{"id":50321,"date":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/supreme\/legal-commentary\/anthony-sebok-archive-1.html"},"modified":"2016-09-30T11:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T16:27:00","slug":"anthony-sebok-archive-1","status":"publish","type":"supreme","link":"https:\/\/supreme.findlaw.com\/legal-commentary\/anthony-sebok-archive-1.html","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Sebok Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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WHY WE NEED TO REFORM THE SYSTEM FOR MASS TORT CLAIMS<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, Brooklyn law professor, and author Anthony Sebok reflects \n\non the lessons we should take from an unusual recent lawsuit, in which a \n\ncompany that is a defendant in asbestos suits is suing three asbestos \n\nplaintiffs’ law firms. The company claims that the three law firms \n\nimproperly conspired to prevent it, and other companies, from supporting a \n\nfederal bill that would have provided a global solution to asbestos mass tort \n\nissues. Sebok notes that these allegations, if proven true, would show that \n\nthe mass tort plaintiffs’ bar has added some disturbing new tactics to its \n\narsenal.\n\n
\n<\/span>\nMonday, Jan. 29, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW YORK CITY’S $50 MILLION STRIP-SEARCH SUIT SETTLEMENT<\/a>\n\n
\nFindLaw columnist, Brooklyn law professor, and author Anthony J. Sebok \n\nexamines New York City’s recent settlement of a class action based on the \n\ncity’s illegal strip-searches of persons arrested for misdemeanors. \n\nProfessor Sebok discusses both the legal decisions that prompted the \n\nsettlement — a high-ticket plaintiff victory in a related case, and a win \n\nfor the city in the court of appeals — and the structure of the settlement, \n\nwhich attempts the difficult task of putting a price on humiliation. \n\n\n\n
\n<\/span>\nMonday, Jan. 15, 2001<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION’S LIKELY INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN TORT LAW<\/a>\n\n
\n\nFindLaw columnist, Brooklyn law professor, and author Anthony J. Sebok \nconsiders the likely influence of George W. Bush’s administration on tort \nlaw. Will Bush quash lawsuits against handgun manufacturers and the tobacco \nindustry, through Justice Department inaction or the appointment of \nconservative judges? Will he support tort reform litigation? Perhaps, but \nSebok emphasizes that since tort law is predominantly state law, Bush’s \ninfluence, through the federal government, may be less than some have \nanticipated — so that the recent upwards bounce in tobacco stock prices may \nhave been unwarranted.
\n<\/span>\nMonday, Dec. 18, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A NEW DREAM TEAM INTENDS TO SEEK REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY – PART I<\/a>\n\n
\nIn Part One of a two-part series, FindLaw columnist and Brooklyn law \nprofessor Anthony J. Sebok discusses the formation of an exceptional group \nthat combines civil rights attorneys and big-ticket plaintiffs’ lawyers, and \nwhose members intend to seek reparations for African-American slavery. \nProfessor Sebok also reflects on why this movement to address slavery’s wrong \nthrough private tort law is happening now.
\n<\/span>\nMonday, Nov. 20, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n

SHOULD AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVERY CLAIMS BE LITIGATED? AND IF SO, HOW?<\/a>\n\n
\nIn Part Two of a two-part series, FindLaw columnist and Brooklyn law \nprofessor Anthony Sebok explains the statute of limitations problem with \nbringing a tort suit to recover damages for African-Americans’ slavery; \nexplains how the new “dream team” of lawyers seeking such damages may solve \nthat problem, by creatively reformulating the suit; and raises a concern \nabout the symbolism of this possible solution.\n
\n<\/span>\nMonday, Dec. 04, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n

CAN CRIMINAL PENALTIES PREVENT ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE DISASTER?<\/a>\n
\nFindLaw columnist and Brooklyn law professor Anthony J. Sebok describes the TREAD Act, which Congress passed to try to prevent another Firestone tire disaster, and explains why it might not be effective.
<\/span>\nMonday, Nov. 06, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UN-SETTLING THE HOLOCAUST (PART I)<\/a>\n\n
\nIn part I of a two-part article, a Brooklyn Law School professor \nprovides the historical and legal context for the settlement agreement between Germany and \nthe United States over Germany’s forced labor program in World War II.
\n<\/span>\nMonday, Aug. 28, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n

UN-SETTLING THE HOLOCAUST (PART II)<\/a>\n\n
\nIn part II of a two-part article, a Brooklyn Law School professor \nexplains why Germany and the United States employed a deliberately vague approach in their \nagreement that purports to resolve lawsuits arising out of Germany’s forced labor program in \nWorld War II.
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Aug. 29, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n

WHAT BIG TOBACCO DID WRONG<\/a>\n\n
\nThe cigarette companies make a product that kills people. But as a \nBrooklyn law professor explains, that’s not why they’re facing a twelve-figure \ndamages verdict.
\n<\/span>\nTuesday, Jul. 18, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n

SMOKING GUNS<\/a>\n\n
\nA Brooklyn Law School professor discusses the similarities between \nthe tactics used by lawyers suing the tobacco companies and another lawyer in a recent \nlawsuit against gun manufacturers.
\n<\/span>\nWednesday, Jul. 05, 2000<\/span>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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