Follow POL on Twitter - How should courts treat "professional objectors"? [Schonbrun; Karlsgodt]
- Wisconsin Supreme Court election tomorrow, has become proxy vote on Governor Walker union reforms. [Kaus]
- Chamber continues to oppose Jack McConnell D.R.I. nomination; Senate Judiciary Committee approves. [ILR]
- Virginia governor vetoes HB1459, which would have increased medical malpractice damage caps. Unlike most states, Virginia law caps total damages, and the bill increased the caps by 2.5% or less a year for twenty years. [WaPo]
- Medical malpractice reform dies in New York. [Heritage]
- Nocera on an odd exercise of prosecutorial discretion. [NYT]
- US FCPA self-reporting down, while UK passes similar Bribery Act. An economist suggests that legalizing bribery (while continuing to forbid bribe-taking) is optimal way to discourage bribery, so these laws move in the wrong direction. [Corporate Crime Reporter; Levick @ Forbes; Tabarrok]
- Odd, and likely unconstitutional, Arkansas ban on cyber-bullying passed despite sound opposition from Dan Greenberg. [Volokh]
- Discredited Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Mangum arrested for stabbing a man. [Raleigh News Observer]
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| Rafael Mangual Project Manager, Legal Policy rmangual@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Katherine Lazarski Manhattan Institute klazarski@manhattan-institute.org |
