I was a guest on Kirby Wilbur’s nationally syndicated radio show last Friday, based at Seattle’s KVI, to discuss the Supreme Court vacancy. Yesterday I appeared on Danny Fontana’s Charlotte-based show and Ron Smith’s popular show on Baltimore’s WBAL to discuss President Bush’s selection of Harriet Miers and other legal issues.
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
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Point of Law- Jury finds against plaintiffs' lawyers in asbestos fraud caseFrom Illinois Central Railroad, a news release:A federal jury in Natchez, Mississippi, on March 8, 2010, found that Mississippi plaintiffs' attorneys William Guy and Thomas Brock committed fraud and breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing in asbestos... […]Carter Wood
- El pueblo unidoAP reports on the latest Forbes listing of the world's wealthiest: "MEXICO CITY -- Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the first man from a developing nation to become the world's richest person -- a shift that underlines the loosening... […]Carter Wood
- Around the web, March 11Hans von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation's The Foundry blog, "The Latest Worthless Medical Malpractice 'Reforms'," reporting on a proposed amendment by Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) supposedly intended to make state grants for medical liability projects a little more legitimate. "The... […]Carter Wood
- Citizens United, the Senate Judiciary hearingThe Senate Judiciary Committee is now in the middle of a hearing, "We the People? Corporate Spending in American Elections after Citizens United." Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) excoriated the decision, the Supreme Court justices who made it, and corporations that... […]Carter Wood
- Around the web, March 11Beyond the myth of formalism: new Brian Tamanaha book corrects caricatures of pre-Realist legal thinkers [Marc DeGirolami, PrawfsBlawg; Orin Kerr at Volokh; interview with Daniel Solove, ConcurOp] Lewis & Clark Law Review symposium on Iqbal [via PrawfsBlawg] "Another Federal... […]Carter Wood
- Jury finds against plaintiffs' lawyers in asbestos fraud case
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