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- Medical malpractice reform omitted from House health care bill
  The lack of medical liability reform in the House health care bill and the political power of trial lawyers were two points argued late Saturday when Republicans moved to recommit the health care bill, H.R. 3962, to committee. A motion... […]
  Carter Wood
- House passes chemical facility security bill, welcomes litigation
  The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted 230-193 to pass H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act. (Roll call vote.) All but 21 Democrats voted in favor; Republicans all opposed. With the announcement yesterday of October's 10.2 percent unemployment,... […]
  Carter Wood
- "Spano's Suicide: Housing Plan Doomed County Exec"
  The New York Post has now picked up a slightly shortened version of my City Journal piece on the housing lawsuit that contributed to a voter revolt in Westchester. P.S. The Weekly Standard "Scrapbook" feature discusses the piece, as does... […]
  Walter Olson
- "Chloroform for tort reform"
  The Washington Times assails as "dishonest" and a "poison pill" the House health bill's provisions bribing states not to enact limits on malpractice awards and attorneys' fees.... […]
  Walter Olson
- Federal paid sick leave mandate?
  The H1N1 virus could provide a foot in the door, observes Daniel Schwartz.... […]
  Walter Olson
Volokh
- More Evidence for Christina Hoff Sommers’ “War Against Boys” Theory?
  The L.A. Parks Department offers an after-school day care program that provides a “neutering fun and safe environment.” Copyright © 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing [...] […]
  Eugene Volokh
- Private Equity Law Textbook? Desperately Seeking ...
  I’m late ordering books for my spring class on private equity and venture capital, and am desperately trying to figure out if there might finally be a law school text on this topic. The constraints are the following.... below the fold. (ps. The advice folks gave me on my earlier question re law and econ [...] […]
  Kenneth Anderson
- Against Climate McCarthyism
  Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus have had enough of efforts to stifle debate over climate change policy, particularly by those who solicit quotes to “trash” those who don’t toe the party line. Roger Pielke, Jr. would add those who selectively edit their comment threads. Copyright © 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. [... […]
  Jonathan H. Adler
- UN Budgets and Follow the Money
  The New York Times reports on budget season at the UN and various battles hotting up. It’s a good piece by Neil MacFarquhar, dated November 7, 2009. As the article says, that fact that it costs the United Nations an average of $2,473 per page to create every single document in its six official languages, while outside [...] […]
  Kenneth Anderson
- Survey of American Jewish Language and Identity
  Here are the results of a very interesting study, which I participated in (along with 30,000 other people). FWIW, I usually pronounce the o in “orange” like “a” in farce, though the longer I’ve lived outside New York, the less consistent I’ve become; call the place that I attend services “synagogue“‘; am proficient in Hebrew; never [...] […]
  David Bernstein