Vol. 71 No. 3, July 2004
Index
- A gem of the IADC.
- IADC announcements.
- Calendar of legal organization meetings.
- International Association of Defense Counsel tenets of professionalism.
- Punitive damages after Campbell: a mixed bag awaiting definitive resolution: while courts have paid attention to the Campbell guideposts, there have been successful efforts to justify high punitive damages awards.
- West Virginia asbestos mass trial: efficient innovation or constitutional violation? Aside from denying due process, the concept has unintended consequences by attracting more cases and draining court and damage resources.
- Whither medical monitoring claims? Last few years give reasons for optimism: courts are critically examining whether these claims can be independent actions or remedies and whether they are suitable for class action status.
- The uninjured plaintiff: new frontiers of liability: defense counsel must prepare for tort claims based on theories that are not part of the traditional history and requirements of tort law.
- Privacy-confidentiality in England: courts don't go West in high-profile cases; England proposes to avoid pitfalls of a privacy law through strengthening the law of confidentiality and a new human rights law protecting private information.
- Shifting the causation burden of proof in legal malpractice actions: courts are applying doctrines taken from other types of cases and placing the burden on defendant attorneys on the basis of public policy considerations.
- Defending managed earnings cases by understanding revenue recognition: protecting clients means that defense counsel must be prepared to traverse a jungle of accounting rules and standards in order to avoid catastrophe.
- Conning the IADC Newsletters.
- Reviewing the law reviews.