tort

No one can bargain away federal tax liability in a tort settlement on any letterhead.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

But kudos to Johnson & Johnson, which fought the tort bar and will likely settle talc lawsuits for billions of dollars less than it offered a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

The trick was to drain it of everything that makes a tort a tort: no defect, no fault, often no real proof that this defendant caused the alleged harm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

But there is a different route — tort claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

I was far more excited about the prospect of my brother taking his wedding vows, in other words, than I was about reviewing what constituted a tort.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

But in mass torts, a panel of seven judges decides which federal judge will handle all federal lawsuits with similar facts.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

They moved beyond their bread-and-butter fare of personal injury, adding departments for mass torts — cases that involves thousands of people suing over the same thing — and housing law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025

Growth areas included private credit, bankruptcy and restructuring, large mergers and acquisitions, and mass torts litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

Declaring bankruptcy will most likely be unhelpful for Giuliani since it doesn’t cover intentional torts, like defamation.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023

Her only joint liability, is for her own torts committed without his participation, and for contracts for which the law authorizes her to unite with him.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady