US government denounces WHO cancer agency over “politicized” findings relied upon by mass tort lawyers. legalnewsline.com/legislatio…

The strangest thing about New England is voters keep electing Democrats who literally campaign on higher grocery and utility prices. legalnewsline.com/legislatio…

IARC has confused hazard with risk. IARC has promoted chemophobia IARC has fueled litigation. IARC is politicized. A decline of IARC would result in less fearmongering, fewer lawsuits and a greater reliance on risk assessments.

Churchill-class clarity: “You will also have to fight much more for your existence — not Russia’s, but your own. And this is not a threat from me or Ukraine. These are facts of Russian history that you know well: when Russia gets tired, changes happen.” kyivindependent.com/full-tex…

“This is a solution in search of a problem.” Or a well-paid union boss in search of more worker dues.

Georgia jurors finally hear about the tight relations between doctors and lawyers in an accident case, and reject a million-dollar claim. legalnewsline.com/newsletter…

The doctor-lawyer alliance at the center of spiraling insurance premiums is dragged into public view in Georgia. legalnewsline.com/newsletter…

In an unusual political alignment, the measure drew support from both the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the group that normally lines up opposite them. legalnewsline.com/cook-count…

A letter that helped destroy 100 years of progress and faith in public health.

Hedge funds and private equity rake in the profits on accident lawsuits. Consumers pick up the tab: legalnewsline.com/newsletter…

The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day: If you go to the Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee, you will find the grave of Laura Bullion. It's nice enough, but not particularly remarkable. You'd never know that Laura was the only female member of Butch Cassidy's "Wild Bunch" Gang. Laura was most likely born in Knickerbocker, Texas in 1876, though there are also claims that she was born in Arkansas or Kentucky. She was probably of German and Native American heritage. In the 1890s, Laura Bullion was a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang; her cohorts were fellow outlaws, including the Sundance Kid, "Black Jack" Ketchum, and Kid Curry. For several years in the 1890s, she was romantically involved with outlaw Ben Kilpatrick ("The Tall Texan"), a bank and train robber and an acquaintance of her father, who had been an outlaw, as well. In 1901, Bullion was convicted of robbery and sentenced to five years in prison for her participation in the Great Northern train robbery. She was released in 1905 after serving three years and six months of her punishment. Laura Bullion moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1918, posing as a war widow and using assumed names. She supported herself as a householder and seamstress, and later as a drapery maker, dressmaker and interior designer. Her fortunes declined in the late 1940s, at which time she was without an occupation. In 1961, she died of heart disease at the Shelby County Hospital in Memphis. As I mentioned at the beginning, her final resting place is at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.

In Georgia, car accidents are big business for doctors, lawyers and hedge funds — as long as nobody pokes into the financial deals they cut with each other. Plaintiffs are a commodity to be bought and sold. legalnewsline.com/newsletter…

Plaintiff lawyers discover Amchem - when somebody else has negotiated themselves $650 million in fees. thenewlede.org/2026/05/bayer…

Stop food addiction! A modest proposal for keeping eaters safe. open.substack.com/pub/thefir…

The mathematics of war: insights from the Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces.

‘Don’t read from AI,’ judge tells plaintiffs’ talc expert legalnewsline.com/newsletter…

Neither a solution nor a cost saving: “The largest share — about $2.3 billion over two years — is expected to come from the city’s delaying certain pension payments.” nytimes.com/2026/05/12/nyreg… via @NYTimes

Kennedy figures an investment of $49-50 million in taxpayer dollars will yield billions in legal fees for him and his pals. nytimes.com/2026/05/11/healt… via @NYTimes

Charles Wowkanech, head of the NJ AFL-CIO, and acting Labor Commissioner Jarvis are mingling together at the NJ Senate Labor Committee hearing where testimony will be heard about the independent-contractor rule

So that’s how it works: “….dashed Democratic hopes of providing some balance to Republican-run states that have been eliminating Democratic seats …” nytimes.com/2026/05/10/us/po… via @NYTimes