Regulation Through Litigation FORUM ARCHIVE
Since at least the New Deal, it has been taken for granted that it is the elected branches of government that shoulder the power (and the responsibility) of enacting new schemes to regulate private and business conduct. When things go wrong, policymakers—Congress, or the executive-branch appointees at the FDA, EPA, SEC, etc.—are ultimately answerable to and replaceable by a national electorate. . . . Continue reading...
Enjoining food and beverage formulations By Walter Olson, 05-07-2008 As the Quill Turns...Tobacco By Carter Wood, 05-01-2008 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act upheld by Second Circuit By Ted Frank, 04-30-2008 Kivalina: The Most Dangerous Litigation in America By Carter Wood, 04-29-2008 Santa Clara v. Superior Court By Ted Frank, 04-15-2008 Students! Help Santa Clara County scout out new ways to sue American business! By Walter Olson, 03-27-2008 "Climate Change Litigation Since Mass v. EPA" By Walter Olson, 03-25-2008 Oklahoma's Big Chicken case By Walter Olson, 03-08-2008 Retroactive lead-paint liability By Walter Olson, 03-05-2008 State Vehicle Emissions Regulations Now Vulnerable By Hans Bader, 02-26-2008 State Attorney Generals Abuse Their Power By Hans Bader, 02-25-2008 Double Standards at Duke -- and in the Courts By Hans Bader, 02-24-2008 Riegel v. Medtronic By Ted Frank, 02-20-2008 "Why Torts Trumped Terrorism" By Ted Frank, 02-18-2008 Cleveland, Baltimore municipal subprime suits By Walter Olson, 01-15-2008 Cleveland suit: overlending as public nuisance By Walter Olson, 01-14-2008 Deadline approaches for individual FL tobacco suits By Michael Krauss, 01-11-2008 D.C. Strict Gun Liability Statute Bites the Dust By Michael Krauss, 01-11-2008 You Harmed Us By Enabling our Citizens to Buy Homes By Michael Krauss, 01-08-2008 The other Scruggs Katrina scandal By Walter Olson, 12-19-2007 "Here come the climate-change lawsuits" By Walter Olson, 12-14-2007 Toledo lead paint lawsuit By Walter Olson, 12-13-2007 "3-year-old trial lawyer contract never approved" By Walter Olson, 11-21-2007 State Court Docket Watch November 2007 By Ted Frank, 11-20-2007 The "public nuisance" template By Walter Olson, 11-14-2007 "AGs Gone Wild" By Walter Olson, 11-14-2007 "Carbon Neutral Government Act of 2007" By Walter Olson, 11-08-2007 R.I./duPont lead pact, cont'd By Walter Olson, 11-05-2007 U.S. Chamber Legal Reform Summit By Walter Olson, 10-24-2007 Defending state AG activism By Walter Olson, 10-24-2007 Bad idea: Barney Frank legislation on mortgages By Ted Frank, 10-23-2007 October 29: The Legal Environment of Global Climate Change By Ted Frank, 10-18-2007 Arkansas drug suit, cont'd By Walter Olson, 10-09-2007 Absurd RI lead abatement plan developed By Michael Krauss, 10-02-2007 Contingent-fee tax collection in Mississippi, cont'd By Walter Olson, 10-02-2007 Nocera on Cuomo's climate change subpoenas By Walter Olson, 09-26-2007 "Part of the problem is who is driving the bus" By Walter Olson, 09-22-2007 Miss. AG Hood on outside contracts: "the system is working" By Walter Olson, 09-21-2007 "Transparency Code" for state AGs By Walter Olson, 09-20-2007 "Judge tosses global warming lawsuit against car makers" By Walter Olson, 09-18-2007 Ohio AG under fire By Walter Olson, 09-14-2007 State AGs versus Boston Scientific/Guidant By Walter Olson, 09-13-2007 "Lobbyists targeting state attorneys general" By Walter Olson, 09-11-2007 A charter to sue the