The Upscale Baby Blog (”Reviews of Stylish Baby Gear and Inexpensive Alternatives by Real Moms”) has been running a terrific series by Susan Maphis on the law, with many posts examining the law’s real-world impact on small makers of such products as cold-weather baby capes, eco-friendly animal dolls, personalized ceramic wall plaques, made-to-order coordinated mother-daughter outfits, custom quilts, organic-fiber baby sweaters, and toy barns from reclaimed wood. It makes for sad (some of the makers have already resigned themselves to going out of business) but important reading.
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
-
Point of Law- Around the web, March 22Food and drug edition: "Food Safety in the 21st Century" [Richard Williams, Robert Scharff, David Bieler, Mercatus Center] "New News or Not So New News Concerning Avandia?" [Abnormal Use] Related: N.Y. Times "OMG drug execs secretly taped!!!" reporting on supposed... […]Walter Olson
- Defusing Citizens United hysteriaTodd Henderson takes on critics of the free-speech decision: ...does the fact that the conduct permitted by Citizens United was legal in 26 states prior to Citizens United, suggest that politicians are hopelessly corrupt in over half our states? What... […]Walter Olson
- NY comptroller candidate interviewedIra Stoll at Future of Capitalism talks with GOP hopeful Harry Wilson, who says, with reference to the pay-for-play scandals that have hit New York and other states, that he "would not be an active litigator" on the securities front.... […]Walter Olson
- Nothing new, no money for tort reform in latest health care billsBefore the Blair House confab on health care and then in a March 3 letter to members of Congress, President Obama made much of his acceptance of Republican ideas on health care reform, such as medical liability reform. The President's... […]Carter Wood
- California trial lawyer generosity, cont'dThe Civil Justice Association of California is out with updated details on its adversaries' political contributions, which topped $4 million in California's '07-'08 political cycle.... […]Walter Olson
- Around the web, March 22
Media Bloggers Association