Follow POL on Twitter - Many tort reforms passed in state legislatures this year. [Pew Stateline]
- Smith v. Bayer undoes Judge Easterbrook's classic Firestone/Bridgestone opinion, but probably doesn't have much effect post-CAFA. [Beck; Trask; Karlsgodt]
- When is an AG parens patriae suit subject to CAFA? [LNL and WLF on petition for rehearing in Fourth Circuit]
- FEC arbitrarily holds Facebook can't have political advertising that Google can. [IJ Make No Law]
- Objection to California state "claims-made" class-action settlement. The June issue of California Lawyer (not online) has a very good article on the subject. [Consumer Watchdog]
- M&A suits increasingly filed in state court. [Johnson @ SSRN via Business Law Prof]
- Dan Synder facing anti-SLAPP motion. [Citizen Media Law Project]
- Soda taxes won't have meaningful effect on obesity rates. [Klick/Helland @ Regulation]
- A nice syllogism in a Fish & Richardson summary judgment brief for the Dallas Mavericks. [Deadspin]
- TSA really cares about following the rules. [Lowering the Bar]
Around the web, June 22
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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 |