feds over global warming? By Walter Olson, 09-11-2007 New featured column: Bainbridge on warming suits By Walter Olson, 09-07-2007 "Suing to Shut Down ‘Teach For America’" By Ted Frank, 09-04-2007 San Diego paper: Jerry Brown sure fooled us By Walter Olson, 09-03-2007 Fined for speaking against the president By Ted Frank, 09-02-2007 Municipal lead suits destined to fade? By Walter Olson, 08-27-2007 Global warming and the state AGs By Walter Olson, 08-23-2007 "Appropriation by litigation" in school finance By Walter Olson, 08-07-2007 Trial Lawyers, Inc. Update: Judicial Lead-ership By James R. Copland, 08-02-2007 Prof. Dorf responds By Walter Olson, 07-31-2007 "Reaching Too Far? The Role of State Attorneys General" By Walter Olson, 07-31-2007 Russia v. Bank of New York By Walter Olson, 07-10-2007 Liptak: "If You Win, You Lose" By James R. Copland, 07-09-2007 "The largest plaintiff's law firm in the state" By Walter Olson, 07-06-2007 Susman on global warming litigation By Walter Olson, 07-05-2007 Breaking: jury rejects Milwaukee lead paint suit By Walter Olson, 06-22-2007 Ohio high court: no market-share liability on lead paint By Walter Olson, 06-22-2007 Gigantic expansion of regulation through litigation By Ted Frank, 06-19-2007 Breaking: N.J. high court rules against lead-paint nuisance theory By Walter Olson, 06-15-2007 Eliot Spitzer wannabes, cont'd By Walter Olson, 06-12-2007 New featured column: a piece of the (public) action? By Walter Olson, 06-06-2007 Still time to walk away By Walter Olson, 06-01-2007 When privatization doesn't work By Walter Olson, 05-22-2007 The next Eliot Spitzer? By Walter Olson, 05-21-2007 County of Santa Clara v. Atlantic Richfield, cont'd By Walter Olson, 05-19-2007 US government: no more hiring contingent fee lawyers By Ted Frank, 05-16-2007 "Oxy Morons" By Walter Olson, 05-15-2007 Oklahoma high court rejects school finance lawsuit By Walter Olson, 05-13-2007 The Ramifications of Massachusetts v. EPA By Ted Frank, 05-07-2007 Prop 65 By Ted Frank, 04-30-2007 "Lyme Disease Experts: Butt Out, Blumenthal" By Walter Olson, 04-29-2007 Calif. judge: gov't lawyers shouldn't be on contingency By Walter Olson, 04-26-2007 Incentives and the secondary market By Ted Frank, 04-25-2007 "Prime Target" By Ted Frank, 04-25-2007 State AG contracting reform By Walter Olson, 04-24-2007 Ohio files lead-nuisance suit By Walter Olson, 04-08-2007 Massachusetts v. EPA global warming case By Ted Frank, 04-02-2007 Rhode Island lead levels declining By Ted Frank, 03-28-2007 California will appeal tuna-labeling ruling By Walter Olson, 03-25-2007 Global warming litigation, four ways By Walter Olson, 03-21-2007 Oxycontin and nuisance By Walter Olson, 03-16-2007 Dunn charges dropped By Walter Olson, 03-15-2007 Another reason to be nice to state AGs By Walter Olson, 03-09-2007 RI lead paint ruling: more reactions By Walter Olson, 03-07-2007 New York mag on AG Cuomo By Walter Olson, 03-07-2007 Poultry companies challenge Okla. AG By Walter Olson, 03-06-2007 National Law Journal on obesity litigation By Ted Frank, 02-28-2007 R.I. lead paint ruling, cont'd By Walter Olson, 02-28-2007 R.I. judge says paint makers must pay for cleanup By Walter Olson, 02-27-2007 John McWhorter vs. Jonathan Kozol By Walter Olson, 02-23-2007 AP: Lockyer's office improperly hid contracts By Walter Olson, 02-21-2007 Initial thoughts on Philip Morris By James R. Copland, 02-20-2007 Philip Morris v. Williams opinion By James R. Copland, 