November 14, 2009

• Sen. Chris Dodd's financial services bill would overturn Stoneridge, establish aiding-and-abetting securities liability [WSJ editorial]
• "Card Check: Canada is the Model, But a Failed, Unpopular Model" [Carter at ShopFloor on our new John Endean labor-law paper]
• Media Matters and TV talker Rachel Maddow advance cheap smear against Heritage Foundation's valuable overcriminalization project [Radley Balko and again]
• Other courts have generally declined to follow that lamentable California decision of a year ago imposing liability on name-brand pharmaceutical manufacturer for injuries allegedly caused by its generic competitors [Jeff Pilkington & Geoff Klingsporn, Beck & Herrmann at Drug and Device Law and more, earlier here and here]
• More from the Connecticut lawmaker: "Sen. Dodd To Introduce Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill" [Daniel Schwartz, earlier]
• Age discrimination complaints to EEOC unexpectedly decline 7% [Adjunct Law Prof via Workplace Law Prof]