International Trade Commission has required elevated forms of self-disclosure about corporate status for years, with on of the five sitting Administrative Patent Judges (APJs), Cameron Elliot, recently ordering litigation finance discovery in three investigations—perhaps with more on the way, as NPEs and funds have sought to use the ITC more frequently recently to exert leverage in litigation. [25] These disclosure orders and laws come in response to the growing… [read post]

Eugene Volokh discusses religious exemptions of a different type, from mandatory autopsies for executed killers in Johnson v. [read post]

EPA settles with the GATX Corporation for failing to notify authorities after 2008 ammonia release. [read post]