August 4, 2008

• Unenviable Florida distinction: "We're sort of the [uninsured]-doctor capital of the world". [Sun-Sentinel]
• MI's Jim Copland quoted in article on Texarkana class actions including the mammoth "Colossus" insurance dispute [SE Texas Record]
• Unconvincing ways of attacking Cass Sunstein [Economics of Contempt]
• White-collar deferred prosecutions: "Pressure to Fire Executives Raises Constitutional Issues" [Akin Gump's Asaro/Hotz, NYLJ]
• Commenters not enthusiastic about mooted "nonaggression pact" to wave through appointments of lawprofs as judges [Rick Hills @ Prawfsblawg, Adler @ Volokh]
• Crank ideologue Naomi Klein blandly quoted as economic authority alongside C. Fred Bergsten and Jeffrey Sachs [NYT]
• More thoughts on class certification in Dukes v. Wal-Mart and other class actions [Karro, Hofstra Labor & Empt Law J., PDF, via McCormick/Workplace Law]