• Expertise

    • Asbestos and mass tort litigation
    • Complex litigation strategy
    • Data analysis
    • Data decision tools and database design/applications
    • Economic modeling
    • Insurance allocation and valuation
    • Liability analysis
    • Microsimulation modeling
    • Product liability estimation
    • Statistical analysis

  • Industries

    • Automotive parts
    • Chemicals
    • Construction
    • Consumer products
    • Industrial products
    • Insurance
    • Manufacturing
    • Petroleum
    • Tobacco
    • Transportation

  • Contact

Practices

Environmental and Product Liability

Bates White’s Environmental and Product Liability Practice is recognized for providing clients with a complete understanding of the financial, legal, and strategic implications of current and potential tort liabilities. Our expertise has evolved from extensive experience in asbestos litigation and valuation, an area where Bates White has been a dominant market leader for over a decade.

We use a systematic approach that combines scientific and industry expertise with advanced analytical tools to delve into data with precision and clarity. Our experts have advanced training in economics, statistics, computer programming, law, industrial history, and the natural sciences. This diverse skill set enables us to understand and integrate information from a variety of areas and apply advanced quantitative techniques. Although the underlying products, methods of exposure, and epidemiology may vary from case to case, our step-by-step approach applies to many types of liability matters. We perform multiple evaluations to determine the range of potential outcomes and apply different techniques to validate our results. The strength and flexibility of these analyses help our clients make better decisions concerning the financial and legal risks associated with environmental and product liability issues.

  • Expertise

    • Asbestos and mass tort litigation
    • Complex litigation strategy
    • Data analysis
    • Data decision tools and database design/applications
    • Economic modeling
    • Insurance allocation and valuation
    • Liability analysis
    • Microsimulation modeling
    • Product liability estimation
    • Statistical analysis

  • Industries

    • Automotive parts
    • Chemicals
    • Construction
    • Consumer products
    • Industrial products
    • Insurance
    • Manufacturing
    • Petroleum
    • Tobacco
    • Transportation

  • Contact

Insight

  • June 2010

    “Proper Settlement Credits in All Sums Jurisdictions” by Charles Mullin, Karl Snow, and Noah Wallace, Coverage

  • 3 February 2010

    “The Claiming Game” by Charles Bates, Charles Mullin, and Marc Scarcella, Mealey’s Litigation Report: Asbestos

  • 15 December 2009

    Bates White′s research on asbestos trust claims cited in The Wall Street Journal

  • 2 September 2009

    “The Naming Game” by Charles Bates, Charles Mullin, and Rachel Marquardt, Mealey′s Litigation Report: Asbestos

At the Podium

  • 7–8 October 2010

    Rachel Grinberg speaks on bankruptcy trusts at HB LItigation conference

  • 6 October 2010

    Karl Snow speaks at HB Litigation’s Asbestos Bankrutpcy Litigation Conference

  • 13–15 September 2010

    Charles Bates and Charles Mullin speak on trends affecting current and future asbestos cases at Perrin Conference

     

  • 21 June 2010

    Charles Mullin speaks at Perrin’s Asbestos Bankruptcy Conference

  • 16–18 April 2009

    Charles Mullin speaks at ABA Section of Business Law Spring Meeting on Claims Estimation in Mass Tort Cases