January 28, 2009

• Today is CPSIA Blogging Day, in which hundreds of bloggers are expected to protest the new law driving small makers of children's goods out of business; look for posts here and (especially) at my other site, Overlawyered;
• I spoke last weekend at an excellent Federalist Society one-day West Coast event on Indian and tribal law; I addressed land claims litigation, while my co-panelist Maimon Schwarzschild of U. San Diego compellingly explained ongoing efforts to invoke international law on behalf of "indigenous peoples" including Native Americans [Volokh, Overlawyered; unrelated Michigan State symposium on labor and employment law in Indian country]
• "One speaker said that, to date, no Canadian court has ever denied a motion to certify a class in a drug or device case." [Beck & Herrmann]
• "Lott's Name Surfaces in Connection with New Scruggs Suit" [WSJ Law Blog]
• Aspirations to transparency easier said than done when it comes to trial lawyers' influence on presidential transition [Carter @ ShopFloor]
• Judge declines to certify class action of persons claiming injury from Teflon fumes [InjuryBoard, South Florida Lawyers via Karlsgodt]