- Columnist Michael Kinsley warns Congress against legislative folly of repealing medical device preemption [Washington Times, WSJ Health Blog, testimony, PDF; ShopFloor]
- CBS "60 Minutes" enlists on the plaintiff's side in Chevron/Ecuador battle [Washington Times, CEI OpenMarket, Business & Media Institute, ShopFloor; earlier posts]
- Both GOP candidates for New Jersey governor, Chris Christie and Steve Lonegan, include litigation/court reform in their platforms [NJLRA]
- Not easy to get Judge Weinstein to exclude scientific testimony on a Daubert motion, but he did it in a Zyprexa case [Beck & Herrmann]
- More on economic effects of unionization [Goldberg/NRO]
- Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Vermont best, and Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York worst: the 50 states ranked according to the freedom of their property/casualty insurance markets [CEI/Heartland]



