tag:pointoflaw.com,2010-12-19://19 2013-03-04T12:50:08Z Movable Type 5.02 tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9520 2013-03-04T13:45:34Z 2013-03-04T12:50:08Z

"Environmental Protection Agency officials are making an 'on-going practice' of 'near-immediate turnaround to provide records to environmentalist pressure groups,' while imposing 'starkly disparate treatment of groups with different perspectives but which are otherwise similarly situated,'" complains a Competitive Enterprise Institute...

Ted Frank tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9518 2013-03-04T13:15:30Z 2013-03-04T11:37:09Z

Ted Frank tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013:/feature//3.9519 2013-03-04T13:00:40Z 2013-03-04T11:57:13Z

by Ted Frank Professor Gilles's last parenthetical confuses me. What is my "typical" objection? For that matter, who is my cohort? I always thought of myself as sui generis. I honestly haven't paid a lot of attention to the Visa/Mastercard...

Ted Frank tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9517 2013-03-01T17:14:20Z 2013-03-01T19:38:59Z

Colin Hedrick Legal Intern, Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy Given the recent slew of negative press (e.g. Daily Beast, Frontline) about the government's failure to prosecute executives for their alleged role in the 2008 financial crisis, it is unsurprising...

Isaac Gorodetski tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013:/feature//3.9516 2013-03-01T16:50:43Z 2013-03-01T16:56:25Z

By Myriam Gilles Ted Frank's posting starts off on an agreeable enough note: it turns out we concur that the vindication-of-rights doctrine does, in fact, exist, and that Amex's lead argument rejecting the doctrine is "extreme." Sad times that we...

Isaac Gorodetski tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9515 2013-02-28T05:30:53Z 2013-02-28T05:30:52Z

An "ongoing criminal investigation" by the Secret Service served search warrants on two law offices of Mikal Watts this month. The government is apparently looking into allegations that Watts exaggerated his client portfolio with falsified retainer agreements to work his...

Ted Frank tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9514 2013-02-27T20:21:01Z 2013-02-27T20:24:31Z

Plaintiffs had challenged the constitutionality of Mississippi's $1M cap on non-economic damages; the Fifth Circuit rejected the challenge in the long-awaited Learmouth v. Sears. More from Beck. Earlier. With this cloud removed from the cap, Mississippi residents and doctors should...

Ted Frank tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9513 2013-02-27T15:21:25Z 2013-02-27T15:26:59Z

James R. Copland Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in American Express v. Italian Colors, the latest in a string of recent cases in which the Court tackles arbitration and the class action device. To preview, react to,...

Isaac Gorodetski tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9512 2013-02-27T14:23:37Z 2013-02-27T15:33:16Z

Ted Frank tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013:/feature//3.9511 2013-02-27T13:05:22Z 2013-03-01T16:49:28Z

by Ted Frank This might be a short debate! From the beginning, I've defended Concepcion because I believe nothing in Concepcion precluded consumers from vindicating their rights. American Express's briefing, however, has focused on a theory that they can do...

Ted Frank tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9510 2013-02-26T21:45:43Z 2013-02-26T22:08:30Z

The Financial Stability Oversight Council was created by Dodd-Frank to apply the collective wisdom of key financial regulators to identifying and averting threats to the financial system. The FSOC has a number of concrete responsibilities, including reporting annually to Congress...

Hester Peirce tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013:/feature//3.9509 2013-02-26T15:33:21Z 2013-03-01T16:50:27Z

By Myriam Gilles After seven years of appellate litigation, including three rounds at the Second Circuit and two trips to the Supreme Court, in the final footnote of its Reply Brief, American Express has abandoned - stunningly - its primary...

Isaac Gorodetski tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013://8.9507 2013-02-26T15:27:19Z 2013-02-26T15:36:39Z

Most of the attention on Wednesday's argument is on the Voting Rights Act case, Shelby County v. Holder (see the Washington Post profile of Ed Blum), but I'm paying more attention to the undercard, American Express v. Italian Colors. A...

Ted Frank tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013:/feature//3.9508 2013-02-26T15:08:10Z 2013-02-26T21:48:10Z

James R. Copland On Wednesday, February 27, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in American Express v. Italian Colors, the latest in a string of recent cases in which the Court tackles arbitration and the class action device. To...

Isaac Gorodetski tag:www.pointoflaw.com,2013:/feature//3.9506 2013-02-26T15:02:20Z 2013-02-26T15:02:26Z

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