• From the Manhattan Institute “Trial Lawyers Inc.” project, “Wheels of Fortune” (PDF), twin report on lawyers’ exploitation of SSDI (Social Security Disability) and ADA cases;
• Theodore Dalrymple on the flaws of the US litigation system [Liberty and Law]
• Testimony: “after he inquired about the 40 percent fee charged by [co-counsel] Chestnut, [Willie] Gary threatened to ‘tie up [client] Baker’s money in the courts for years so he would never live to see it.'” [Gainesville Sun]
• ATRA takes aim at rise of asbestos litigation in NYC [“Judicial Hellholes” series, Chamber-backed Legal NewsLine, New York Daily News (“national scandal”)]
• Another reminder that while plaintiff’s lawyers conventionally assail pre-dispute employment arbitration agreements, they routinely use them themselves [LNL]
• New U.S. Chamber papers on litigation trends: “Lawsuit Ecosystem II“; state supreme courts review;
• Changes ahead for class action rules? [Andrew Trask]

Filed under: ADA filing mills, arbitration, asbestos, NYC, procedure, state high courts, Willie Gary