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9 Apr 2008, 12:31 am
American Tobacco, which reversed Judge Weinstein's certification of the "light cigarettes" class action. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 6:18 pm
And I don't think Judge Weinstein's revolution will be more than a revolution of one. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 10:16 am
In amidst the 236 pages (288 with the appendix) of issues covered by Judge Jack Weinstein in US v. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 8:21 am
The Weinstein Company's designer reality show Project Runway will be strutting its stuff on the Lifetime Network beginning this fall, but one of the first assignments for the new crop of fashion fabulous might be lawyer suits for the attorneys... [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 7:14 am
Judge Weinstein finds support for the right in recent Supreme Court cases---especially those involving the relative role of judge and jury in sentencing.Whether the rule Judge Weinstein adopts is appropriate is an important and interesting question, closely related to the question (also discussed by Judge Weinstein) of whether jurors must be (or even can be) informed of their right to nullify the law by acquitting people who are factually guilty. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 12:59 am
., Jayhawks over Tigers, not that I had either team in the final game).For non-fans, I'll have something to say later today about Judge Weinstein's sweeping 6th Amendment opinion.Posted by Mike Dorf [read post]
7 Apr 2008, 9:02 am
Over at Volokh, Orin Kerr has this extended discussion of Judge Weinstein's very extended Polizzi opinion (basics here and here), which reverses a conviction in a child porn case on debatable legal grounds. [read post]
6 Apr 2008, 3:54 pm
It has come to my attention that some members of the bar have commented on Judge Weinstein's opinion in US v. [read post]
5 Apr 2008, 1:40 pm
Apr. 3, 2008), reversing Judge Jack Weinstein's certification of a class including virtually all Americans who had purchased cigarettes labeled as "light" or "lights. [read post]
4 Apr 2008, 2:41 pm
"There is a whole new aspect of divorce that most couples never had to face," explained Janell Weinstein, a partner in the law firm of Federbusch & Weinstein in New Jersey. [read post]
4 Apr 2008, 1:49 pm
David Donoghue of DLA Piper in his Chicago IP Litigation Blog Senate Finance Committee discusses gift and estate tax reform - Chapel Hill attorney Greg Herman-Giddens on TrustCounsel PA in his North Carolina Estate Planning Blog United States Trustee receives broad authority to investigate Countrywide - Atlanta lawyer Scott Riddle in his Georgia Bankruptcy Law Blog Second Circuit reverses Judge Weinstein in light cigarette case - Idaho attorney Thomas Walker of Cosho Humphrey LLP… [read post]
4 Apr 2008, 4:53 am
Class Action Alleging Fraud Under RICO in Advertising of Light Cigarettes Fails to Satisfy Prerequisites for Class Action Certification Under Rule 23 because Individual Issues Predominate Second Circuit Holds Judge Jack Weinstein of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York certified a class action against Philip Morris USA, R.J. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 11:09 am
Although Judge Weinstein approved the class in September of 2006, the Second Circuit held found that individual issues, such as why smokers chose light cigarettes,... [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 10:15 am
April 3, 2008), the Second Circuit REVERSED Judge Weinstein's controversial certification of a class of cigarette smokers who allegedly were deceived into believing that smoking light cigarettes was healthier than "full flavored" cigarettes.Common issues did not predominate over individual issues because each plaintiff would have to prove reliance, injury, and damages. [read post]
3 Apr 2008, 10:11 am
" I'd criticized Judge Weinstein's underlying Schwab decision in... [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 7:13 pm
Famed EDNY Judge Jack Weinstein has found a creative, questionable and headline-making way to avoid the application of a mandatory minimum federal sentence in a child porn case. [read post]