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Point of Law- Around the web, November 20Sorry, 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...Walter Olson
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- Overlawyered.com mostly downContinuing technical problems at my other site, Overlawyered, have kept it mostly down since yesterday. Some readers can reach the site by omitting the www prefix from the URL, others cant reach it at all. Thanks for your patience as...Walter Olson
- Class Action Exposure for Failing to Claim Benefits in a Class Action Settlement?It all sounds so wonderfully meta and self-feeding, doesnt it? A recent study by the Goal Group, a UK-based class action services specialist, finds it deplorable that Asian institutional investors often refrain from participating in U.S.-based securities class actions, even...Walter Olson
- Election note: Arizona voters defeat construction-suit billWe posted before the election on the AFL-CIO-backed Proposition 201, which would have imposed a 10-year warranty on new Arizona homes and much broadened homebuyers right to sue builders over dissatisfaction with their purchases. The states voters didnt think much...Walter Olson
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- Lessons of the Libertarian Party's Most Recent Failure:It's hard to remember now, but back in the spring and summer, some libertarians were optimistic about Bob Barr's presidential campaign under the Libertarian Party banner. Barr's eventual failure exemplifies the...Ilya Somin
- DOJ and New York Police Department Fight Over Wiretapping:The New York Times reports:...Orin Kerr
- The Story of District of Columbia v. Heller:Reason's Brian Doherty, has an excellent article telling the fascinating story of the origins of the lawsuit that eventually resulted in the Supreme Court's decision in District of Columbia v....Ilya Somin
- Why I Don't Approve of My Congressman:Polls routinely show that most Americans give very low approval ratings to Congress as a whole, but give much higher ratings to their own representatives. Count me among the...Ilya Somin
- Opening Arguments in i>United States v. Lori Drew/i>:Kim Zetter of Wired has the story. I feel compelled to point out the very bottom of the story, which briefly notes the side that has mostly been absent from...Orin Kerr
- Lessons of the Libertarian Party's Most Recent Failure:
Yeah, some of the comments are pretty lame.
I think the low point was someone citing a Hollywood movie as proof of venal corporate behavior.
With some people, the lights are on, but nobody’s home.