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May 27, 2026
In this report, the authors explain the effect of tort liability on safety incentives for life sciences researchers and research institutions.
Dec 17, 2025
This report provides the Federal Aviation Administration with an analysis of the potential impacts of implementing a regulatory regime on the emerging commercial spaceflight market.
Nov 2, 2023
The RAND Institute for Civil Justice helps make the civil justice system more efficient and equitable through objective, empirically based research.
Jun 22, 2021
This report describes the Volkswagen "clean diesel" emission fraud litigation to illustrate the features of global mass litigation and the problems that arise in the resolution of these types of claims across transnational jurisdictions.
Video
Feb 9, 2021
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More than 2,000 plaintiffs have joined the largest civil trial in U.S. history: National Prescription Opiate Litigation (MDL 2804). In this virtual symposium, experts discuss the opioid litigation and its effects on the future of mass litigation.
Dec 11, 2020
We estimate the impact of tort liability on a subset of consumers who have significant control over the probability of an accident: consumers of general aviation aircraft.
This article explains a surprising effect of tort liability in the market for prescription drugs: punitive damages shift liability from doctors to drug companies, but not when physician malpractice liability is limited."
Expert Insights
Sep 21, 2020
The authors of this Perspective examine liability and compensation issues as they relate to the distribution and administration of future COVID-19 vaccines.
Jul 31, 2020
This article proceeds in three parts: discussions of the general goals and role of public health tort litigation, the demonstrated and potential value of opioid litigation to achieve public health goals, and a conclusion.
Article
Nov 1, 2019
Researchers at RAND have been working on the technology behind driverless vehicles for over 50 years. From 1968 to the present, studies have involved remote-controlled drones, military land vehicles, autonomous submarines, and the safety and liability issues of self-driving cars.
Dec 4, 2017
These conference proceedings explore emerging trends in compensation for widespread loss events, including regulators' changing roles, the impact of liens, and claim aggregation.
في مجتمع المستهلكين، تزداد أهمية إجراءات تقديم التعويض للعديد من المطالبين، لا سيما وأن التقاضي يصبح أكثر عمومية بسبب الأخبار على مدار الساعة والإنترنت. خلال هذا المؤتمر الذي انعقد في 2017، استكشف المشاركون القضايا التي تؤثر على سرعة التعويضات والكفاءة والعدالة.
