- Dickie Scruggs reports to prison [Eric Gilkey, Claims Magazine via Rossmiller comments]
- Gaseous hyperbole + "Gerry Spence" byline = treasury of legal wisdom? [Greenfield]
- Robert Blakey and Alan Dershowitz, hired by plaintiffs in gigantic Russian suit against Bank of New York, say it's just dandy for Moscow court to impose damages under RICO [Ambrogi]
- Feds respond to Paul Minor appeal in Mississippi [Clarion-Ledger]; author of article series assailing Minor prosecution says she has no idea whether he's guilty or innocent [interesting Folo comments section]
- Does med mal reform much affect doctor supply? Infant mortality? [Miller on J. Legal Studies article, not apparently itself online; link fixed now]
- Judge says some lawyers cheated others out of millions in giant Florida class action against Progressive Insurance [DBR back in May]
- Speech codes? "Invalidated in schools, mandated in workplaces" [Bader, CEI, link fixed now]
Around the web, August 7
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |



