October 29, 2008

• Judge Kessler's "P.R. as racketeering" decision against tobacco companies, now on appeal to D.C. Circuit, incorporated typos from DoJ proposed findings [B.L.T. first, second posts]
• Schulman and Bershad, former name partners in Milberg Weiss, sentenced to six months each [Jurist, Karlsgodt]
• "Get ready to relearn the ADA" [Lorber et al, Legal Times; Paul Secunda, Workplace Prof, with extensive discussion of inside negotiations from Chai Feldblum]
• 95%+ of House members get majority of campaign money from outside their districts, but docs better not take a ballpoint pen from a drug rep, that would be corrupting [Happy Hospitalist]
• Congress may make later assignees of mortgages liable for "predatory" conduct of original lender -- and retroactively too, one plaintiff's lawyer hopes [Seattle P-I]
• Medical directory publisher that knowingly misstates doctor's qualifications can be held liable for later patient injury [OnPoint News, Knepper v. Brown, Oregon Supreme Court]