02-20-2007 Tobacco Litigation in California is Back in Business By Michael Krauss, 02-20-2007 Connecticut mulls regulating hedge funds By Walter Olson, 02-14-2007 Pharmaceutical pricing class actions By Walter Olson, 02-12-2007 Quashing of Dram Shop Damage Award Confirmed By Michael Krauss, 02-08-2007 Jerry Brown: more usual than first thought By Ted Frank, 02-06-2007 Brown won't drop automaker global-warming suit By Walter Olson, 02-02-2007 Around the web, January 25 By Ted Frank, 01-25-2007 Spitzer as deregulator By Larry Ribstein, 01-23-2007 State AGs' modern role By Walter Olson, 01-18-2007 Global warming legal practice By Walter Olson, 01-11-2007 State Farm may settle Scruggs-Hood Katrina suits By Walter Olson, 01-09-2007 Job descriptions in Cuomo AG office By Walter Olson, 12-21-2006 Ohio lawsuit curbs OKd By Walter Olson, 12-17-2006 State AGs not so hyperactive after all By Walter Olson, 12-12-2006 Ohio lead-paint suits, cont'd By Walter Olson, 12-12-2006 Reforming consumer class actions By Ted Frank, 12-02-2006 Dunn & Derthick on school finance lawsuits By Walter Olson, 12-01-2006 Book corner By Walter Olson, 11-29-2006 Preemption and the Supreme Court: Watters v. Wachovia By Ted Frank, 11-27-2006 Court of Appeals orders $1.9B bailout for NYC schools By Walter Olson, 11-21-2006 Global warming litigation debate By Walter Olson, 11-21-2006 Update: Great 1998 Tobacco Robbery By Walter Olson, 11-18-2006 Rumsfeld to be indicted in Germany? By Ted Frank, 11-13-2006 Turning lead into gold By Ted Frank, 11-11-2006 Stop the presses By Walter Olson, 11-10-2006 Watters v. Wachovia By Ted Frank, 11-07-2006 Eliot Spitzer and excessive compensation By Walter Olson, 10-27-2006 Global warming lawsuits, cont'd By Walter Olson, 10-26-2006 Did political appointees undermine DOJ tobacco case? II By Ted Frank, 10-19-2006 ABA Journal on qui tam expansion By Walter Olson, 10-19-2006 "Home Depot, Altria Help Lead Campaign to Dampen 'Spitzerism'" By Ted Frank, 10-17-2006 Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal By Walter Olson, 10-13-2006 John Stossel on obesity litigation By Walter Olson, 10-12-2006 Lockyer flayed on automaker suit By Walter Olson, 10-06-2006 This one's a real head-scratcher... By Michael Krauss, 10-03-2006 Arnold vetoes two bills in Sacramento By Walter Olson, 10-03-2006 "Corporate America Takes On Spitzerism" By Ted Frank, 09-27-2006 California's suit against automakers By Ted Frank, 09-20-2006 "Automakers sued for global warming" By Walter Olson, 09-20-2006 Kessler's extraterritorial tobacco ruling By Walter Olson, 09-15-2006 R.I./duPont lead pact: charity under scrutiny By Walter Olson, 09-13-2006 Spitzer drops most charges against Greenberg By Ted Frank, 09-08-2006 The Enron Task Force's dirty little secret By Tom Kirkendall, 09-01-2006 AGs petitioned to suppress Wal-Mart issue ads By Walter Olson, 09-01-2006 Column: Exploiting for Profit By James R. Copland, 08-31-2006 Spitzer as New York governor By Walter Olson, 08-28-2006 Was Grasso worth it? who decides? By Larry Ribstein, 08-24-2006 Outsourcing of state AG lawsuits By Walter Olson, 08-18-2006 BREAKING: Judge Kessler rules for government in tobacco civil RICO case By Ted Frank, 08-17-2006 First Sue, First Serve By Will Wilson, 08-16-2006 Spitzer spotlight By Walter Olson, 08-14-2006 Event Audio: Consumer Protection By James R. Copland, 08-07-2006 $1 million bid for Spitzer access By Walter Olson, 08-03-2006 AGs target off-label