• Please just don’t: “Should Happy Hour be banned?” [New York Times “Room for Debate”]
• “This furniture must be affixed to the wall with the enclosed wall fastener.” Ikea liable for tip-over hazard anyway? [Nick Farr, Abnormal Use, Pennsylvania]
• Oh, great: making writers declare as taxable income the (face?) value of review-copy books they’re sent [Ira Stoll, Future of Capitalism]
• “Every state county or municipality…should think long and hard before taking a dime in HUD money.” [Richard Epstein, Hoover “Defining Ideas”, “The Folly of ‘Fair’ Housing”] “Confusion and uncertainty” in housing sector as to what disparate impact liability actually will mean, after Supreme Court ruling [Hans Bader, CEI; earlier]
• And he’ll take the low road: “Donald Trump sued Scotland” [Lowering the Bar, earlier]
• Garlock database shows “staggering” amount of money changing hands in asbestos litigation [Madison County Record]
• Harm reduction and its enemies: “Two Surveys Find That Almost All Regular Vapers Are Smokers” [Jacob Sullum, earlier]

Filed under: alcohol, asbestos, disparate impact, Donald Trump, fair housing, housing discrimination, product liability, Scotland, taxes, tobacco