PLAINTIFFS' COUNSEL AND THE CHANGING FACE OF ASBESTOS LITIGATION
As Bankruptcies Shrink the Pool of Defendants, Counsel Are Finding New Ways to Ensure Full Value for Their Clients' Cases

icCendicall it or its players what you will, the asbestos litigation isn't what it was 30 years ago, or even 30 weeks ago.

photo-1Recent media reports claim the asbestos litigation, mired in bankruptcies and collateral lawsuits, has forced plaintiffs' attorneys to shift their focus from the so-called 'traditional' defendants to the 'peripheral' defendants.

Others say those characterizations, in certain terms, don't even exist.

But while certain elements of the litigation have changed, one thing those who represent the victims of asbestos illness all agree on is that their cases haven't.

'The facts are what the facts are ... whether …