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Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
By Professors Byron G. Stier, Howard M. Erichson, Alexandra D. Lahav, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch and Sergio J. Campos.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mass_tort_litigation/
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Aug 16
What duties do lead counsel owe plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation?
What duties do lead counsel owe plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation?There is a persistent question in multidistrict proceedings: what duties do lead lawyers owe to individual plaintiffs who have no direct attorney-client relationship with them? That's the question at the heart of a recent opinion by Judge… -
Aug 7
For Journalists Reporting on Bellwether Trial
For Journalists Reporting on Bellwether TrialBellwether trials are a mass tort phenomenon that is often reported in the media, but too often journalists put more emphasis on an individual trial or even a small set of trials than is warranted. This post tries to explain... -
Aug 6
James Henderson on the Impropriety of Punitive Damages in Mass Tort
James Henderson on the Impropriety of Punitive Damages in Mass TortProfessor James Henderson (Cornell Law) has posted to SSRN his article, The Impropriety of Punitive Damages in Mass Torts, 52 Ga. L. Rev. (forthcoming). Here is the abstract: Punitive damages have been around for centuries in classic…
Rank this Week: 54
PrawfsBlawg
PrawfsBlawg
By Professors Dan Markel, Ethan J. Leib, Rob Howse, Paul Horwitz, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Steve Vladeck and Orly Lobel.
http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/
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Sep 25
Barnette at 75
Barnette at 75John Q. Barrett reminds us that next June is the 75th anniversary of West Virginia Bd. of Educ. v. Barnette, which makes the short list of most important First Amendment decisions, both for its principles and its rhetoric. Given everything… -
Sep 25
Reputational Scores: Yet Another Idea for Reforming the Law Review Submission Proce
Reputational Scores: Yet Another Idea for Reforming the Law Review Submission ProceLike a lot of others out there, I find the expedite game quite distasteful. Also like some others, I've been tossing around some ideas for fixing it. Some recent ideas from others include having faculty publish only in their home… -
Sep 25
Corpus Linguistics Re-Redux
Corpus Linguistics Re-ReduxSince my last post on Corpus Linguistics two weeks ago, several things have happened in the corpus linguistics world that I’d like to discuss: Stephen Mouritsen posted a significant and substantive response to several of my questions. (His…
Rank this Week: 87
Entertainment Law Reporter
Entertainment Law Reporter
From the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment & Media Law Institute at Southwestern Law School.
http://www.entertainmentlawreporter.com/
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Jun 5
Entertainment Law Reporter on hiatu
Entertainment Law Reporter on hiatuI've discovered that publishing a one-man blog - even a blog that primarily calls attention to the fine work of others - is a surprisingly time-consuming activity. My work on the Entertainment Law Reporter got interrupted by the need to… -
May 2
The Donald, The Apprentice, the FCC, and the broadcast law issues if Trump runs for President
The Donald, The Apprentice, the FCC, and the broadcast law issues if Trump runs for PresidentThose who watch politics (the way others watch sports) wonder whether Donald Trump is seriously thinking about running for President, or whether he is simply generating publicity for his television show "The Apprentice." Only "The Donald"… -
May 2
FTC reports on compliance with entertainment industry age and content rating
FTC reports on compliance with entertainment industry age and content ratingThe Federal Trade Commission has found that video game retailers enforce industry age and content ratings more vigorously than other entertainment retailers, and that music CD retailers are the most lax at doing so. In the words of the…
Rank this Week: 3887