Big news in asbestos: Wayne County, Mich. judge throws out medical opinions by prolific Lansing internist Michael Kelly [Free Press, earlier] Law is what they say it is dept.: Oklahoma high court tosses out another chunk of liability reform,...

Walters mention of Sen. Daschles alliance with the trial lawyers prompts a link to the National Association of Manufacturers tally of the Senators voting record from the 106th to 108th Congress (1999-2004). We break out votes on legal issues, i.e.,...

Departing chief judge Judith Kaye won plaudits for some pioneering steps to improve the efficiency of court administration in New York, but it sounds from Eric Turkewitz as if theres a long, long way to go....

Per AmLaw Daily, environmental lawyers are demanding that Detroit drop its aggressive litigation challenge to state tailpipe emissions standards if it wants a bailout. Not to give anyone ideas, but can it be long before the trial lawyers jump in...

Sorry, docs: new health czar Daschle is a longtime trial lawyer ally [Overlawyered] Union-backed ad campaign for EFCA begins; just what economy needs now, business-labor Armageddon [L.A. Times] As electronic discovery proliferates, so do tactical allegations of spoliation, often...

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Earlier this year, Eric Holder--along with Janet Reno and several other former officials from the Clinton Department of Justice--co-signed an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. Heller. The brief...

In a decision handed down last week, United States v. Thompson, Judge Michael McConnell of the Tenth Circuit had an apt observation about the Supreme Court test for when a...

In earlier posts, I have highlighted some issues on which I agree with prominent liberal politicians, such as with Hillary Clinton on Iraqi oil, and Dennis Kucinich's opposition to...

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