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29 Jan 2009, 11:19 pm
Matt Lerner at New York Civil Practice tells you why the verdict was then tossed out by an appellate court;Blawg Review #196 comes up from Down Under (for the 4th time) on Australia Day;TortsProf has this week's Personal Injury Law Round-Up;When robbing banks, be careful about which paper you write showmethemoney (NY Mag, Intel);Scott Greenfield sees changing comment policies at BigBlawgs (Above the Law, Balkanization, Concurring Opinions, Volokh, SecularRight), sees a drop in comments… [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 7:29 am
Frank Vandall (Emory) has posted on SSRN The Criminalization of Products Liability: An Invitation to Political Abuse, Preemption, and Non-Enforcement. [read post]
29 Jan 2009, 5:39 am
Last week, the Oregon Legislature began debating a bill to cap tort liability. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 7:10 am
The NY Times today reports that nine FDA scientists who allege that they were forced to approve medical devices that they did not believe were save now contend that they have become the targets of a criminal investigation. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 7:06 am
Coverage/Commentary: Marler, NYT, Kos. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 4:39 am
Back in December, we reported on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision allowing a freshmen cheerleader to bring a negligence claim against her fellow cheerleader because cheerleading was not a contact sport. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 3:49 am
As noted by our colleagues over at Mass Torts, Pfizer is buying Wyeth for $68 billion creating, in the words of the New York Times, a "pharmaceutical behemoth. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 3:48 am
Last week, the Government Accountability Office issued a report (large pdf) identifying the FDA as a "high-risk area[]needing broad-based transformation to address major economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 11:37 am
The Pump Handle has a post summarizing the Center for Progressive Reform's White Paper discussing the regulatory choices facing President Obama's regulatory czar Cass Sunstein. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 4:58 am
James Lileks, whom I like when he's funny and get annoyed by other times, has one of the former type columns today, discussing the peanut butter salmonella situation. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 4:54 am
The folks at Pharmalittle think so, arguing that President Obama's rejection of the Bush administration's bar on state emissions rules may also suggest a similar resistance to preemption arguments. [read post]
24 Jan 2009, 10:36 pm
In mid-2007, I posted about the investigative report into the death of a teenage girl on an "Air Glory" ride, which is somewhat similar in concept to the popular "SkyCoaster" swing ride, but quite different in implementation. [read post]
24 Jan 2009, 6:30 am
Keith Hylton (Boston) has posted The Economics of Nuisance Law on SSRN. [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 2:41 pm
As is common, Gerald Markowitz, a historian, was named as an expert for the plaintiffs in a vinyl chloride case; I've written an article that related to discovery in the peer review process related to his book, and I've also... [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 2:25 pm
The weekly round-up will return next week. [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 6:22 am
Symeon Symeonides (Willamette) has posted Choice of Law in Cross-Border Torts on SSRN. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 2:43 pm
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22 Jan 2009, 8:02 am
Highly recommended.For more, see Robinette's post on TortsProf. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 5:25 am
A draft of my latest article, The Prosser Notebook: Classroom as Biography and Intellectual History, is available on SSRN. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 5:06 am
Eric Turkewitz has a careful analysis of the various potential ways that lawyers in New York might be able to get around the current ethical restrictions on advertising, as well as some suggestions about how to better control advertising. [read post]
