Follow POL on Twitter - In the $550 million Goldman case, "the SEC got a big payday in what would have been seen as a strike suit had it been a private securities class action lawyer." [Ribstein]
- Good news: the Eleventh Circuit starts peeling back its appalling Lowery decision on federal removal jurisdiction. [Pretka v. Kolter City Plaza II, Inc.; WLF; Appellate Strategist; White & Case press release; Earlier @ Fed Soc]
- Seventh Circuit: expert testimony supporting class certification must meet Daubert standards. [American Honda Motor Co. v. Allen; Hassen; Wachert; Sachse; Couch; WLF; Chamblee Burch]
- Forbes discusses issues with the $20B BP fund and likely litigation. [Forbes]
- New blog on Obamacare litigation. [ACA Litigation Blog]
- The effect of "diversity" standards in college admissions can be worth as much as 450 points on the SAT. I'm curious: why don't we ever see "disparate impact" cases when there's actually a racially-motivated disparate impact? [Minding the Campus]
- Betcha you didn't know that "neo-conservatives" were responsible for people thinking that the ludicrous McDonald's coffee case was ludicrous. The scary thing is that torts students are ever taught otherwise. [TortsProf]
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Laura Eyi Press Officer, Manhattan Institute leyi@manhattan-institute.org |
