October 14, 2008

• Here comes a big wave of investor class actions over the mortgage implosion [NLJ]
• Followup to our discussion of pending class action reforms in the U.K., with numerous useful links [Paul Karlsgodt, Class Action Blawg]
• Detroit News endorses re-election of Michigan Chief Justice Clifford Taylor [its editorial via Pero]
• Johnson & Johnson has spent at least $68 million to settle claims over its Ortho Evra birth control patch, which Planned Parenthood considers safe and effective [Bloomberg; earlier here, here, here, and here]
• Survey finds most demanding employment issues for company legal departments are discrimination/harassment, FMLA, wage/hour, HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley [annual ACC/Jackson Lewis survey, Workplace Prof]
• California court of appeal rules that parties can use state's Section 998 offer-of-judgment rule, an analogue of FRCP 68, right away at start of lawsuit rather than only after waiting period [Cal Biz Lit]