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May 30, 2008
Around the web, May 30
- Ted has an exclusive: Alabama federal judge strikes down FACTA as unconstitutional, with many implications for other fields of "harm-less" consumer litigation [Overlawyered]
- WSJ lands hard on Rep. Rangel's $1.6 billion tax cut for trial lawyers [editorial today; earlier]
- Fruits of cy pres? "Most of our money comes from lawsuits" says Greenlining Institute which is leading scary new "diversity" assault on California philanthropy [Heather Higgins/WSJ; more, scroll to fourth item]
- "Mother Teresa, move aside": Arthur Miller, David Boies, Stephen Susman among those hailing Mel Weiss's philanthropy and character in plea for sentencing clemency [OL]
- Don't assume suits against Wall Street over auction-rate securities are a slam dunk [Bloomberg via WSJ law blog]
- West Virginia Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals in two gigantic business-dispute punitive awards [WV Record]
- Grasso/NYSE case could test limits of state AGs' powers [NYLJ]
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