drug promotion By Walter Olson, 08-01-2006 Spitzer methods By Walter Olson, 07-29-2006 Trans Fats, Ctd. By Michael Krauss, 07-26-2006 Did political appointees undermine DOJ tobacco case? By Walter Olson, 07-24-2006 Not all "Eliot Spitzer wannabes" By Walter Olson, 07-21-2006 Gretchen Morgenson thinks securities exemptions are "nifty loopholes" By Larry Ribstein, 07-16-2006 Litigation slush funds, cont'd By Walter Olson, 07-10-2006 Punting DC schools to the courts? By Ted Frank, 07-05-2006 One-way fee shifts By Walter Olson, 07-02-2006 The Lay-Skilling forfeiture motion By Tom Kirkendall, 07-01-2006 "Spoiling for a Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer" By Walter Olson, 06-30-2006 New poster Will Wilson By Walter Olson, 06-27-2006 The Fix is In By Will Wilson, 06-26-2006 Investment banking, securities analysis, and regulatory overreaction By Larry Ribstein, 06-23-2006 A bit of sunlight on the tobacco settlement By Walter Olson, 06-23-2006 Latest Suit Against Big [Trans]Fat By Michael Krauss, 06-14-2006 Spitzer vs. mom-and-pop gas stations By Walter Olson, 06-09-2006 They come to us with suits (cont'd) By Walter Olson, 06-05-2006 Miss. AG: they come to us with suits By Walter Olson, 05-24-2006 Bulow on tobacco-deal inequities By Walter Olson, 05-18-2006 Paint litigation: its spreadability By Walter Olson, 05-17-2006 Global warming and snowmobile emissions By Walter Olson, 05-17-2006 Judge fines R.I. AG for contempt By Walter Olson, 05-09-2006 "Insurers canceling coastal policies" By Walter Olson, 05-04-2006 “The Passion of Eliot Spitzer” By Ted Frank, 05-03-2006 For Motley Rice, chicken every Sunday By Walter Olson, 04-30-2006 Global Warming in the Courts By Michael Krauss, 04-28-2006 Jay Greene on school finance litigation By Walter Olson, 04-27-2006 RI lead paint verdict By Walter Olson, 04-26-2006 Lawyer Lead-ership By James R. Copland, 04-18-2006 Consent-decree reform By Walter Olson, 04-18-2006 The Great Waste By Tom Kirkendall, 04-15-2006 State AGs and the tobacco cartel By Walter Olson, 04-12-2006 "Courts flunk the civics test" By Walter Olson, 04-11-2006 The unraveling Nigerian Barge case By Tom Kirkendall, 04-05-2006 The Case of Monopolies By James R. Copland, 04-04-2006 Hanging Tough By Sam Munson, 04-04-2006 Pay-for-play AG operations By Walter Olson, 03-31-2006 Low-Tar Cigs Class Action Suit By Michael Krauss, 03-30-2006 A tobacco "protection racket" By Walter Olson, 03-29-2006 "So poorly drafted, so mind-blowingly muddled" By Walter Olson, 03-28-2006 Attorney general slush funds, cont'd By Walter Olson, 03-23-2006 "One of the most disgraceful abuses of the legal system" By Walter Olson, 03-20-2006 Associated Press on obesity litigation By Walter Olson, 03-19-2006 Defibrillator detractions debunked By Walter Olson, 03-18-2006 Department of Coercion By Tom Kirkendall, 03-11-2006 Lead paint follies By Walter Olson, 03-08-2006 Defective Because Effective By Michael Krauss, 03-06-2006 Milberg Weiss's bipartisanship By Walter Olson, 02-28-2006 Jonathan Kozol's savage exaggerations By Walter Olson, 02-23-2006 Minnesota AG: let's blame drug cos. for meth use By Walter Olson, 02-20-2006 Jury deliberating in RI lead paint retrial By Walter Olson, 02-17-2006 Planned Parenthood Makes a Point at Consumers' Expense By Jonathan B. Wilson, 02-02-2006 NHTSA pre-emption draws protest from 26 AGs By Walter Olson, 01-25-2006 "The Tobacco Master Settlement and Antitrust" By Walter Olson, 01-20-2006 