An October 2011 decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York highlights the importance of correctly taking all of the steps necessary to obtain a security ...
A proposed class-action lawsuit based on the novel tort of “premature commercialization” is going ahead in Ontario. The Supreme Court of Canada announced Dec. 10 it will not hear an appeal from ...
The report, which looked at tort actions in federal courts, found that COVID-19-related cases peaked at 115 during the first quarter of 2021 but have steadily declined since then. There were 16,090 ...
Fifteen years ago, Washington Legal Foundation published a groundbreaking Monograph, "Who Should Make America's Tort Law: Courts or Legislatures?" Authors Victor Schwartz, Mark Behrens, and Mark ...
University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register, Vol. 78, No. 7 (May, 1930), pp. 805-841 (37 pages) ...
Defamation refers to a false statement made about someone that injures their reputation. It is a type of tort that allows the injured party to ...
The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 36, No. S2, Current Research on Medical Malpractice LiabilityA Conference Sponsored by the John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law ...