A trend in the lower 50 crosses the border: the health and justice ministers "announce[d] that the provincial government is adopting legislation that would allow an individual or organization to offer an apology as part of the dispute resolution process...

Readers in and around Chicago take note: the law school's Searle Center is holding a two-day seminar this Thursday and Friday (Oct. 9-10) with prominent academic presenters on topics that include ADR, medical malpractice, punitive damages, securities litigation, and procedure....

The Georgia Supremes yesterday confirmed that state's intermediate appellate court's decision that a design defect suit against Glaxo, Smith Kline and others is NOT pre-empted by the federal National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1986. In AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS...

The Cardozo lawprof has some further thoughts (at FindLaw) on the August discussion of the subject at the NewTalk site. He laments the absence of a robust empirical demonstration of what proportion of current suits are lacking in what kind...

"A 7th Circuit Bar Association study that tested alternative trial concepts (pdf), including allowing jurors to ask questions of witnesses during trials and limiting presentations by lawyers, generally showed that the new techniques enhanced the jury trial process. ... [Other...

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This year's Ig Nobel Prizes have recently been announced. The Chemistry Prize winner one is perhaps my favorite among this year's selections:...

The Boston Globe has an interesting article about liberal Democratic State Representative Martha "Marty" Walz, who is sponsoring legislation to restrict eminent domain that recently passed the Massachusetts House of...

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Latest news is that the Fed will take over the commercial paper market. Big corporations raise funds by selling debt securities as well as borrowing from banks. But no one wants...