• Trouble with hunting bad/burdensome regulations: most of them have entrenched advocates [NY Times] “Obama — the Great Deregulator?” [Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe]. Earlier here and here;
• Now we find out: tax hikes on outsourcing in 9/11 compensation bill infuriate India, were never vetted by Hill tax panels [PoL; more on Easter eggs in bill] Law firm that advertises for 9/11 dust clients is fan of Sen. Gillibrand [Stoll]
• France will stop censoring some historical images of smokers in ads [NY Times]
• “2010: The Year of the Angry, Company-Suing Plaintiff” [WSJ Law Blog] “The most sued companies in America” [Fox Business, counting federal-court suits only]
• Death by drunk driving: As bad as purposeful murder? Worse? [Greenfield]
• EPA gets specific on its plans to advance “environmental justice,” combat disparate racial impact in project siting, etc. [WLF, Popeo, earlier here, here, here, etc.]
• Winners of Chamber’s “Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2010” competition [US Chamber ILR]
• “If the FCC had regulated the Internet” [Jack Shafer, Slate]

Filed under: advertising, alcohol, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Communications Commission, France, India, regulation and its reform, September 11, tobacco