Will Sheldon Silver's Conviction Tip Course Of Asbestos Litigation? It Might.
Even before a federal jury in New York found former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver guilty on all seven corruption charges this week, it was clear that the weeks-long trial and its sordid details...
View ArticleVictim's Mom Questions Delay on Lubbock CSST Gas Line Reform
Courts Monitor Publisher Sara Warner has written about a dangerous type of natural gas pipe that’s found in millions of American homes. It’s the focus of proposed changes in Lubbock, Texas where the...
View ArticleAs asbestos fraud debate heats up, Texas A.G. Paxton joins fray; Muckraking...
By Sara Corcoran, Publisher, California Courts Monitor & National Courts MonitorGiven our partisan political environment, you might not expect to find the conservative Texas Attorney General Ken...
View ArticleIconic S.C. Judge, Odd Dateline Mark Milestone In Talc Cancer Litigation
by Sara Corcoran, Courts Monitor Publisher“So far, the story of the talc litigation has mostly been about two things—the science and the choice of forum,” said Howard Erichson, a professor at Fordham...
View ArticleTar Heel State on Point to Tackle Asbestos Fraud
by Sara Corcoran, Courts Monitor PublisherNorth Carolina, long famous for great college sports and some of the nation’s best barbecue, is fast earning recognition of another sort: Being at the...
View ArticleThis is Prohibition Repeal's 85th Anniversary: Good Time for Pot Industry to...
(This article was originally published in CityWatch LA on 12/24/18.)Perhaps lost in the recent news cycles, obstructed by the 24/7 Trump-Tweet buzz, was that the discredited cultural experiment of...
View ArticleDeep Fake Menace Vs Trump’s Fantasy World
(This article was originally published in CityWatch.)Waking up on the East Coast, as I have done for most of the past seven hundred and forty plus days of Trump's presidency, in shock and awe.My...
View ArticleAsbestos-Style Lawsuits Growing in N.C. Agribusiness Trials
Recently, North Carolina has been making national headlines for its tawdry and tainted congressional election, but for some observers, an equally interesting civil courts drama is playing out in the...
View ArticleFarmers Breathe Easier After N.C. Trial, More Battles on the Horizon
by Sara Corcoran, Courts Monitor PublisherNationwide, including California, agricultural interests are likely breathing a collective sigh of relief after a North Carolina jury awarded a relatively low...
View Article‘Awash in Cash’ Ed-Tech Firms Still Vie for PPP Cash
By Sara Schinella, Courts Monitor PublisherCollective eyebrows have been raised across several industries as the government discloses just who received those Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)...
View ArticleThe Dark Underbelly of ‘Vegan Activist’ Organization DxE
Originally, this column was going to be about an animal rights group staging a high-profile protest at a Los Angeles-area meat packing facility. However, thanks to a Berkeley news website, a more...
View ArticleCA courthouse cutbacks create hardships for man with disabilities
When you are blind, the difference between 4 miles and 27 miles in Los Angeles can be dramatic. Here is Mr. Collins’ story.ORIGINAL REPORTING: CCM publisher Sara Warner profiles Mr. Femi Collins, a...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Getting Crunched
By Sara CorcoranAFFORDABLE HOUSING POLITICS - Maybe you have noticed that across SoCal and all over the great Golden State, a new state law is taking effect in an effort to increase the state’s...
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