December 23, 2009

• Towers Perrin/Tillinghast survey predicts pickup in tort costs [Mark Hofmann, Business Insurance; Daniel Hays, National Underwriter; report in PDF]
• New $23 million slug of money for EEOC enforcement is couched as backlog reduction so that must be okay [NLJ]
• Ameet Sachdev of Chicago Tribune interviews Mark Herrmann on law blogging; why most blogs that come out of big law firms aren't very good [Beck & Herrmann]
• Illinois Supreme Court reverses economic damages Baycol class certification [Drug & Device Law, Jackson] "Federal Court Refuses to Certify Personal Injury Class in Suture MDL" [Jackson] "Federal Court Allows Nationwide UCL Class Action via California's Unfair Competition Law" [Cal Civil Justice]
• Ninth Circuit accuses Jerry Brown's office of making false statements to court in pharmacist case [Egelko, SF Chronicle via Legal Ethics Forum]
• "Erosion of ownership rights" [Quin Hillyer, Washington Times]