Reaganomics and Regulation Through Litigation By Jonathan B. Wilson, 01-20-2006 AIG settles with Spitzer, Greenberg doesn't By Walter Olson, 01-19-2006 Trial lawyers and state AGs, so happy together By Walter Olson, 01-12-2006 Wash. Post on Merck and the NEJM By Walter Olson, 01-08-2006 David Boies' Alaska oil lawsuit By Walter Olson, 01-01-2006 "I will be coming after you" By Walter Olson, 12-22-2005 Inuit global warming suit By Walter Olson, 12-18-2005 ...and Spitzer on AIG's Starr Foundation By Walter Olson, 12-16-2005 Spitzer vs. Guidant By Walter Olson, 12-16-2005 Why criticize Eliot Spitzer? By Walter Olson, 12-12-2005 Tuesday, NYC: "Should courts order school funding?" By Walter Olson, 12-09-2005 Scruggs' Katrina strategy By Walter Olson, 12-06-2005 Judge Weinstein vs Federal Gun Manufacturers' Protection Act By Michael Krauss, 12-02-2005 Global warming, cont'd By Walter Olson, 12-01-2005 Dec. 7 in Washington: program on state AGs By Walter Olson, 11-30-2005 Unconscionable flood exclusions? By Walter Olson, 11-30-2005 Spitzer's payola settlement By Walter Olson, 11-27-2005 Spitzer dropping charges By Walter Olson, 11-22-2005 Bulow: tobacco deal redistributes money between states By Walter Olson, 11-18-2005 "Using taxpayer money to sue taxpayers" By Walter Olson, 11-17-2005 "Paint by Lawyer" By Walter Olson, 11-07-2005 Lockyer vs. tuna fish By Walter Olson, 11-06-2005 Another AG assails Oxycontin maker By Walter Olson, 11-05-2005 Spitzer: no smokes via UPS By Walter Olson, 11-01-2005 More power to state AGs? By Walter Olson, 10-30-2005 Cheeseburger Bill Passes House, Again By Jonathan B. Wilson, 10-21-2005 More on gun bill By James R. Copland, 10-20-2005 Congress Shields Gun Manufacturers By Jonathan B. Wilson, 10-20-2005 Mississippi AG Katrina suit By Ted Frank, 10-20-2005 A disgraceful suit takes one more body blow By Michael Krauss, 10-18-2005 Colo. official vs. tobacco deal By Walter Olson, 10-14-2005 "Spitzer stumbles as he loses two rounds" By Walter Olson, 10-13-2005 AGs profiled, scathingly By Walter Olson, 10-06-2005 Canada high court OKs tobacco-recoupment suits By Walter Olson, 10-04-2005 Spitzer's "social compact" By Walter Olson, 10-03-2005 Litigation slush funds, cont'd: "Dollars for dismissals" By Walter Olson, 10-03-2005 Spitzer and mutual funds By Walter Olson, 09-28-2005 Ferguson Fries Lockyer By Jonathan B. Wilson, 09-27-2005 Katrina and the runaway AG By Walter Olson, 09-25-2005 Firearms law panel Saturday at GMU By Walter Olson, 09-22-2005 The quotable Dickie Scruggs By Walter Olson, 09-20-2005 Judge throws out AGs' global warming suit By Walter Olson, 09-19-2005 AGs' demagoguery on gas prices By Walter Olson, 09-14-2005 Mandatory conservation, AG style By Walter Olson, 09-13-2005 A Lockyer-Bee cut-and-paste By Walter Olson, 09-09-2005 New featured article: "Classroom Bullies" By Walter Olson, 09-09-2005 Spitzer: consumers have too many choices II By Ted Frank, 09-09-2005 Spitzer: consumers have too many choices By Walter Olson, 09-09-2005 Thursday NYC debate on Spitzer By Walter Olson, 09-06-2005 Regulation through Litigation overview By James R. Copland, 08-30-2005 David Schoenbrod on the CFE case By Walter Olson, 08-26-2005 WSJ on State Farm reversal By Walter Olson, 08-23-2005 Epstein on Ernst v. Merck By James R. Copland, 08-22-2005 "Education Policy in Wonderland" By Walter Olson, 08-17-2005 Judge asks right question on global warming suit By Walter Olson, 08-16-2005 Cooperating