Although it is destined for the personal jurisdiction canon, the Su-preme Court's eight-to-one
decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court does little to clarify that notoriously …

This chapter explores the interaction of tort law and psychology. The law of torts governs the
circumstances under which one person or entity is to be held civilly liable for having caused …

Approximately twenty-five years ago, Professor Richard Lempert, reflecting on the then-
current state of evidence scholarship, noted a dramatic shift underway.'He described what …

The opioid epidemic claimed over 40,000 lives last year. 1 Over 2 million individuals suffer
from opioid induced impairment and dependence. 2 Countless other lives are affected and …

Chief executives run the world. CEOs manage companies that touch every corner and curve
of the earth. Presidents execute policies that affect people and populations across the …

A curious thing happened in a Bergen County court in New Jersey.'In a case involving
thousands of people with defective hip implants, the parties reached a $1 billion global …

In this Article, I argue that at the center of the unpredictability surrounding the rule against
character evidence is a type of evidence that I refer to as" objective-chance evidence"--that …

It is fitting that the word character has its origin in the Greek word kharassein, meaning to
engrave or stamp: 2 the image of one's character is as much a creation of the observer as a …

While the right to have one's day in court is a cherished feature of the American democratic
system, alarms that the United States is hopelessly litigious and awash in frivolous claims …

This essay describes the uses of bellwether trials in multidistrict litigation (MDL) cases and
the issues this practice raises. The discussion is aimed particularly at judges who have used …