October 14 roundup

• Pre-terror-attack antibiotic availability? HHS doesn’t think you’re sophisticated enough to handle that freedom [Stewart Baker]
• Uh-oh: some New York lawmakers want “a more refined First Amendment” [Slashdot, Lucy Steigerwald]
• Wal-Mart v. Dukes decision could curb certification of some wage and hour class actions [Fox]
• “Miss. Supreme Court Removes Judge from $322M Asbestos Case Because of Dad’s Lawsuits” [ABA Journal]
• Mass. town wants to seize family motel under forfeiture law, IJ objects [Jacob Sullum, Mark Perry]
• Will FDA use its new tobacco-regulatory power to stub out cigars? [DC]
• “Dole settles pesticide litigation” [WSJ Law Blog, background]

Tagged as: banana pesticide litigation fraud, FDA, First Amendment, forfeiture, recusals, terrorism, tobacco, Wal-Mart v. Dukes