That story about Fox threatening to sue itself, picked up by much of the media and featured in our Oct. 31 item, turns out to have been, um, embellished at a minimum by “Simpsons” creator Matt Groening, and the show’s producers have issued an apology (Washington Post, Oct. 31)
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Point of Law- "Goodies for labor tucked away in health bill"There are lots of them, and they're bound to encourage more unionization among health care workers and others, according to this op-ed by A. Kevin Troutman of Fisher & Phillips for the Houston Chronicle.... […]Walter Olson
- Waiting for pleural plaques in the UKThe UK government has yet to announce a decision on compensating for pleural plaques other than "as soon as possible." [h/t GlobalTort]... […]Jim Twu
- A picture is worth a thousand words or several thousand dollarsSomeone has kindly posted pictures of various asbestos-containing products. [h/t GlobalTort]... […]Jim Twu
- The Litigation Industry - 1 Lung Cancer and 17 Mesothelioma Lawsuits - A Week's Worth of Madison County New Asbestos Case FilingsFrom Global Tort, a summary of asbestos case filings from the week of July 27-31.... […]Jim Twu
- Update on Bates White Paper on Impact of Asbestos BankruptciesFrom the Global Tort blog on how plaintiff's lawyers react when a defendant goes into bankruptcy. The article is here.... […]Jim Twu
- "Goodies for labor tucked away in health bill"
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- Condo Prices down 40% Year Over Year in Miamiaccording to Bloomberg. Not terribly surprising for the “ground zero of the housing bubble,” and launchplace of Condoflip.com. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing [...] […]David Bernstein
- Stimulus IdeaNo Social Security or Medicare tax for a year. Raise the retirement age by one year starting in 2014. Pure fiscal stimulus, no additional long-term debt. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in [...] […]David Bernstein
- “Night Lights” Classic Jazz Radio ProgramI recently discovered the “Night Lights” Classic Jazz Radio Program, an hour-long weekly jazz program produced by Indiana University’s public radio station. It’s marvelous, and there are five years’ worth of archives available on the web that you can listen to at any time. Each program focuses on a particular artist, particular period, and/or part […]Orin Kerr
- How Many Words Does It Take to Say “Louisiana”?About 600 or so. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: ) […]Jonathan H. Adler
- Justice Department to Drop Lori Drew AppealI am pleased to announce that the Justice Department will be moving to dismiss its appeal in the Lori Drew case. The motion apparently will be filed today or tomorrow, and it will bring the Drew case to a close. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The [...] […]Orin Kerr
- Condo Prices down 40% Year Over Year in Miami
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