The sculptor of the artwork on prominent public display in New York’s financial district sues a book publisher and authors who used a photo of it on their cover [John Carney, Business Insider]
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Point of Law- AP poll: most favor limiting med-mal awardsA "new Associated Press poll says most Americans support curbs on medical malpractice lawsuits. The AP poll found that 54 percent favor making it harder to sue doctors and hospitals for mistakes taking care of patients, while 32 percent are... […]Walter Olson
- Around the web, November 20Moving beyond judicial elections? Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform has a new report out (PDF) on the subject of "Best Practices in Judicial Merit Selection" More: Gavel Grab. Earlier: here, here, etc. Latest from the Jury Verdict Research people:... […]Walter Olson
- Is the Bell Tolling For Philip Morris? $300M Verdict for One Former SmokerAfter getting the mammoth $145 billion judgment against it thrown out on the grounds that each member of Florida's plaintiff smoker's class had to sue separately, the suits are coming in, and the latest verdict is not good news for... […]Michael Krauss
- "Goodies for labor tucked away in health bill"There are lots of them, and they're bound to encourage more unionization among health care workers and others, according to this op-ed by A. Kevin Troutman of Fisher & Phillips for the Houston Chronicle.... […]Walter Olson
- Waiting for pleural plaques in the UKThe UK government has yet to announce a decision on compensating for pleural plaques other than "as soon as possible." [h/t GlobalTort]... […]Jim Twu
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- Condo Prices down 40% Year Over Year in Miamiaccording to Bloomberg. Not terribly surprising for the “ground zero of the housing bubble,” and launchplace of Condoflip.com. Copyright © 2009 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 [...] […]David Bernstein
- Stimulus IdeaNo Social Security or Medicare tax for a year. Raise the retirement age by one year starting in 2014. Pure fiscal stimulus, no additional long-term debt. Copyright © 2009 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 [...] […]David Bernstein
- “Night Lights” Classic Jazz Radio ProgramI recently discovered the “Night Lights” Classic Jazz Radio Program, an hour-long weekly jazz program produced by Indiana University’s public radio station. It’s marvelous, and there are five years’ worth of archives available on the web that you can listen to at any time. Each program focuses on a particular artist, particular period, and/or part […]Orin Kerr
- How Many Words Does It Take to Say “Louisiana”?About 600 or so. Copyright © 2009 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 an infringement of the copyright. (Digital Fingerprint: ) […]Jonathan H. Adler
- Justice Department to Drop Lori Drew AppealI am pleased to announce that the Justice Department will be moving to dismiss its appeal in the Lori Drew case. The motion apparently will be filed today or tomorrow, and it will bring the Drew case to a close. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The [...] […]Orin Kerr
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How does the “public display” fit into the copyright analysis? Lots of copyrightable material is on public display, isn’t it?
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