Tort law is the branch of law that deals with civil wrongs, including negligence, that come from sources other than breaches of contracts. Both businesses and individuals may be legally and ...

A tort is any civil wrong for which the law provides a remedy. Torts provide compensation for injuries to persons and property caused by the fault of another. There have always been concerns about ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emeritus Law Prof. I write about Legal Ethics & legal controversies This article is more than 5 years old. We’re in a brave new ...

Can clients seek compensation for domestic violence from their spouses in a parallel tort action as opposed to addressing these issues exclusively in divorce proceedings … or is that a double dip? In ...

In a recent decision, the Ohio Supreme Court held that Section 145 of the Restatement of the Law 2d, Conflict of Laws must be applied when determining the state law applicable to an insured’s bad ...

Nearly 20% more tort cases were filed in federal courts in 2023 and 2024, compared to the prior two years, according to Lex ...

The Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1 (March 2017), pp. 87-115 (29 pages) This article seeks to demonstrate three things. First, the orthodox conceptualisation of the tort of public nuisance is ...

[Jack Goldsmith and I will have an article out about the Dormant Commerce Clause, geolocation, and state regulations of Internet transactions in the Texas Law Review early next year, and I'm ...

"The $243 million judgment against Tesla flies in the face of basic Florida tort law, the Due Process Clause, and common sense," Tesla lawyers wrote in a motion filed in a Miami federal court on ...