with white-collar prosecutors By Walter Olson, 08-15-2005 "Suing the Gun Industry" By Walter Olson, 08-12-2005 "The costliest governor election campaign in history" By Walter Olson, 08-08-2005 CEI challenges 1998 state tobacco settlement By Michael DeBow, 08-03-2005 Spitzer and payola By Walter Olson, 07-28-2005 School finance suits By Walter Olson, 07-22-2005 Okla. AG vs. Ark. chicken farms By Walter Olson, 07-19-2005 AGs rebuffed on greenhouse-gas suit By Walter Olson, 07-16-2005 Another Scruggs hospital suit down By Walter Olson, 07-15-2005 State AG blogs By Ted Frank, 07-11-2005 "For lawyers, education is the new tobacco" By Walter Olson, 07-09-2005 Ratted out by your employer By Walter Olson, 07-06-2005 School-finance cases: the pols who didn't bark By Walter Olson, 06-30-2005 Grundfest on white-collar prosecution By Walter Olson, 06-16-2005 "A Farce or a Tragedy?" By Walter Olson, 06-16-2005 Spitzer rebuffed By Walter Olson, 06-10-2005 Alcohol class actions By Walter Olson, 06-10-2005 Reminder: Jun. 9 panel: "Government by Consent Decree?" By Ted Frank, 06-08-2005 More on Kansas decision By Walter Olson, 06-07-2005 Imperial judiciary watch By Walter Olson, 06-06-2005 Compliance lawyers in clover By Walter Olson, 05-26-2005 Eliot Spitzer and the Enron prosecutors By Walter Olson, 05-23-2005 Contingent-fee tax collection, cont'd By Walter Olson, 05-23-2005 Jun. 9 panel: "Government by Consent Decree?" By Walter Olson, 05-22-2005 Conference: "The Role of the State Attorney General" By Walter Olson, 05-20-2005 New Mississippi furor: 14% fee for tax collection By Walter Olson, 05-13-2005 "Spitzer's favorite toy" By Walter Olson, 05-12-2005 "Lord of Regulation" By Walter Olson, 05-03-2005 Good Samaritan obligations By Walter Olson, 04-27-2005 Litigation slush funds: Lockyer funnels cash to Rosenfield's FTCR By Walter Olson, 04-15-2005 Sandler and Schoenbrod By Walter Olson, 04-13-2005 Hospital litigation: Scruggs rebuked By Walter Olson, 04-12-2005 Mr. Spitzer's timid targets By Walter Olson, 04-01-2005 W.V.: lawyers reap $3.7M from state's Oxycontin settlement By Walter Olson, 04-01-2005 New York school-finance suit By Walter Olson, 03-30-2005 Okla. lawmakers seek to rein in AG By Walter Olson, 03-21-2005 Litigation slush funds: subsidizing RFK, Jr. By Walter Olson, 03-03-2005 Litigation slush funds: Calif. propagandizes for antitrust By Walter Olson, 03-03-2005 The benefits of CAFA: one example By Ted Frank, 02-18-2005 School finance litigation update By Michael DeBow, 02-05-2005 Obesity suit reinstated By Walter Olson, 01-31-2005 Tabarrok, Surowiecki on Vioxx By James R. Copland, 01-27-2005 2nd Circuit weighs in By James R. Copland, 01-26-2005 Global warming suits By Walter Olson, 01-14-2005 Bob Herbert at it again By James R. Copland, 01-14-2005 "States flex prosecutorial muscle" By Walter Olson, 01-13-2005 Advertising in Sports Illustrated By Walter Olson, 01-03-2005 Spitzer and malpractice insurance By Walter Olson, 12-28-2004 Global warming lawyers call in the Inuits By Walter Olson, 12-19-2004 New York AG's office By Walter Olson, 12-16-2004 Traffic redesign: the new litigation opportunity? By Ted Frank, 12-12-2004 "Extortion applauded" By Walter Olson, 12-10-2004 Spitzer's friends, cont'd By Walter Olson, 12-07-2004 Why Spitzer's targets go quietly By Walter Olson, 12-06-2004 Warming-suit activists cite new study By Walter Olson, 12-03-2004 Global warming suits conference By Walter Olson, 