There will come a time when there is no such thing as the local radio station. Not only will transmission not occur via radio waves, but there will be nothing local about it. There also may be no banter from the DJ, short for “disc jockey”–a reference to placing flat, round pieces of plastic called

The toughest thing about defending product liability cases is the occasional immersion in human misery.  Securities and antitrust cases pose intellectual challenges but they are, in the end, pretty much about money.  By contrast, the plaintiffs in our cases are claiming injuries to their bodies, not just their wallets.  Sometimes those alleged injuries are phony

We’ve heard that we should welcome some new subscribers, who aren’t that interested in drug and device litigation, per se, but have been attracted by our coverage of personal jurisdiction issues relating to tort litigation generally.  Thanks for joining.  Here is a brief description of our available personal jurisdiction resources.

First, we maintain a personal

A (relatively) long time ago in a state not so far away, the Michigan Legislature enacted the Michigan Product Liability Act.  It contained a provision providing the manufacturers of FDA-approved drugs with immunity from product liability absent the application of two narrow exceptions.  A challenge to the constitutionality of the provision soon followed and the