• “No refusal” DUI checkpoints spread and can result in mandatory blood tests for drivers; MADD cheers infringement of liberty [WTSP]
• Teleworking regulations: a new way to sue your (federal) boss? [welcome Mickey Kaus/Newsweek readers]
• “The federal government has been in the business of micro-managing our kids’ lunches for 30 years” [David Gratzer/Examiner] St. Paul, Minn. schools ban sweets, even when brought from home [Star-Tribune] Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin, and the Happy Meal lawsuit [John Steele Gordon, Commentary]
• Top ten insurance law decisions of 2010 [Randy Maniloff, Insurance Journal; also congrats on his new book (with Jeffrey Stempel)]
• “Mitch Daniels and Criminal Sentencing Reform in Indiana” [Orin Kerr] Daniels isn’t backing down from call for truce on social issues [GOP12]
• Happy 100th birthday, Ronald Coase [Gillespie, Reason]
• Damage to Gulf from spill now looks much less than feared [Robert Nelson, Weekly Standard]
• Saudi court decides that text message is valid method of divorce [Emirates 24/7]

Filed under: BP Transocean oil spill, insurance, obesity, Saudi Arabia, schools, traffic laws, workplace