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6 Jul 2007, 8:50 am
On Monday, July 9, the New York City lawyers chapter of the Federalist Society will host "The Recent Terrorism Cases" at the Cornell Club at 6 pm. [read post]
23 Jan 2019, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
EPA reversal on Waters of the United States rule gives power back to states [Andrew Wheeler, Kansas City Star; related Federalist Society video with Donald Kochan and Robert Glicksman; earlier] Even if one concedes that throwaway items generate environmental externalities, it still doesn’t mean laws should ban disposable diapers or other single-use plastics [Ryan Bourne, Telegraph/Cato] “New Jersey Plans a Plastic-Banning Spree” [Christian Britschgi] … [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 8:16 pm by Walter Olson
On Thursday I was a panelist at the Federalist Society National Lawyers’ Conference discussing the rapid rise of litigation funding — specifically, well-capitalized firms that advance money to plaintiffs in commercial high-stakes litigation, often in exchange for a share in the proceeds. [read post]
19 Oct 2018, 2:58 am by Walter Olson
Bayer seen as likely to get new trial on punitive-damages side of glyphosate/Roundup loss [Jim Christie and Ludwig Burger, Reuters, earlier] Supreme Court declines to review California judgment finding that long-ago advertising of lead paint created public nuisance for which makers are now financially liable [Greg Stohr/Bloomberg, Donald Kochan/Federalist Society, John Sammon/NorCal Record] When if ever can you get into federal court with your takings claim? [read post]
6 Nov 2019, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
Come out to my lunchtime law school talk at the U. of O. on employment law, sponsored by the school’s Federalist Society chapter [details] A Sixth Circuit opinion thus begins: “This court once observed, ‘[w]hen a party comes to us with nine grounds for reversing the district court, that usually means there are none. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 5:49 am
., Inc. and former CEO of American International Group, Inc.) participated in a panel with other guest speakers at the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention. [read post]
23 May 2008, 11:34 am
At that time, the Federalist Society’s Corporations, Securities, and Antitrust Practice Group will host a panel discussion entitled Assessing Recent FTC Merger Litigation: One Win, One Loss, One Tie. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 11:21 am
Legal Ethics Hiring Lawyer Rejects Federalist Society Members--and Columnist's Advice Dec 7, 2009, 08:43 am CST Law Practice Management As Law Firms Respond to Crisis, 21% of Law Students Regret Choice Dec 9, 2009, 07:54 am CST Layoffs Some Law Firms Begin Firing Equity Partners, Despite a Better Third Quarter Dec 10, 2009, 08:08 am CST Law Practice Management Debevoise Sues to Collect $6M Bill; Client Cites 50 Lawyers, 'Subpar' Work Dec 9, 2009, 02:43 pm CST … [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
Local crackdowns on home-sharing can do a lot of harm [Christina Sandefur, Federalist Society teleforum] Sandefur on laws banning working from home [Regulation mag, Cato Daily Podcast] “Apparently the ad [about a 9-year-old daughter willing to do household chores for neighbors] generated multiple phone calls from paranoid neighbors thinking I was using my child as a slave,” and next thing the sheriff called [Lenore Skenazy; Woodinville, Wash.] [read post]
24 Mar 2017, 3:03 am by Walter Olson
Per more than 30 state attorneys general, the less information lenders can draw on in credit reports, the better the credit system will work [Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ; exclusion of many tax liens and civil judgments under pressure from authorities] Federalist Society podcasts: Ted Frank on Walgreen shareholder litigation, Thaya Brook Knight on “predatory lending” cases before Supreme Court [Bank of America Corp. v. [read post]
28 May 2008, 12:11 pm
Circuit gave ATL a shout out during a Federalist Society lunch earlier this month. [read post]
25 Jan 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
” video of panel from Federalist Society Lawyers’ Convention, with Judge Alex Kozinski, John Malcolm, George Terwilliger III, Darpana Sheth, moderated by Justice Keith Blackwell of the Supreme Court of Georgia; Criminal punishment with no showing of mens rea (guilty state of mind) is just fine with a certain faction of progressives and that’s revealing [Scott Greenfield, earlier and generally, new Right on Crime website on criminal intent standards] “Bill… [read post]
25 Jan 2018, 3:02 am by Walter Olson
Chenery II, fair notice and retroactivity [Aaron Nielson, Yale Journal on Regulation “Notice and Comment”; related, Josh Blackman] Federalist Society convention videos includes panels on the administrative state and agencies and the judiciary with Steven Calabresi and Gillian Metzger, Congress with C. [read post]
9 May 2019, 3:56 am by Edith Roberts
Briefly: At The Daily Caller, Kevin Daley reports on Vice President Mike Pence’s announcement yesterday at a Federalist Society conference that “[t]he Trump administration is searching for an appropriate case in which to ask the Supreme Court to end nationwide injunctions,” noting that some members of the court have signaled “receptiveness to such a challenge”: “Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a short concurring opinion to the 2018 travel ban… [read post]
1 Jun 2018, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
Prosecutors say $32 million staged slip-fall ring drew on services of litigation finance firm [Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, New York Times] Federalist Society podcast previews Frank v. [read post]
24 Apr 2011, 4:12 am by Jason Poblete
As an American Republican of Cuban ancestry, card carrying member of the National Rifle Association and the Federalist Society, I guess I should be worried. [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 3:02 am by Walter Olson
Importantly, the opinion casts doubt on the EEOC’s powers to act by guidance in many other areas as well [Federalist Society teleforum with Mark Chenoweth and Eileen O’Connor on Texas v. [read post]
24 Oct 2018, 3:05 am by Walter Olson
Repercussions of Supreme Court’s Janus ruling on bar associations’ compulsory extraction of dues from nonmembers [Oregonian] “State Supreme Court calls a ‘timeout’ for Washington Bar Association to review its rules” Steve Miletich, Seattle Times] “ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) Cannot Survive the Supreme Court’s Recent Decisions in NIFLA and Matal” [Kim Colby, Federalist Society, earlier on rule banning some types of speech and… [read post]
20 May 2019, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
[Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg] Fundamental restructuring of Supreme Court becomes a popular campaign issue with Democrats, and the dangers in that [Ilya Shapiro, Washington Examiner] More: Gorsuch, Kavanaugh differ often, we can see clearly now [Jonathan Adler and update] Federalist Society video on stare decisis with Roger Pilon, and related by Pilon on constitutional stare decisis; The high court decides relatively few admiralty/maritime cases but has heard more… [read post]
16 Oct 2008, 9:25 pm
On October 7, 2008, the Federalist Society held presented the 2008 Election Law Conference. [read post]