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January 2008: a look back

by Ted Frank on February 4, 2008

With all the football and recovery from partying on New Years’ and MLK weekends, you might have missed some of our biggest posts of the month:

  • Trial lawyer Mark Lanier visits our comments section to talk about the Vioxx settlement. We had continuing coverage of the $4.85 billion settlement, and Ted spoke at an AEI panel on the subject broadcast on C-SPAN.
  • Walter’s phenomenal coverage of the Dickie Scruggs scandal: Jan. 13, Jan. 14, Jan. 15, and Jan. 16 (Joey Langston); Jan. 17; Jan. 21; Jan. 29.
  • The “pro-consumer” bills before Congress that hurt consumers.
  • Three cases of catastrophic injury to children, three deep-pocketed bystanders asked to pay.
  • Racially “targeting” predatory subprime loans? The NAACP and Baltimore suits.
  • Another case of employment litigation hurting employees.
  • The Nataline Sarkisyan case, and the lies John Edwards (and Wikipedia) tell about it.
  • Suit: You kept me from jumping off the Empire State Building.
  • The Banita Jacks case and followup.
  • Police more likely to sleep with than arrest prostitutes.
  • Sangria illegal in Virginia?
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