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With a hat tip to the California Civil Justice Blog, earlier this week Texas enacted a "loser pays" system that proponents say will help rid the system of meritless cases. House Bill 274 takes ef...

https://www.lifescienceslegalupdate.com/2011/06/articles/class-actions/tort-reform-in-texas-loser-pays-rule-signed-into-law/

The California Civil Justice Blog has a link to John Fund's article in The Wall Street Journal "California Dreamin' - Of Jobs In Texas" discussing California lawmakers' recent legislative fact-fi...

https://www.lifescienceslegalupdate.com/2011/04/articles/class-actions/civil-justice-reform-ideas-for-california/

China's long-awaited Tort Liability Law, passed on December 26, 2009 by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, will take effect on July 1, 2010. The law, which serves ...

https://www.lifescienceslegalupdate.com/2010/03/articles/international-life-sciences/chinas-new-tort-liability-law-takes-effect-on-july-1-2010/

This post was written by Kevin G. Lohman. On May 26, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari to review a decision from the Supreme Court of Tennessee that upheld an ...

https://www.lifescienceslegalupdate.com/2009/05/articles/product-liability/supreme-court-denies-review-of-5-35-to-1-ratio-for-punitive-damages/

The Third Circuit delivered a Christmas present Dec. 24, issuing an opinion - albeit "not precedential" - that reduced a 3.13:1 ratio for punitive damages down to a 1:1 ratio. Hat tip to law.com ...

https://www.lifescienceslegalupdate.com/2008/12/articles/product-liability/punitive-damages/santa-delivered-a-11-ratio-for-punitive-damages/

Today's posts on lifescienceslegalupdate.com include "HIPAA Preemption" about the Georgia Supreme Court's Moreland v. Austin decision requiring defense attorneys to comply with HIPAA before engag...

https://www.lifescienceslegalupdate.com/2008/11/articles/product-liability/punitive-damages/finding-the-proper-ratio-for-punitive-damages/

On Monday, the District Court of Massachusetts issued a notable attorney’s fee award decision in a class action arising from a data privacy breach, In re TJX Companies Retail Securities Litig. ...

https://www.lifescienceslegalupdate.com/2008/11/articles/class-actions/a-baby-step-toward-reasonable-class-action-fees/

This article discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, 128 S. Ct. 2605 (2008). In Exxon, the Supreme Court established a 1:1 ratio between punitive and compensat...

https://www.lifescienceslegalupdate.com/2008/10/articles/product-liability/punitive-damages/exxon-shipping-co-v-baker-will-the-11-punitive-damages-ratio-in-maritime-law-become-the-paradigm-for-a-due-process-evaluation-of-punitive-awards/

This post was written by Darren Smith, Julia Dodds, and Claire Hamm. The UK has an estimated 3,000 deaths per year from mesothelioma, the lung cancer caused by inhalation of asbestos fibres. This...

https://www.lifescienceslegalupdate.com/2008/03/articles/international-life-sciences/who-pays-the-bill-for-asbestos-claims-recent-developments-in-asbestos-related-disease-liability-in-the-uk/