can be made in Delaware without proof of any current physical harm.

Sanctions for perceived shortcomings in document productions and corporate representative depositions have long been a real threat in asbestos litigation in South Carolina.

For over a decade, talc litigation has been a staple of mass toxic tort practices around the country and persists today.

Valuing asbestos cases can sometimes be complicated but on March 13th, 2025, the NY Appellate Court gave a little clarity on what it is willing to overturn after a verdict in New York...

On April 17, 2024, the EPA signed a final rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)...

A more than $15 million award for noneconomic damages in a wrongful death suit prompted the Texas Supreme Court's recent plurality opinion in Gregory v. Chohan, __ S.W.3d __, No. 21-0017, 2023 WL 4035886 (Tex. June 16, 2023)...

Reaffirming Delaware's position on medical monitoring claims apart from its neighboring states, the Delaware Supreme Court answered a question certified to it by the Third Circuit ruling ...

On Friday, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Albany County issued an Order that has effectively placed the long-anticipated rollout of New York's legalized marijuana market on hold.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled recently that a trial court abused its discretion by including a res ipsa loquitur instruction on a jury charge and remanded the case back for a new trial.

The case began many years ago when Michael and Chantell Sackett purchased a half-acre lot within 300 feet of Priest Lake, an attractive recreation location for vacationers and residents.

On Tuesday, June 27, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the highly anticipated opinion in Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (U.S. 2022) considering whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a state from requiring an out-of-state corporation to consent to personal jurisdiction in order to do business in the state.

Methylene chloride, also known as dirchloromethane [osha.gov], is a volatile, colorless liquid with a chloroform like odor.

The facts are as follows: Savage Refinery Services entered into a Master Service Agreement (MSA) with Exxon Mobil.