Patent trolls -- in Germany? [IP Law and Business via Securing Innovation] Where Milton Friedman's memory is defamed, chances are someone has been reading worst-book-of-year author Naomi Klein [Norberg, Cato, Reason] New site aimed at doctors on politics of...

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...

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Closed-end mutual funds, which have a fixed number of shares and are traded on stock markets, have been absolutely clobbered by the turmoil in the financial markets. Not only have their...

Repeatedly calling me and everyone else in the United States "my friends" is extremely annoying. In part, it's just an irritating phrase. Beyond that, I'm not your friend. I don't know...

Who would've guessed--wait for it--a Goldman Sachs guy!...

The announcement that both Harvard and Stanford Law Schools are dropping letter grades and moving to a H/P/LP/F system raises a really interesting question: How will the switch impact the market...