It can wind up breaking the hearts of actual parents, as in this gambling-SWAT-raid tale recounted by Radley Balko (Sept. 18).
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Point of Law- Around the web, September 8Citing pre-emption, court throws out suit over nondisclosure of supposed cellphone-cancer link, big win for telecom defendants [Legal Intelligencer] Lawyers invite themselves into another new area: ABA House of Delegates endorses doing away with Feres barrier to med mal...Walter Olson
- Congress set to rework Federal Rules of EvidenceOn the House suspension calendar Monday, September 8, is S. 2450, a bill to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence with respect to the disclosure of a communication or information covered by the attorney-client privilege and work product protection. Introduced...Carter Wood
- Peter Schuck on New Zealand administered compensationThe Yale/NYU lawprof has published Tort Reform, Kiwi-Style on SSRN (via Robinette, TortsProf). Abstract: American legal scholars and social scientists have long been intrigued by New Zealand's accident compensation system, which essentially abolished common law tort almost 40 years ago....Walter Olson
- Russia vs. Bank of New York Mellon, cont'dOdd doings continue in the $22.5 billion lawsuit, per Bloomberg: ``Every legal system has its flaws,'' [plaintiff's expert and Harvard lawprof Alan Dershowitz] said in an interview yesterday. ``Who are we to cast aspersions on a country's legal system?''... Leading...Walter Olson
- McGraw and the Oxycontin sagaThe U.S. Chamber-backed West Virginia Record critically summarizes the tortuous course of the state's lawsuit against Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma, often raised by critics as symbolic of their objections to Attorney General Darrell McGraw's handling of his office. More here,...Walter Olson
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- The Wasilla Frontiersman Vs. Times (London):The Columbia Journalism Review has the story on the battle, which began with this paragraph from a Times story:...Eugene Volokh
- Unusual Concurrence:From Chief Judge Edmondson of the Eleventh Circuit, concurring in the en banc Fourth Amendment decision in Powell v. Barrett:...Orin Kerr
- Obama Slip of the Tongue Reignites False Claims That He is a Muslim.According to the Washington Times, some anti-Obama people (not the McCain Campaign) are spreading the "Obama is a Muslim" falsehood — again (tip to Althouse)....Jim Lindgren
- Most Asian Stock Markets Up Sharply After Fannie/Freddie Takeover.Some VC readers were wondering what the US Stock Market is likely to do on Monday, the day after the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....Jim Lindgren
- The Perils of Palin Blogging:I appreciate my co-blogger David P's post explaining why he won't be blogging about Sarah Palin. David suggests that the problem with Palin-blogging is that it's an unusual distraction. I...Orin Kerr
- The Wasilla Frontiersman Vs. Times (London):