October 4, 2007

• "Bootlegger/Baptist" theory, famous in explaining success of Prohibition, applied to state tobacco litigation caper [Yandle, Rotondi, Morriss for Mercatus]


• Activist Arkansas AG McDaniel plans to hop on the anti-pharma bandwagon with suit against antipsychotic marketing [Dem-Gaz]


• Public Citizen defends you-know-which clientele's interests against menace of binding arbitration; U.S. Chamber has instant response;


• More work for lawyers? Obama promises, or as the case may be threatens, a return to tough antitrust enforcement [Giacalone; Wright]


• Blawg Review #128 comes from Ireland, in particular Lex Ferenda at Trinity College, Dublin;


• Four Jane Jacobs ideas that should have made a difference in NYC [Vitullo-Martin at MI's CRD]