Christine Hurt offers thoughts (and mostly criticism) at Conglomerate about the NYT "The Ethicist" column. Although I haven't read the current column, I too was consistently disappointed with The Ethicist in general.

Overlawyered has more discussion of the case we mentioned yesterday dealing with a statute that protects the privacy of drivers' data but does provide an exception for litigation uses of that data. The SCOTUS held that solicitation of clients…

Article. Abstract: It is not uncommon for a new hardbound copy of today’s law school casebooks to exceed $200. And, each year, the prices inch ever higher. After exploring the various dynamics in the traditional publishing market that…

As I discussed here a couple years ago, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was significantly overallocated. In its first three year compliance period (2009-11), the power plants regulated by the program emitted 377 million tons, a…

Elizabeth Lucas, Center for Public Integrity, and Robert Benincasa, NPR, have analyzed Environmental Protection Agency databases to come up with this highly informative, interactive map of sites that release hazardous pollutants into the air.…

Recently the New York Times, echoing some earlier local media coverage, ran an article about an ongoing regulatory initiative from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to close open fire pits on public beaches in Southern…