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No quit in trial bar after SCOTUS ruling, still filing lawsuits in favorite courts

By John O'Brien | 7 years ago

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Since last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that dealt a blow to forum-shopping personal injury attorneys, companies threatened with sprawling, 50-state litigation have not been forced into defending cases all over the country.
Self-driving cars, thinking machines will test limits of tort law

By Daniel Fisher | 7 years ago

SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Self-driving cars, machines that teach themselves how to operate and home digital assistants that can enter into legally binding contracts are all either on the market now or soon will be. So the next question is: Whom do you sue when they run amok?
Pennsylvania's legal climate ranks in lower tier of states, according to national survey

By Karen Kidd | 8 years ago

Pennsylvania ranks in the lower tier of U.S. states as it continues on its path to becoming a mass tort mecca

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