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In the past three decades, a mounting wave of litigation has swept the United States, prompting Newsweek to describe America as “lawsuit hell.” Fear of litigation has reduced innovation, menaced the health-care industry, driven manufacturers out of lawsuit-prone specialties,...

The American tort liability systemworks badly when it gets infected by junk science.

There is little question that once-high-flying trial lawyers are on the ropes, butreforms that inconvenience the trial bar have been blocked by Democrats whenever possible.

The Supreme Court has declared open season on American manufacturers.

In its Wyeth decision, the Supreme Court has gutted "federal preemption," one of the few remaining protections against state interference in the national economy.

Terrorists should not be allowed to subvert U.S. defense policy by suing private citizens for their acts as public officials.

The recent verdict in a case involving the pain reliever Vioxx demonstrates how junk science can corrupt drug litigation.

The Supreme Court's 2008-2009 term brought modest progress on civil rights, a personnel change that is unlikely to alter the Court's balance, and massive confusion and backpedaling on "business cases."