The Judicial Hellholes® report calls attention to additional jurisdictions that bear watching. These jurisdictions may be moving closer to or further away from a designation as a Judicial Hellhole®, and they are ranked accordingly.
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California Supreme Court Rejects Novel Product Liability Theory — A Win in the Nation’s #1 Judicial Hellhole®
The California Supreme Court delivered a significant victory for pharmaceutical innovation and patient safety this week, rejecting a sweeping theory
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J&J Talc MDL: Judge Orders Plaintiffs to Prove Cancer Link — Or Lose 69,000 Cases
The plaintiffs’ bar has spent years pushing a tsunami of talc litigation through the courts, and this week a federal
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Second Circuit Gets It Wrong on Rule 702, Reviving Hundreds of Junk Science Tylenol Suits
A federal appeals court handed the plaintiffs’ bar a major victory— and handed American consumers and the civil justice system
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