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David Marcus of the University of Arizona has written an extensive book review of Richard Nagareda's Mass Torts in a World of Settlement. The review, entitled Some Realism about Mass Torts, will appear in the University of Chicago Law Review....

Washington Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders confesses that he was the one who shouted "Tyrant! You are a tyrant!" at Attorney General Michael Mukasey, during Mukasey's speech at a Federalist Society dinner: "Frankly, ... of Sic semper evello mortem Tyrannis, which translated means "Thus always death comes to tyrants." ... The phrase is originally attributed to Marcus Junius Brutus, the central figure in the assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC.... In American history, because of ...

... of the paper that she does not read. In the end, the final irony is that the federal rules may be "going out with a wimper." Richard Marcus, "Not Dead Yet." The next speaker is Rick Marcus of Hastings. He ... the center (or common middle point). There are developments in several countries that are consistent with this general description of what is going on. Marcus suggest that explicit consideration is impractical. Bone suggests that the lack of social insurance is relevant to procedural reform. ...

... journalism has changed, I get berated by some old time journalist turned public relations professional. My articles in The Marcus Letter on wither the five W's (the who, what, when, why and where we were once taught must be in every lead paragraph ... how do you write a news story, and by projection, a press release? (Press releases, the wonderfully innovative and original Richard Levick was once heard to say, are now the least part of a public relations campaign. But they still flow like wine into ...

... distinguished state and federal judges with extensive MDL experience; academic commentators Alexandra Lahav (Connecticut), Robin Effron (Chicago), Richard Marcus (Hastings), Francis McGovern (Duke), and Edward Sherman (Tulane); and practitioners intimately involved with multidistrict litigation on both sides of the bar today, such as Richard Arsenault (Neblett, Beard), Judy Barrasso (Barrasso, Usdin), Dawn Barrios (Barrios, Kingsdorf), Russ Herman (Herman, ...

... broadcast media, that's where the talking heads come from. To break into that Rolodex takes work and time, but it's worth it. There are several ways to do it. The simplest way is to write a letter or email, offering your expertise. The legendary Richard Weiner, one of the knowledgeable and successful public relations consultants in recent times, suggests that most media people now strongly prefer email. "Two hints about email," he says. "The subject line determines if it will be opened. It's the ...

... suppression issue on appeal, I'm sure it made the wait from when he argued on October 31, 2007 until May 2, 2008 worthwhile. Although, I'm sure his client might disagree. On the night of March 25, 2004, around 10:35 p.m. Mr. Marcus Blair stopped at a "known drug house in a high-crime drug-trafficking area" in Knoxville, Tennessee. An undercover officer witnessed Blair's car stop at the house and also claimed to have witnessed him engage in a hand-to-hand drug transaction. When Blair's car left ...

... litigation. This Article is the result of a Call for Papers by the AALS Section on Civil Procedure and was one of three papers selected for presentation at the 2008 AALS Annual Meeting. The other two selected papers, authored by Professor Richard Marcus and Professor Robert Bone, also appear in this issue of the Oklahoma Law Review. The Article can be downloaded by visiting http://ssrn.com/abstract=1279479.

... to JANE MOSCOWITZ for this guest post: Richard Strafer and Howard Srebnick had a big win in the Eleventh Circuit this week in United States v. Kaley. Judges Marcus, Wilson and Tjoflat reversed and remanded the ... failed correctly to balance the Defendants' assertion of their right to a hearing and the prejudice to them of its denial. Judge Marcus especially noted the prejudice to the Defendants of being deprived of their counsel of choice, calling that a "powerful" form and "substantial source" ...

... "THE DARK KNIGHT" (Warner Bros. Pictures) WADE ALLEN RICK AVERY DEAN BAILEY RICHARD BURDEN FRANK CALZAVARA MARK CHADWICK BRIAN CHRISTENSEN GEORGE COTTLE TOBIASZ DASKIEWICZ JUSTO DIEGUEZ ... GILBERT RYAN JAMES HAPPY CHRIS HOWELL HORACE KNIGHT WILL LEONG JIM LEWIS RICK MARCUS AUSTIN PRIESTER SIMON RHEE MARK RICCARDI PAT ROMANO SPIKE SILVER LEE SMITH ERIK STABENAU NANCY THURSTON XUYEN "SAMMY" VALDIVIA MARK WAGNER MARCUS YOUNG Screen Actors Guild Awards 45th Annual Life Achievement Award James Earl ...