…discussed today on PointOfLaw.com, including a mention of how some of the allegations in the case hark back to the EEOC’s great crusade against Sears in the 1970s and 1980s.
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- Upcoming at Northwestern: "Empirical Studies of Civil Liability"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....Walter Olson
- Georgia Supreme Court Denies Federal Pre-Emption in Thimerosal/Autism CaseThe 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...Michael Krauss
- Anthony Sebok on loser-paysThe 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...Walter Olson
- Around the web, October 8
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- The Truth About Barack Hussein Obama Revealed:...Orin Kerr
- Crazy Action in Closed-End Mutual Funds: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...David Bernstein
- Dear Senator McCain: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...David Bernstein
- The Man In Charge of Administering the Bailout:Who would've guessed--wait for it--a Goldman Sachs guy!...Todd Zywicki
- How Will Harvard and Stanford Grades Affect the Clerkship Market?: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...Orin Kerr
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