- Update on controversy over FASB treatment of accounting contingencies for litigation [Beck & Herrmann; earlier here, here, etc.]
- "Suit Alleges Collusion Between Plaintiffs' Lawyers, Diocese in Abuse Settlements" [Charleston Post & Courier via Childs]
- Key Roanoke local employer hit with $36.3 million trade secrets jury verdict [Roanoke Times]
- American exceptionalism in law was theme of a Federalist Society conference, now in print [Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, new issue]
- Faced with voter-imposed cap on taxes they can impose, Colorado lawmakers slap big "fee" on hospitals, forbid them to show it on bills [Independence Institute, Denver Daily News and backgrounder in PDF; Dr. Wes]
- Views of three legal stars on preemption [Northwestern U. Law Review: Stephen Williams, Catherine Sharkey, Richard Epstein, all PDF]



