The National Law Journal 1998 Bob Van Voris - Abstracts

The National Law Journal 1998 Bob Van Voris
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Bickering in fen-phen litigation; some plaintiffs lawyers say settlement is insufficient.LawBob Van Voris
Civil cases; jurors do not trust civil litigants. Period.(1998 Juror Outlook Survey)LawBob Van Voris
Coming soon: 'Lolita,' the lawyer's cut; a First Amendment lawyer played censor to the classic.LawBob Van Voris
CVS sued for sharing lists of customers; lack of clear privacy law on tactic could trip up others. (Massachusetts)LawBob Van Voris
Fen-Phen victims may die before MDL ends; federal judge is considering creating a fast track for most seriously ill plaintiffs.LawBob Van Voris
Gray-goods decision roils companies; manufacturers look for new ways to protect products.LawBob Van Voris
Gun cases use tobacco know-how; New Orleans, Chicago lead the charge. Is alcohol next?LawBob Van Voris
In St. Paul, everybody won but the jurors; they got $30 a day and no chance to reach a verdict. (cigarette litigation)LawBob Van Voris
Israeli lawyer takes on big tobacco; Amos Hausner sues for health care costs; his father prosecuted Eichmann. (Adolf Eichmann)(Interview)LawBob Van Voris, Josh Karlen
Jurors: a biased, independent lot; an NLJ-DecisionQuest poll finds potential jurors will ignore a judge and don't like Bib Business.(Juror Outlook Survey)LawDavid E. Rovella, Bob Van Voris, Peter Aronson
Keeping dad's camera out of the birthing room; hospitals, insurers, doctors fear he's taking evidence.LawBob Van Voris
Merger's off; is it business as usual? (R. William Ide III, senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, Monsanto Corp.)LawBob Van Voris
Mormons hit by child-sex lawsuits; $4 million verdict against Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is first result; other suits are pending.LawBob Van Voris
Philip Morris' CEO tries to have it both ways; Geoffrey Bible has one audience at Minn. trial; another on Capitol Hill.LawBob Van Voris
Plaintiff bar divided by settlements; tiny payouts, big fees hit by public interest lawyers; class action abuse.LawBob Van Voris
States suffer tobacco settlement envy; Miss., Fla. and Texas may re-examine terms after Minnesota pact.LawBob Van Voris
That $10 billion fee; the new tobacco deal will generate the largest fee ever - and it may grow.LawBob Van Voris
Tobacco bill may undo deal; flaws may spark industry litigation; U.S. taxpayers could be on the hook.LawBob Van Voris
Tobacco nightmare; Michael Ciresi heads trial team pushing for Big Tobacco's worst loss. (Minnesota)LawBob Van Voris
Tort lawyers discover the power of genetics; some store DNA samples now for lawsuits in future.LawBob Van Voris
Viagra may have legal downside; insurance breaches, side effects raise some concerns. (anti-impotence drug)LawBob Van Voris, Victoria Slind-Flor
Web fuels against tobacco worldwide; documents in Minnesota trial help British lawyer in case against Gallaher Ltd.LawBob Van Voris, Josh Karlen
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