• “A conversation with class action objector Ted Frank” [American Lawyer]
• Reviews of new Lester Brickman book Lawyer Barons [Dan Fisher/Forbes, Russell Jackson] Plus: interview at TortsProf; comments from Columbia legal ethicist William Simon [Legal Ethics Forum]
• “Collective Bargaining for States But Not for Uncle Sam” [Adler] Examples of how Wisconsin public-sector unionism has worked in practice [Perry] Wisconsin cop union: nice business you got there, shame if anything were to happen to it [Sykes, WTMJ] “Union ‘rights’ that aren’t” [Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe]
• “Minnesota House Considering Significant Consumer Class Action Reform Measures” [Karlsgodt]
• 10,000 lawyers at DoD? Rumsfeld complains military overlawyered [Althouse via Instapundit]
• “Are Meritless Claims More Prevalent in Copyright?” [Boyden, Prawfs]
• Claim: availability of punitive damages reduces rate of truck accidents. Really? [Curt Cutting]
• Now with improved federalism: “The Return of the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act” [Carter Wood, more, earlier here].

Filed under: class actions, copyright, labor unions, Lester Brickman, military, Minnesota, police, public employment, punitive damages, sanctions, Ted Frank, Wisconsin