Vol. 69 No. 1, January 2002
Index
- Substantive law committees spell IADC success.
- Announcing the 2002 International Association of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest.
- International Association of Defense Counsel Tenets of Professionalism.
- U.S. gears up September 11 Victim Compensation Fund.
- Criminalization of negligent acts by employees of U.S. and foreign corporations: more and more, prosecutors in the United States and elsewhere are mounting criminal proceedings in traditional tort situations. There's cause to be wary.
- Footing the bill: paying the legal costs of criminal proceedings: because of the possibility that insurance will not cover defense costs, corporate counsel must take steps to protect corporate interests.
- The MTBE controversy: defending mass tort claims: the forces of the plaintiffs' bar, commercial competitors, and "junk science" must be met "head on" with coordinated efforts.
- Privilege claims for the "Bliley" documents: mixed rulings imperil basic principles: when a Congressional committee compels production of documents and places them on the Internet, is the claimed privilege lost forever?
- The duty of utmost good faith in insurance law: where is it in the 21st century? The historical background of good and bad faith continues to develop in English law, especially in two recent maritime cases.
- Exploring the values at stake when environmental regulation meets admiralty: the framework that has enabled courts and legislatures to work together to prevent and control pollution should be nurtured and retained.
- Emerging DTC advertising of prescription drugs and the learned intermediary doctrine: even in the absence of a true physician-patient relationship, drug manufacturers can protect themselves by warning consumers directly.
- Annual survey of fidelity and surety law, 2001 -- Part I: this roundup of recent cases covers public and private constructions bonds, fidelity and financial institution bonds, and sureties' remedies.
- Another nuisance theory fails to fly.
- Six million times $3,500 doesn't add up to $75,000.
- Allegations fall short of advertising injury.
- First Amendment protects Yahoo from French court.
- No case within a case in transaction practice.
- IOLTA programs get mixed (good and bad) blessings.
- Antics with semantics favors and/orian reinsurers.