12-01-2004 Chrysler to appeal $102 million verdict By James R. Copland, 11-24-2004 Federal tobacco suit By Walter Olson, 11-19-2004 Weblog about state attorneys general By Walter Olson, 11-19-2004 Federalist panel on reg-by-lit By Walter Olson, 11-15-2004 An election lesson By Walter Olson, 11-14-2004 State AGs under fire By Walter Olson, 11-11-2004 New book on regulation by litigation By Michael DeBow, 11-09-2004 Trial lawyers & the AFL-CIO, together By Walter Olson, 11-08-2004 West Virginia AG race By Walter Olson, 11-03-2004 Insurance broker scandals: Calif. to hire Lerach By Walter Olson, 11-01-2004 Spitzer to Marsh: fire your CEO or face my wrath By Walter Olson, 10-29-2004 Obesity lawsuits By Walter Olson, 10-15-2004 State AGs and the flu vaccine shortage By Michael DeBow, 10-15-2004 Oops dept. By Walter Olson, 09-29-2004 Spitzer and the mutual fund investor By Walter Olson, 09-24-2004 Tobacco trial starts today By James R. Copland, 09-21-2004 Gun pre-emption: the Sullivan parallel By Walter Olson, 09-07-2004 Public contingency fees and environmental claims By Walter Olson, 09-05-2004 AGs' global warming suit By Walter Olson, 09-04-2004 Not quite beach reading but still good... By Leah Lorber, 09-02-2004 Let your AG do the walking By Walter Olson, 08-23-2004 Calif. insurance dept. hires lawyer on contingency By Walter Olson, 08-20-2004 Robert Samuelson on AGs' warming suit By Walter Olson, 08-18-2004 Welcome Kim DuToit readers By Walter Olson, 08-12-2004 When Junk Law Meets Junk Science By Michael Krauss, 08-03-2004 AGs and utilities, cont'd By Walter Olson, 07-27-2004 Tobacco appeal bond update: the Empire State enters the fray? By James R. Copland, 07-26-2004 Featured discussion wrapped up! By James R. Copland, 07-23-2004 Round 2 of our discussion is up now By James R. Copland, 07-21-2004 Eight states and NYC to sue utilities By Walter Olson, 07-21-2004 Puffing away: the government's misbegotten tobacco adventures continue By James R. Copland, 07-20-2004 Featured discussion kicks off tomorrow! By James R. Copland, 07-19-2004 Spitzer and excessive compensation By Walter Olson, 07-16-2004 Mass.: consumer-suit moneys enrich litigation lobby By Walter Olson, 06-29-2004 West Virginia store pays $1 million to shooting victims By James R. Copland, 06-25-2004 This is your AG on drugs By Walter Olson, 06-25-2004 Fear of Spitzer By Walter Olson, 06-24-2004 The nullification crisis of 2004? By James R. Copland, 06-15-2004 Legal mischief and the end of merit By James R. Copland, 06-09-2004 Ninth Circuit allows gun lawsuit to proceed By James R. Copland, 05-28-2004 Cheeseburger seconds By Walter Olson, 05-19-2004 Senate refuses to block gun suits By Walter Olson, 05-19-2004 Cheeseburger bill passes House By Walter Olson, 05-19-2004 Nissan headlights By Ted Frank, 05-19-2004 NAAG enforces tobacco cartel By Walter Olson, 05-17-2004 Morales: sealed papers could show tobacco-suit misconduct By Walter Olson, 05-16-2004 Alabama jury to Exxon Mobil: pay the state $11.9 billion By Walter Olson, 05-16-2004 "Lawsuit alleges alcohol marketed to teens" By Walter Olson, 05-16-2004 Tobacco recoupment suit loses in France By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 "Why does the gun industry deserve special protection?" By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 U.K.: defending assumption of risk By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004
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