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  1. RENDERING JUSTICE IN KEY AREAS OF TORT LAW IN THE NEXT DECADE Victor E. Schwartz* I. INTRODUCTION The future of tort law should focus on imposing liability on entities that are responsible for a wrongdoing. Liability should not be imposed on parties who …

  2. OUTGUNNED NO MORE?: REVIVING A FIREARMS INDUSTRY MASS TORT LITIGATION by Linda S. Mullenix* ABSTRACT In November 2019, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in Remington Arms Co. v. Soto, on appeal from the Supreme Court of Connecticut. In so …

  3. THE RULE OF SCIENCE AND THE RULE OF LAW Mark A. Behrens* Andrew J. Trask** INTRODUCTION In an attempt to be inclusive in their treatment of scientific evidence, courts have stumbled into a rule of law crisis. Rule of law principles work best when courts …

  4. BRAVE NEW WORLD: TECHNOLOGY AND TORT PRACTICE Richard Marcus* I am a civil procedure person, not an official torts person, but fairly often torts and civil procedure seem to be joined at the hip. And that seems particularly true with regard to the effects …

  5. INCORPORATING AN ACTUAL MALICE EXCEPTION TO SECTION 230 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT Christopher J. Robinette* Shannon N. Costa** INTRODUCTION The Communications Decency Act of 1996 ("CDA") was introduced by Senator J. James Exon (D-NE) primarily to …

  6. TORTS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE - PRESENTATION OF BRIAN PANISH* BRIAN PANISH: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here today. Congratulations to the Law Review, Professor Stier, Dean Prager and Victor. It's been a number of years since I first …

  7. TORTS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE - PRESENTATION OF VICTOR SCHWARTZ VICTOR SCHWARTZ: Well, thank you for inviting me here. Many plaintiffs' lawyers just go and buy a yacht, but Brian Panish has helped other people. He also is able. Very few lawyers can …

  8. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TORT LITIGATION: PRESENTATION OF FRANCIS MCGOVERN* FRANCIS MCGOVERN: I'm going to give you something that I think is relatively unique. The idea that I'm talking about is called the "negotiation class,"i and I'm going to tell you how …

  9. THE EDUCATION OF THE JUDICIARY: THE SCIENCES ADDRESSING DISEASE CAUSATION Michael Green* MICHAEL GREEN: Thank you Ron for an introduction that only my mother would believe. So, I want to cover a century of tort litigation and the education of the …

  10. NEW MEANS OF FINANCING TORT LAWSUITS AND LAW FIRMS: PRESENTATION OF PROFESSOR ANTHONY SEBOK* PROFESSOR SEBOK. Thank you very much for that introduction and thank you very much for inviting me. It's a pleasure to be here at the law school. This conference …