September 27, 2007

If you're not reading my other blog (with co-contributors Ted Frank and David Nieporent) you might be missing stories like these:

• Mikal Watts "judges owe us" letter blows up into political scandal in Texas;


• More on lawsuits against makers of over-the-counter cold remedies for enabling methamphetamine abuse;


• In "surprising and uncommon" med-mal settlement, Nebraska hospital will actually take useful steps to improve patient care; new website on how to squeeze whiplash cases for major $; medical expert cops plea deal after federal indictment for false testimony;


• They scoffed at the feds' Milberg Weiss probe for producing no results, but they're not scoffing now; Edwards campaign isn't giving back those big bundles arranged by Bill Lerach;


• Trial lawyers jubilant as court strikes down federal law shielding car-rental companies from state vicarious liability; auto seat recline safety scare; what happened to those San Antonio lawyers who tried to defraud Chrysler by falsifying evidence after a Mexican crash?


• Class action news: Lawyers in Iowa suit against Microsoft bag $75 million fees; Illinois lawyers demand that defendant help them line up live named plaintiff to replace their dead one; judges blast "unchecked avarice" of prominent Miami firm in fire-fee case; Wisconsin snuff case yields mucho coupons;


• Plaintiff's lawyer Brent Coon's shenanigans during voir dire of Texas BP explosion trial;


• Why should police recruits be scored on multiple-choice tests? It's not as if they'll have to think on the job; more managers being sued personally in employment law.