Ernie the Attorney notices some new slabs of it in his inbox (Jul. 27) and learns more about its origins (Jul. 28). See May 9 and May 17.
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
Overlawyered
Point of Law- Around the web, October 14Here comes a big wave of investor class actions over the mortgage implosion [NLJ] Followup to our discussion of pending class action reforms in the U.K., with numerous useful links [Paul Karlsgodt, Class Action Blawg] Detroit News endorses re-election...Walter Olson
- Garrison Keillor reads a poem on product liabilityReally! During the "Morning Edition" news block, the local NPR station here in Washington, WAMU, runs the feature, "The Writer's Almanac," a short segment of Garrison Keillor mentioning historical moments of the day. (For example, today is Margaret Thatcher's 84th...Carter Wood
- Around the web, October 12In multiple cases, U.S. Supreme Court being asked to intervene in West Virginia state courts [Liptak, NYT] Employers buy big legal headaches when they ask for specifics from workers who call in sick. Better just to wave those intermittent...Walter Olson
- Campaign civility, enforced by law?The press has been full of chatter this week about the supposedly unprecedented vehemence of campaign rhetoric on the Republican side of the presidential contest -- a charge that, as my colleague John Leo has noted, may be a trifle...Walter Olson
- Parloff on Russia v. Bank of New York MellonOver the past couple of years I've repeatedly expressed fascination (here, here, here, here, and here) with the lawsuit in a Moscow commercial court in which the government of Russia is invoking the RICO law -- America's RICO law, that...Walter Olson
- Around the web, October 14
- Volokh
- The Fate of Radagast the Brown:Here at the Volokh Conspiracy, we make a point of informing our readers about all the really important issues of our time. Thus, I was distressed to learn from the comments...Ilya Somin
- Mandatory Acceptance of Federal "Investment" in Leading Banks:N.Y. Times:...David Bernstein
- Going Easy on "Deranged" Charges that Seem like Mere Exaggerations of a Deeper Truth:One reason why "deranged" rhetorical excesses proliferate in our political discourse is that most partisans are far less willing to condemn their own side's excesses than those of the opposition. Some...Ilya Somin
- Political "Derangement" and Political Ignorance:Co-blogger Orin Kerr is right to point out that many partisans are engaging in overheated rhetoric and unfair charges against their opponents. This problem is not unique to recent American...Ilya Somin
- Now There's a Thematically Linked Name for You:The man administering the $700 billion financial bailout is Neel Kashkari....Eugene Volokh
- The Fate of Radagast the Brown: