Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice

Expert Analysis

• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets

  

  Many law firms have tickets or luxury suites at sporting events to host clients and prospects. Matthew Prinn of RFP Advisory Group and Matt Ansis of TicketManager discuss some of the ways that firms can use those tickets effectively.

• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties

  

  A recent opinion from the American Bar Association provides useful guidance on attorneys’ obligations to guard against cyberattacks, protect electronic client information and respond if an attack occurs, says Joshua Bevitz of Newmeyer & Dillion LLP.

• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation

  

  Opening comments by parties in mediation that are made with the proper content and tone can diffuse pent-up emotion and pave the way for a successful resolution. But an opening presentation can do more harm than good if delivered the wrong way, say Jann Johnson and William Haddad of ADR Systems LLC.

• Opinion

  USA Gymnastics Should Dissolve Itself In Bankruptcy

  

  USA Gymnastics, facing over 100 lawsuits as a result of the Larry Nassar sex molestation crimes, recently filed for bankruptcy to ensure its survival. However, rather than being preserved, the organization should be replaced by a government agency that can assume financial and moral responsibility, says Ronald Katz of GCA Law Partners LLP.

• Drug Design Defect Litigation Faces Its Demise

  

  A notable authority on tort law recently concluded that design defect claims involving prescription drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are preempted no matter how plaintiffs package them. But we should shed no tears over the demise of design-based litigation, says James Beck of Reed Smith LLP.

• Property And Casualty Insurers Face A Genomics Revolution

  

  Plaintiffs attorneys are winning big in civil litigation by invoking genomic susceptibility arguments, and trends suggest that property and casualty insurers will face more and larger claims as a result. But genomic data can assist both plaintiffs and defendants, say David Schwartz of Innovative Science Solutions and William Wilt of Assured Research.

• Series

  Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'

  

  When reading Tim Wu’s new book, "The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age," lawyers, economists and historians will find its broad brush maddening, and the generalist reader will simply be misled, says D.C. Circuit Judge Douglas Ginsburg.

• 5 Things You Should Know About New Rule 23 Amendments

  

  For the first time in 15 years, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, governing class actions, has been amended. There are five key changes that will likely impact future federal class action litigation and settlements, say John Lavelle and Terese Schireson of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

• E-Scooters May Present New Challenges For Employers

  

  Is an employer liable to an employee who gets injured or injures someone else while using an electric scooter for business purposes? As this mode of transportation's popularity continues to grow, Sue Schaecher of Fisher Phillips discusses how employers can reduce exposure to liability and steps they can take to protect employees.

• And Now A Word From The Panel: It's Not Just MDLs

  

  The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is best known for its handling of MDLs, but it has another important role. When challenges to federal agency action are made in multiple courts of appeal, the panel is responsible for consolidating them into a single circuit, says Alan Rothman of Arnold & Porter.