Follow POL on Twitter - Fifth Circuit: Reasonable to dismiss individual Vioxx MDL cases where plaintiffs failed to produce supporting expert report. [Wajert]
- Third Circuit tightens standard for class certification in settlement classes. (Congratulations to blogger Howard Bashman, who argued the appeal.) [Legal Intelligencer; Sullivan v. DB Investments]
- Only eight out of 149 entry-level law-school tenure-track hires in 2005, 2007, and 2009 were identifiably conservative. Jim Lindgren comments @ Volokh. [NLJ; Spencer & Phillips @ SSRN]
- No charges in politically-motivated investigation of politically-motivated firings of political appointee U.S. Attorneys. [AP/Fox]
- Anonymous support for DISCLOSE Act, which will restrict anonymous speech. [Center for Competitive Politics via IJ]
- Five myths about the death penalty. [WaPo]
- Canada moves toward a free-market health-care model. [Gratzer]
- The ultimate NHTSA defect safety complaint. [Fumento via Overlawyered]
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |
