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December 31, 2006

"The Capital Market Crack-Up"

Posted by Walter Olson

December 30, 2006

Worse still for Mr. Lerach

Posted by Michael Krauss

December 29, 2006

A troubled December for Milberg Weiss

Posted by Ted Frank

Immigration/employer whipsaws, cont'd

Posted by Walter Olson

"Workplace bullying" not a cause of action

Posted by Walter Olson

December 28, 2006

Gerald Ford and impeachment

Posted by Ted Frank

Lerach's involuntary client II

Posted by Ted Frank

"Graying of US academia stirs debate"

Posted by Walter Olson

Fifth Circuit vacancy

Posted by Walter Olson

December 27, 2006

Swift & Co. meat plant immigration raids

Posted by Ted Frank

Holiday disclaimers

Posted by Walter Olson

Obama and liability reform

Posted by Ted Frank

December 25, 2006

Tyler v. Carter

Posted by Ted Frank

December 22, 2006

The other side of the Lilly/Zyprexa story II

Posted by Ted Frank

Appell and Arrigale v. Merck

Posted by Ted Frank

Plavix: New round of drug suits on the way?

Posted by Michael Krauss

AOL securities class action

Posted by Walter Olson

Pack up that sled, sonny

Posted by Walter Olson

December 21, 2006

Garza verdict slashed

Posted by James R. Copland

"Martha Stewart's Legal Troubles"

Posted by Walter Olson

"Active Liberty: A Progressive Alternative to Textualism and Originalism?"

Posted by Ted Frank

Lawyer threatens criminal sanction against client who refuses to pay excessive fee

Posted by Michael Krauss

Job descriptions in Cuomo AG office

Posted by Walter Olson

Lou Dobbs warns St. Nicholas

Posted by Walter Olson

December 20, 2006

Two views on Joan Biskupic

Posted by Ted Frank

Zyprexa protective order enforcement

Posted by Ted Frank

Trans fat commentaries

Posted by Walter Olson

Foreign firms at a disadvantage in U.S. courts?

Posted by Walter Olson

West Virginia med-mal reforms

Posted by Walter Olson

December 19, 2006

Are criminals a protected class?

Posted by Ted Frank

Bausch & Lomb MoistureLoc litigation

Posted by Ted Frank

Mississippi loses an insurer

Posted by Ted Frank

"Why Are New York Car Insurance Rates So High?"

Posted by Walter Olson

Milberg Weiss's indictment for kickbacks results in disqualification

Posted by Michael Krauss

The other side of the Lilly/Zyprexa story

Posted by Ted Frank

Nice to be Appreciated Dept.

Posted by Walter Olson

Why medical safety isn't as easy as it seems

Posted by Ted Frank

December 18, 2006

Mass tort document leaks

Posted by Ted Frank

How important is "actual injury" to Prop 64?

Posted by Ted Frank

Fla. med-mal: speaking of waivers...

Posted by Walter Olson

PIRG fund-raising

Posted by Walter Olson

December 17, 2006

Latest Tillinghast Towers-Perrin study

Posted by Ted Frank

Ohio lawsuit curbs OKd

Posted by Walter Olson

December 16, 2006

DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Ferrante

Posted by Ted Frank

Ken Starr on SOX

Posted by Larry Ribstein

December 15, 2006

Merck victory in Alabama Albright case

Posted by Ted Frank

Litigiousness 1, Common Sense 0

Posted by Michael Krauss

"The SEC Takes a First Step Toward Reform"

Posted by Ted Frank

Those "bad toy" lists

Posted by Walter Olson

Lerach's involuntary client

Posted by Ted Frank

Schulman's Milberg departure, cont'd

Posted by Walter Olson

December 14, 2006

Strangling Pensions II

Posted by Ted Frank

The so-called rising wealth-disparity

Posted by Larry Ribstein

Merck wins Dedrick federal case

Posted by Ted Frank

Merck wins yet another Vioxx suit

Posted by Michael Krauss

December 13, 2006

SUV rollover lawsuits

Posted by Ted Frank

The First Amendment and Lawyer Blogs

Posted by Larry Ribstein

The government relents on the Thompson memo

Posted by Larry Ribstein

Wal-Mart overseas-supplier-labor suit

Posted by Walter Olson

Texas politics: Fred Baron's $1.7M

Posted by Walter Olson

December 12, 2006

Thompson memo superseded

Posted by Ted Frank

The rule of law

Posted by Walter Olson

State AGs not so hyperactive after all

Posted by Walter Olson

Ohio lead-paint suits, cont'd

Posted by Walter Olson

December 11, 2006

Trial lawyer puts money where his mouth is

Posted by Ted Frank

"Do Defendants Pay What Juries Award? Post-Verdict Haircuts in Texas Medical Malpractice Cases, 1988-2003"

Posted by Ted Frank

Scales on New Orleans Katrina insurance cases

Posted by Ted Frank

Medical mistakes in Japan

Posted by Walter Olson

An "endless search for a solvent bystander"

Posted by Walter Olson

December 10, 2006

Market-priced milk for me, but not for thee

Posted by Ted Frank

"Special Interest Cash Hits a Wall in Judicial Elections"

Posted by Walter Olson

December 09, 2006

Fred Baron: Baron & Budd pleading "frivolous, abusive and troubling"

Posted by Ted Frank

Asbestos trust fund proposals

Posted by Walter Olson

December 08, 2006

Schulman quits Milberg Weiss

Posted by Walter Olson

Jeff Skilling

Posted by Ted Frank

Cats and dogs lying down together?

Posted by Walter Olson

Cell phones won't give you cancer

Posted by Walter Olson

December 07, 2006

"It's Over"?

Posted by Ted Frank

SarbOx vs. NYC's future, cont'd

Posted by Walter Olson

Mine safety

Posted by Ted Frank

Institutional review boards

Posted by Walter Olson

December 06, 2006

When does the statute of limitations run on Tobacco Suits?

Posted by Michael Krauss

Australia legalizes champerty; prize money

Posted by Walter Olson

"Enron -- the musical"

Posted by Walter Olson

December 05, 2006

Asbestos frauds in the WSJ

Posted by Walter Olson

French fry snatchers

Posted by Walter Olson

Drop that cigarette! There's polonium in it!

Posted by Walter Olson

Blawg Review #86

Posted by Walter Olson

December 04, 2006

Reinsurance fraud

Posted by Walter Olson

Thompson memorandum of global warming

Posted by Larry Ribstein

Arguments For/Against Loser-Pays

Posted by Jonathan B. Wilson

Parade of new blogs

Posted by Walter Olson

Paulson report, cont'd

Posted by Walter Olson

December 03, 2006

Illinois medical liability reforms

Posted by Walter Olson

December 02, 2006

Reforming consumer class actions

Posted by Ted Frank

Shorter L.A. Times on insurance and risk

Posted by Walter Olson

December 01, 2006

The Katrina Canal Cases

Posted by Martin F Grace

New Times column -- "US capital markets must learn from London"

Posted by Walter Olson

More on the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation

Posted by Ted Frank

Dunn & Derthick on school finance lawsuits

Posted by Walter Olson

Diller: NY Times "loony" on executive pay

Posted by Walter Olson

FEATURED DISCUSSION ARCHIVE:

Constitutionality of Individual Mandate, March 2012
Human Rights and International Law, February-March 2012
The constitutionality of President Obama's recess appointments, January 2012
Do caps on medical malpractice damages hurt consumers?, December 2011
Trial Lawyers Inc.: State Attorneys General, October 2011
Wal-Mart v. Dukes, April 2011
Kagan Supreme Court nomination, May-June 2010
Election roundtable, November-December 2006
Who's the boss, September 2006
Medical judgement, July 2006
Lawyer Licensing, May 2006
Contingent claims, April 2006
Smoking guns, July 2004

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