February 11, 2008

• New York officials move to ban unlicensed private ownership of chemical/radiological detection equipment [Volokh, Village Voice]
• Insurance coverage litigation highlights of 2007 make a better read than anyone had a right to expect [Maniloff/Lexis via Rossmiller, also podcast]
• Heartburn after a hot-chili meal, or cardiac distress? Better to err on the side of an ER referral [Starr/Cortlandt Forum via KevinMD]
• There's a time for the Supreme Court to weigh policy considerations in securities law, and a time for it not to [Bainbridge]
• PBS airing "Kingdom", series on small-town British lawyer [Cathy Gellis]
• "Incoherent mess", "easy-to-spot falsehoods and silly exaggerations": Felix Salmon tells us exactly what he thinks of Ben Stein's latest [Portfolio]