September 28, 2007

• Insurers fight Referendum 67 with TV ads invoking fictional law firm of Sooem Settle & Kashin, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association says that's "slanderous" [Seattle Times, NW Republican]


• Missouri judge rejects state-constitution challenge to school finance [AP/SEMissourian]


• Touting of lawsuits to recoup public costs of meth abuse from OTC drug makers "sounds like a commercial for the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes" [Coyote]


• When to settle your malpractice case as a defendant (even if you feel you did everything right) [Medical Economics via KevinMD]


• Reactions to court's dismissal of the California automaker/greenhouse gas suit [WSJ Energy Blog, attorney Richard Faulk @ Law and More, Dan Walters]


• "Very likely" that Madison County "will not be listed as a judicial hellhole this year," says ATRA's Darren McKinney [Post-Dispatch]


• Law.com takes a look at Justice Department's stepped-up use of corporate monitoring in plea deals [Corporate Counsel]