Civil Action Attorney Jan Schlichtmann joins Scott Drake on Speaking of Justice to discuss the huge surge in home foreclosures and the legal traps that are devastating thousands of homeowners nationally. In this very timely podcast lawyers and listeners can get a quick primer in the new reality of what happens in foreclosure or trust deed sales in the new banking economy.   There are huge traps for unaware or unrepresented homeowners regarding state laws on notification of property sales, legal notice and forced sale of property that are catching people of all levels of society unaware. If you are facing foreclosure, if you want to know what your legal rights are or what the pitfalls might be, this is a must listen podcast!

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In today’s edition of Speaking of Justice, the daily podcast featured on The Legal Broadcast Network, Scott Drake is joined by Civil Action attorney Jan Schlichtmann to discuss on the landmark environmental damage cases, the Exxon Valdez oil spill. This infamous case is STILL being litigated, almost 20 years after the accident, as the argument of the punitive damages was heard before the Supreme Court earlier this week with a substantial risk that the entire amount could be tossed out. 

Jan, one of the nations leading expects on environmental damage cases, gives his unique perspective on this case, it’s history and how it has moved through the courts. If you are interested in environmental law, the Exxon Valdez case or are just a Supreme Court watcher, this will be a fascinating podcast for you to listen in on.

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In today’s edition of  “Speaking of Justice” LBN host Scott Drake is joined by famed Civil Action Attorney Jan Schlichtmann to discuss last weeks Supreme Court decision on the matter between the State of West Virginia and the tobacco companies. 

Many people and attorney’s are not aware there are still tobacco cases being brought against the firms that produce cigarettes for health and personal injury damage claims.  The West Virginia case centered on an argument to the US Supreme Court that a trial plan that cigarette makers claim will lead to unconstitutional awards of punitive damages had been crafted by the WV courts and they were calling for it to be striken. The US Supreme Court rejected this argument and cleared the way for sick smokers to seek millions, if not billions, of dollars in damages.

Learn more about this important ruling and it’s impact on the many individual smokers cases that are still pending in the court system by clicking here to hear the entire podcast.  

In the first of a series of podcasts on the important topic of preemption, Civil Action Attorney Jan Schlichtmann joins Scott Drake on Speaking of Justice to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Eiegel v. Medtronic case. This decision is going to be the first of two key cases addressing this contentious issue and Jan weighs in with his thoughts on where this decision could lead. 

Later this week several of our other guest commentators will also cover this topic, with an eye toward the pending Warner-Lambert v. Kent as well as the Wyeth v. Levine cases that look at this same topic from the perspective of pharmaceutical litigation.

This is a major topic in mass torts and state law, as well as an issue of intense interest to Supreme Court watchers and constitutional law experts, so if you want to listen to a wide range of opinions and thoughts on preemption make sure you are getting our audio feeds or stealing our podcast widget so you can place it on your site.  

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