September 23, 2008

• New frontiers of institutional reform litigation: Florida suit claims it's an Olmstead violation for government not to support home or small-facility care for patients now in nursing homes [AP]
• Last of the dinosaurs? Missouri hospitals' suit is among the few remaining hot spots of mostly-discredited tobacco recoupment litigation [Overlawyered]
• Court rules taxpayers of Waterbury, Connecticut are not liable for predatory sex practices of its former mayor [Second Circuit Civil Rights]
• Texas lawyer challenges as unconstitutional that state's law restraining plaintiffs from suing over silica if they suffer no impairment [Texas Lawyer]
• And what a shock that is: study by law firm specializing in Community Reinvestment Act-related litigation purports to exonerate CRA from blame in subprime calamity [The Other McCain]
• More on New Zealand no-fault, this time in the medical care context [Running a Hospital via KevinMD]