Posts By John F. Watkins
The Sunlight Disinfectant Principle: Transparency & Full Disclosure Are Necessary Safeguards for Consumer Litigation Funding (January 2024)
There is a kernel of truth in the personal injury plaintiff bar’s refrain that third-party litigation funding (TPLF) allows the…
Perez Broke Records … But Should He Have Settled Earlier?(January 2024)
In 2021, Mark Perez’ Labor Law 240(1) lawsuit made legal news by breaking the record of the highest appellate-sustained pain…
Hoylman, Half-Truths and the Grieving Families Act (December 2022)
In reading state Sen. Brad Hoylman’s Dec. 22 commentary in the New York Law Journal, one can only find it…
The Snake Attack Phenomenon: The Courts Must Stop Overlooking and Facilitating The Continued Poisoning of Our Jury System (December 2022)
Our jury system has been under assault from an ever-growing tidal wave of improper trial tactics that have no place…