- Maryland trial lawyers once again pushing Annapolis bill to open up suits against former lead paint manufacturers [Marta Mossberg, D.C. Examiner]
- U. of Chicago emergency room under fire for sending dog-bit kid home. What's the ultimate lesson? [White Coat]
- Expert on economics of piracy has book out next month titled The Invisible Hook [Dubner, Freakonomics]
- "Everything from an alarming advertisement to a cockroach baked in a pie": what can't be called "public nuisance"? [Maureen Martin via Genova]
- Prejudgment interest bill in Springfield could be a sort of stimulus bill for Illinois trial lawyers [Travis Akin, I-LAW via Pero]
- James Zirin reviews Philip Howard's Life Without Lawyers [NY Law Journal]



