Sherman Joyce

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The 3rd Circuit’s bankruptcy gift to the trial bar

Sherman Joyce · March 2, 2023 5:38 pm

The nation’s oldest attorney general organization is broken — here is how to fix it

Sherman Joyce · October 3, 2022 3:54 pm

Trial lawyers just rewrote centuries-old contract law

Sherman Joyce · June 13, 2022 12:00 am

A person hits a flat surface with a gavel.

National attorneys general organization has turned into a factory for shady litigation

Sherman Joyce · April 14, 2022 1:52 pm

Deborah Giannecchini, right, speaks along side her attorney, Wylie Blair, during a news conference Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, in St. Louis. A jury has awarded Giannecchini more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused her cancer, the latest case raising concerns about the health ramifications of extended talcum powder use.

With this Missouri case, the Supreme Court could curb activist state judiciaries

Sherman Joyce · March 15, 2021 5:00 am

Nationwide concerns cannot be solved in local courts

Sherman Joyce · December 17, 2019 2:34 pm

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at an event.

How Michael Bloomberg is buying state government staff

Sherman Joyce · June 7, 2019 4:05 am

Judicial Hellholes 2018: Where lawyers’ TV ads cause patients to stop taking their drugs

Sherman Joyce · December 11, 2018 5:02 am

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2017, file photo, containers of Roundup, a weed killer made by Monsanto, is seen on a shelf at a hardware store in Los Angeles. Republican lawmakers are threatening to cut off U.S. funding for the World Health Organizationâs cancer research program over its finding that the glyphosate herbicide Roundup is probably carcinogenic to humans.

Carcinogenic junk science is finding its way into the courtroom

Sherman Joyce · September 7, 2018 4:00 am

FILE--In this April 2, 2018, file photo, Tom Steyer, is interviewed in New York. California billionaire Steyer is endorsing California state Sen. Kevin de Leon, the Democrat challenging U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Sorry Tom Steyer, you can’t sue your way to climate policy

Sherman Joyce · June 28, 2018 4:00 am

When examining Moore's past decisions in the Alabama Supreme Court, it becomes increasingly clear he sympathizes with his trial lawyer friends. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Roy Moore and how trial lawyers are infiltrating the Republican Party

Sherman Joyce · September 14, 2017 4:01 am

Food marketing class actions increased from less than 20 in 2008 to nearly 100 in federal courts in 2015. The most recent example is a lawsuit slapped on Pret A Manger for "slack-filling" their sandwiches. The reason most of these slack-fill cases are dismissed early on is that they are full of baloney. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

How lawmakers can prevent abusive ‘slack-fill’ lawsuits

Sherman Joyce · August 15, 2017 4:01 am