Hall of Shame: Experian
As someone who has experienced a (relatively minor) case of identity theft, I can personally attest to how frustrating and time consuming it can be to correct blatant misinformation with the ...
Court Calls for More
Our Court of Appeals in Chicago continues to push for more, from advocates and trial judges. More evidence, more facts, more data, and more non-legal research.
When the judges in the Seventh ...
Who’s the Manufacturer? 3-D Printing Implications for Product Liability Law
3-D printing—the process of making a three-dimensional solid object of virtually any shape from a virtual computer model—is quickly becoming a reality. This evolving technology allows ...
Dramatic Discovery in Class Litigation
“You have to look under things.”
That was my Mother’s saying when I was a kid, whenever I was searching for something. My lost shoes, or my lost jacket, or my lost lunchbox.
That saying ...
The Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger: A Cause for Concern
On February 13, Comcast Corporation announced its agreement to acquire Time Warner Cable in a $45.2 billion stock-for-stock transaction. The merger of the nation’s two largest cable companies ...
Handling Scientific Proof Better
Is the legal profession especially sloppy with scientific evidence?
The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit seems to think so. The Court of Appeals has now written – in three different ...
JP Morgan Chase Expected to Pay Record Settlement
The story of banking giant JP Morgan Chase’s $13 billion settlement has been in heavy rotation on network and cable news outlets this week, as it should be. This settlement is the largest ever ...
Supreme Court Makes Second Landmark Ruling on the Liability of Generic Drug Manufacturers
Over the last year, I have written about the evolving law on an issue at the center of much controversy: the ability to bring product liability lawsuits against generic drug manufacturers. ...
Utter Lunacy: Supreme Court strips individuals of their right to vindicate their claims in court, and Congress is in no hurry to un-do the damage
Building upon the absurd precedent created in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, this past Thursday, the Supreme Court issued an opinion which held that mandatory, binding arbitration clauses and ...
Supreme Court Rules in Oxford Health Plans Case
Today, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Oxford Health Plans, LLC v. Sutter, that casts some doubt on an oft-recited interpretation of Stolt-Nielson, S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Int’l Corp., 559 ...
Congress Asks SEC to Enforce Consumer Protections
Congress does not have the reputation lately of working for the people. Stalemates between Republicans and Democrats continue to halt progress in both bodies of Congress. However, amidst their ...
Trio of New Class Certification Decisions in the Seventh Circuit
In the last few months, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has issued three opinions on the topic of how trial courts should decide motions for class certification when some ...