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Efforts to pass common-sense lawsuit reforms in South Carolina—including measures to clarify defendants’ financial responsibility in lawsuits—failed to pass this legislative session. Read the full article here.
A group of former government officials, ex-military personnel and legal scholars has joined the movement urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review Hawaii’s climate nuisance lawsuit. Read the full article here.
20 Republican attorneys general filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule whether state court is the appropriate venue for Hawaii’s climate nuisance case and the dozens of other similar cases that have been filed in state courts around the country. Read the full article here.
The Hawaii Supreme Court is asking SCOTUS to clearly define whether state public nuisance law can apply to global climate change lawsuits. Read the full article here.
You know you’ve noticed them. Ads for Thomas J. Henry’s law firm are seemingly everywhere… leading the curious to wonder just how much the firm spends on legal advertising every year. Read the full article here.
Houston personal injury attorney David Lee Pettus, previously exposed for allegedly stealing settlement checks from car crash clients, faces new accusations from additional victims. Read the full article here.
Oklahoma is the latest state to consider creating a specialized business court to streamline the resolution of complex business disputes. Read the full article here.
After rampant post-hurricane lawsuit abuse caused property insurance costs to skyrocket and limited availability in Louisiana, lawmakers are considering common-sense reforms to help curb abusive insurance litigation. Read the full article here.
Former South Carolina State Representative Lin Bennett is out with a piece criticizing the city of Charleston’s “reckless” climate nuisance lawsuit against energy companies, saying it threatens the production of critical energy for Americans and will increase prices for families. Read the full article here.
Some of the world’s largest energy producers have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review Hawaii’s climate nuisance lawsuit. Read the full article here.