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May 22, 2013

Turkewitz on PI Advertising and Mass Accidents

Over at New York Personal Injury Law Blog, Eric Turkewitz looks at lawyer advertising in the wake of the Metro-North derailment.

--CJR

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March 26, 2013

JOTWELL Torts: Sebok on Oberdiek--"Are Risks Wrong?"

Over at JOTWELL, Tony Sebok (Cardozo) reviews The Moral Significance of Risking by John Oberdiek (Rutgers-Camden).

--CJR

March 26, 2013 in Scholarship, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

January 04, 2013

IL: Forum Non Conveniens & Asbestos

Over at Drug and Device Law, friend of TortsProf Brendan Kenny (Blackwell Burke) has a guest post on an Illinois Supreme Court case involving forum non conveniens in an asbestos case.

--CJR

January 4, 2013 in Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

December 06, 2012

Criminalization of Formerly Tortious Conduct

Over at the Faculty Lounge, Beth Haas (Drexel) is asking whether criminalizing conduct that was formerly only tortious (prohibiting not pricing, in the law and economics lexicon) impedes safety investigations.  The post is here.

--CJR

December 6, 2012 in Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

October 19, 2012

McClurg's "Spot the Tort" Contest

Andrew McClurg (Memphis/LawHaHa) is sponsoring a "Spot the Tort" contest for his 1Ls.  The entries are here.  Enjoy a tort-related laugh to start the weekend!

--CJR

October 19, 2012 in Games, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

April 11, 2012

NFL Concussion Website

A 3L at UMKC, Paul Anderson, is running a website devoted to concussion-related suits against the NFL and helmet manufacturers.  Entitled NFL Concussion Litigation, it can be accessed here.

Thanks to Alex Long for the tip.

--CJR

April 11, 2012 in Current Affairs, Sports, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

March 13, 2012

Conk on the BP Settlement

George Conk analyzes the BP settlement at TortsToday.

--CJR

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November 11, 2011

Products Liability Prof Blog

Products Liability Prof has been dormant for over two years.  Isn't anyone interested in editing it?  If so, please contact Paul Caron and Joe Hodnicki via e-mail: 

paul.caron@uc.edu;joe.hodnicki@gmail.com

--CJR

November 11, 2011 in Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

October 28, 2011

Vote for TortsProf

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We don't do much to look for award nominations and the like, but we got word that we've been selected as an initial nominee for a Top Torts Blog award from LexisNexis's Litigation Resource Community.  There are some great blogs we're among there, and we'd sure welcome your support for the nomination (which you cast by commenting on that post).  If we make it as a final nominee, we'll let you know.

--BC

October 28, 2011 in Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

September 11, 2011

Welcome to the Blogosphere: Private Law Theory

Stephen Hedley (University College Cork, Ireland) has launched a new blog, Private Law Theory, that covers a great deal of our concept of torts.  It's a great addition to your favorites.

--CJR

September 11, 2011 in Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

April 14, 2010

A Torts Mini-Roundup of LawProf Blogs

The 3rd Circuit ruled that defective sperm from a sperm bank cannot form the basis for a products liability suit.  (Kraweic/The Faculty Lounge)

A potential torts exam hypothetical, though panned in the comments for having insufficient nudity and death.  (Araiza/Prawfs)

Interested in taking over Products Liability Prof?  Apparently Paul and Joe are still looking.  (Products Liability Prof)

--CJR

April 14, 2010 in Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

December 16, 2009

Magliocca on Assumption of Risk & Football

Over at Co-Op, Gerard Magliocca (IU-Indy) discusses assumption of risk and football.

--CJR

December 16, 2009 in Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack