- Texas asbestos and silicosis reform a success. [LNL; TCJL]
- Elsewhere in Texas, Governor Perry proposes loser pays and making access to justice easier for smaller cases. [TCJL]
- Extensive tort reform in Wisconsin undoes some bad Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions, caps punitive damages. [Sachse]
- Multi-billion dollar judgment in Ecuador in Chevron lawsuit. Chevron has a webpage detailing its response to and summarizing the various collateral litigations, including a Hague international arbitration temporarily prohibiting international enforcement of the judgement.
- "Climate Policy by Judicial Fiat: How Global Warming Lawsuits Subvert the Democratic Process" [Heritage]
- Insider trading and the Sentencing Guidelines. [Ribstein]
- Why is Obama meeting with a group that launders Chinese money? [Carney @ Examiner]
- DOJ/DHS operation shuts down over 83,000 web sites for no reason. [Blackman]
Around the web, February 17
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Rafael Mangual Project Manager, Legal Policy rmangual@manhattan-institute.org |
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