• Wouldn’t it be nice if Congress lifted the ban on Internet gambling [Steve Chapman]
• Design of New Orleans shotgun houses is an adaptation to tax laws [Candy Chang]
• Lawyer-enriching Costco class action settlement draws an objection from a blogger often linked in this space [Amy Alkon]
• “Fourth Circuit slaps down N.C. attorney general’s suit against TVA” [Wood/PoL, Jackson]
• South Carolina jury’s $2.375 million award based on premise that Nissan should have followed European, not U.S. crashworthiness standards [Abnormal Use]
• City of Cleveland won’t take no for answer in dumb lawsuit against mortgage lenders [Funnell]
• Charles H. Green at TrustMatters hosts Blawg Review #275;
• Duke lacrosse fiasco: Nifong’s media and law-school enablers [three years ago at Overlawyered]

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