Follow POL on Twitter - Second Circuit takes issue with attorney ethics in informal aggregate settlement. [Johnson v. Nextel; Torts Prof]
- Former silicosis clients sue their indicted lawyer, though it's hard to see how they're the victims in his scheme to defraud an insurance company through kickbacks to the claims adjusters. [Texas Lawyer/law.com]
- Legal trap doors for New Jersey builders. This sort of statutory authority for litigation is appalling: it merely transfers wealth from builders and their customers to attorneys without any consumer protection whatsoever. [OL]
- Thank Wal-Mart for your new bank fee. [Instapundit link roundup; relatedly me earlier @ NY Post]
- "California's Kafkaesque Rent Control Laws" [Epstein @ Hoover]
- Al Davis, litigant. [ATL]
Around the web, October 14
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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 |
