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The families of Sandy Hook victims settled Tuesday with gun manufacturer Remington for $73 million, according to the plaintiffs’ attorney, Josh Koskoff. The surviving family members of five children and four adults killed in the 2012 shooting brought the lawsuit against Remington for its production and marketing of the Bushmaster AR-15. Koskoff said, “it is [...]

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Hartford Courant Tuesday in a lawsuit seeking the release of documents related to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The Hartford Courant requested documents created by the perpetrator, Adam Lanza, through Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Act (FOI). When the state denied the request, the Hartford Courant brought this suit. [...]

The Vermont Senate on Friday voted 17-13 to approve legislation that will place restrictions on access to guns and gun-altering devices. Some of the measures include raising the purchase age for guns to 21 and...

A highly divided US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 231-198 to pass HR 38 , a bill loosening gun regulations and allowing individuals with concealed weapons carrying permits to legally travel between states....

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied review of two challenges to state gun restrictions backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA) . The first was a challenge to Maryland's ban on semi-automatic...

Attorneys General from nine states and the District of Columbia filed an objection with the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri on Wednesday to stop a proposed settlement of a class action suit against...

JURIST contributing editor Allen Rostron of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law discusses recent developments in lawsuits seeking to impose tort liability for negligent sale of firearms. While gun dealers continue to face a substantial risk of liability...

One survivor and nine families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Tuesday filed an appeal to the Connecticut Supreme Court seeking to have the court reinstate their lawsuit against Remington. The families claim [AP...

Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis on Friday dismissed a suit filed against gunmakers, including Remington Outdoor, by the families of some of the young children and adults killed at the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school...

JURIST contributing editor Allen Rostron of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law discusses new gun laws enacted in Missouri and proposed in Pennsylvania and how they reflect an insatiable appetite for enacting pro-gun legislation even when gun rights are well secured under...