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• Around the web, August 5
  The U.S. Senate convenes today at 9:30 a.m., with the first issue of the day being  H.R.1586, the legislative vehicle to ship federal taxpayer dollars to the states for Medicaid and local teacher funding. Democratic leadership hopes to reach... […]
  Carter Wood
• Civil 'death penalty' leaves no defense
  Business and legal reform groups last week filed an amicus brief with the Nevada Supreme Court, urging the court to reconsider its decision in Bahena v. Goodyear that deprived the company of its ability to defend itself in a product... […]
  Carter Wood
• Around the web, August 4
  N.D. Cal. shuts down attempt to forum-shop for class certification. [Jackson; Murray v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.] "ER doctors face pressure to overtest, overtreat" [AP/Daily Herald] EPA rejects reconsideration of endangerment finding for carbon. [Adler @ Volokh] That "Cindy Lohman... […]
  Ted Frank
• 'Crude' Outtakes Reveal Lies in Trial Lawyers' Suit Against Chevron
  Cross-posted from Shopfloor.org. Now, THIS is a blockbuster. Footage from the documentary-style film, "Crude," reveals that U.S. trial lawyers strategized with a supposedly independent court-appointed expert in Ecuador who went on to recommmend penalizing Chevron $27.4 billion for environmental damage... […]
  Carter Wood
• Thus does health care become a civil right
  After the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday allowed Virginia's constitutional challenge to proceed against the new federal health care law, the White House blogged a response from Stephanie Cutter, Assistant to the President for... […]
  Carter Wood