The Cardozo lawprof has some further thoughts (at FindLaw) on the August discussion of the subject at the NewTalk site. He laments the absence of a robust empirical demonstration of what proportion of current suits are lacking in what kind...

"A 7th Circuit Bar Association study that tested alternative trial concepts (pdf), including allowing jurors to ask questions of witnesses during trials and limiting presentations by lawyers, generally showed that the new techniques enhanced the jury trial process. ... [Other...

Remember press brouhaha over the Hannah Poling "maybe vaccines do cause autism after all" report? Turns out it may be a candidate for the scientists' undisclosed conflicts hall of fame [Seidel] Slowdown, maybe, in craze for filing patent lawsuits...

Case Western lawprof Jonathan Adler, well known to many of our readers through his blogging at Volokh Conspiracy, and his attorney spouse Christina Adler have co-authored a paper for the Federalist Society on the favorable developments at the Ohio Supreme...

As we noted back on May 8, Colorado unions responded to the appearance of a "right to work" initiative on the state's November ballot by qualifying several stridently anti-business "revenge initiatives", including one that would greatly expand the personal liability...

(Apologies once again to readers for occupying the main space with this exchange. Feel free to skip if you're not following it.) In response to David's "analogy game" below, I'm...

Let's play an analogy game. A debate moderator asks you about your relationship with unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. The analogy you choose to draw with Ayers is:...

Sorry to turn this blog briefly into the Orin/David show, but here's a quick response to David B's reply below:...

Orin suggests that I'm "connecting Obama to radical views." Well, connecting is a bit ambiguous, but I did specify quite strongly (and sincerely) that I don't think that Obama shares...

In his post below, my co-blogger David Bernstein argues that Obama "is the product of a particular intellectual culture that finds the likes of Wright and Ayers to be no...