• First Democratic earmark for trial lawyers. [Point of Law; Grace]
• Philip Howard on the lack of trust in the American justice system. [Common Good/NY Sun]
• Cooperman pleads guilty to Milberg Weiss kickbacks. Anonymous commenter at WSJ Law Blog: “Mr. Taylor of Zuckerman Spaeder contends that Mr. Cooperman’s statements “have never been credible.” Then why on God’s green earth did Milberg Weiss repeatedly use Mr. Cooperman as a plaintiff in the first instance for so many years if he was not credible? Is Mr. Vogel, another plaintiff whom Milberg Weiss repeatedly used for decades who also has pled guilty similarly not credible? Milberg Weiss certainly has a penchant for finding “not credible” plaintiffs for representing class interests.” [Point of Law; WSJ Law Blog]
• Bone-screw litigation and informed consent claims. [Drug and Device Law Blog]
• Dan Markel has a more theoretical look at the car-wash “forgiveness” case. [Prawfsblawg]
• Getting rich on backdating (but not the way you think) [Ribstein]
• Jury selection in San Francisco [Cal Biz Lit; see also NLJ]
• Hawaii losing doctors; gov calls for reform; 86% of Hawaii med-mal claims without merit [The Honolulu Advertiser]
• The miracle of joint and several liability: Police chase injuries put city on hook $4.5 million, because city held a 10% responsible for felon’s car accident. [The Olympian]
• Judge Harry Hanna becomes star for his slap on the wrist to Chris Andreas, but, more jaw-dropping: Ninth Circuit Judge Bea defends the double-dipping lawyer. [Point of Law; Legal Pad; WSJ Law Blog photo of Andreas t-shirt]
• The Guardian v. AEI. [Adler @ Volokh; Frum; Point of Law]

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