For the past several years, our reports have highlighted the many issues surrounding lawsuit funding and third-party litigation financing. But
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For the past several years, our reports have highlighted the many issues surrounding lawsuit funding and third-party litigation financing. But
Judicial Hellholes
Plaintiffs’ attorneys like to give impassioned courthouse-steps speeches about the importance of fair trials and the sanctity of the judicial
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A Georgia jury returned a $1.7 billion punitive damage verdict against Ford, finding that the company wantonly sold millions of
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In an effort to stop the continued divergence in approaches to Daubert rulings among U.S. circuit courts, ATRA filed an
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On April 27th, 2022, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal court decision, ruling West Virginia’s law regulating
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On March 15, 2022, the Georgia Supreme Court overturned a Georgia Court of Appeals decision stating Snapchat did not owe
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On February 25, 2022, Chief Judge Michael Kaplan, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Jersey, denied claimants’ motions to dismiss
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In 2019, Judge Thad Balkman of the District Court of Cleveland County determined that Johnson & Johnson created a public
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On May 7, 2021, the Texas Supreme Court held that a trial court abused its discretion in preventing the defendant
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On April 28, 2021, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, found that a trial court improperly admitted expert
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New York is experiencing a surge of “nuclear verdicts” in cases ranging from premise liability to medical malpractice. These are
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Today, April 5, 2021, ATRA joined an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant a petition for certiorari in a talcum powder case that initially resulted in an
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Recent statistics have shown the need for state legislatures to prioritize COVID-19 liability legislation this term. As of March 23,
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On March 11, 2021, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed a jury verdict of $10.5 million and remanded the case to the lower
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The West Virginia legislature has taken strides this term to introduce multiple reform bills. If passed, these pieces of legislation will
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In an effort to curb the excessive litigation and verdicts arising out of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, ATRA
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This week, Johnson & Johnson requested the U.S. Supreme Court review a landmark talcum powder case which resulted in the
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the current #1 Judicial Hellhole, continued to worsen the state’s civil justice climate with yet another
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On February 1, 2021, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturned a jury verdict of over $205 million against Johns
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Activity in state legislatures across the country is starting to ramp up as legislators look to tackle a variety of
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There is a growing trend across the nation of state courts in “Judicial Hellholes” rejecting U.S. Supreme Court precedent and
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