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Dechert Re:Torts – April 2025
Georgia’s New Tort Reform Laws Change the State’s Litigation Landscape – Georgia has adopted major tort reform that will impact personal injury and other civil cases in Georgia state court. Among other reforms, the new laws stay discovery while a motion to dismiss is pending; limit arguments to juries for noneconomic damages; provide for bifurcating…
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100 Days of Solitude: Trump and the Retreat of America
President Trump’s approach to foreign policy in his second term has been transactional, unpredictable and exploitative. Allies and enemies alike are beginning to adapt.
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Trump Ties Himself to Future of Ukraine With Minerals Deal
The text of the agreement, made public by Ukraine’s government, made no mention of the security guarantees that Kyiv had long sought.
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Lost in the ‘Death Realm’ of El Salvador’s Prisons
President Trump’s decision to send migrants to a Salvadoran prison has set off a national debate in the U.S. In El Salvador, the phenomenon of men disappearing into prisons is all too familiar.
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50 Years After the U.S. Left Vietnam, Another Retreat Is Shaking Asia
Even among former enemies, the new American withdrawal from aid and democratic ideals is stirring deep feelings and confusion.
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The U.S.-Ukraine Mineral Deal: What We Know
The agreement came after months of fraught negotiations.
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Sargent and ‘Madame X’ Return, Notorious as Ever
“Sargent and Paris” at the Met shows how a young John Singer Sargent found his footing — and highlights a trans-Atlantic succès de scandale.
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In an Exhibition of Native Artists, Clichés Give Way to Charged Memories
“Smoke in Our Hair” features 22 artists who boldly challenge the romanticism that often tinges American fables of the nation’s birth and expansion.
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What the Cult Singer Daniel Johnston Left Behind
In his music, the songwriter cut to the emotional quick. A new book of his drawings, many never seen before, reveals he did the same in thousands of pieces.
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The Unloved, Part 136: Ironweed
This week, my friend Bridget Mallon passed away in her sleep at the age of 34. The country’s been going to hell in a hurry, but there’s always a way for things to get worse, and the loss of one of my best friends was that. At times like this, you forget that things can get better,…
