Good response to clueless Marie Cocco column that celebrated tenth anniversary of corrupt, undemocratic multi-state tobacco settlement [Sullum, Reason Hit and Run] New details on Philadelphia prosecution of ring that allegedly helped itself to class action proceeds by filing...

Beck and Herrmann: Initially, wed invite anybody who doesnt think that plaintiffs in product liability litigation arent asking state courts to ignore FDA decisions to read the statements of fact in either of these briefs. The causation claims plaintiffs advance...

My post yesterday on a San Francisco jurys vindication of the oil companys conduct drew notice at LexMonitor and ShopFloor (with a second post linking to NAMs briefs in Alien Tort cases). And at National Review Online, Andrew McCarthy covers...

Discussion of medical malpractice law in the blog world is likely to heat up soon, what with University of Texas law professor David Hyman having joined the Volokh Conspiracy as a permanent contributor. One of the areas in which Prof....

Securities Docket: University of Michigan Law School Professor Adam Pritchards recent proposal to reform securities class actions via shareholder proposal has moved from a purely academic discussion to the real world. Prof. Pritchard reports today that a shareholder in Alaska...

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I posted about the controversy a month ago; to recap, quoting from a Hartford Courant story,...

The Center for Social Media recently released what it calls a "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use" that, in its words, "clarifies the fair use of copyrighted materials...

In 2006, Ohio voters approved a ban on smoking indoors, including bars and restaurants. The ban took effects in December 2006. One would think that the prohibition would reduce smoking...

The NYT reports that Attorney General Michael Mukasey does not believe the Bush Administration needs to consider whether to pardon officials who were involved with the development of interrogation policies....