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Point of Law- " Finland's Class Action Law a Success Although Never Once Used"Certainly one of the month's better headlines, and the blog post in question, at Class Action Blawg, is well worth reading too. It notes that the 2007 Finnish enactment differs from U.S. procedure in a couple of major ways. First,...Walter Olson
- "Deputizing Company Counsel as Agents of the Federal Government"In an update for the Cato Institute of a 2005 article (overview leads to PDF-format article), Washington attorney N. Richard Janis looks at the arsenal of methods, many relatively recent, by which federal prosecutors can arm-twist business defendants into submission....Walter Olson
- Hoping to boost book sales, perhaps?Naomi Klein, eh? Just happened to see her name the other day. She's one of the plaintiffs in the ACLU's suit challenging the just-signed FISA Amendments Act (Public Law No: 110-261). From the lawsuit, page 29: "Nation contributor Naomi Klein...Carter Wood
- More on the Michigan schemeHaving spent a lot of time around state legislators over the years, just can't get enough of the news out of Michigan today. (See James Copland's post here.) Reform Michigan Government Now's proposed constitutional amendment is revealed to be a...Carter Wood
- Worst book of the yearClearly Naomi Klein's godawful The Shock Doctrine, with its conspiracy theories blaming free-market economists for every bad thing to happen in the world, is headed for that honor. Earlier here and here....Walter Olson
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- Why Does the United States Have an Exclusionary Rule?:Adam Liptak has an interesting story in today's New York Times about the so-called exclusionary rule, the rule of criminal procedure instructing (in simplified form) that evidence acquired by the...Orin Kerr
- Funding Barack Obama's "civilian national security force."--A. Obama on National Service....Jim Lindgren
- John McCain Open Thread.--If you want to comment on John McCain, his candidacy, or any Volokh Conspiracy post relating to him, you may do so below....Jim Lindgren
- Barack Obama Open Thread.--If you want to comment on Barack Obama, his candidacy, or any Volokh Conspiracy post relating to him, you may do so below....Jim Lindgren
- Josh Chafetz Guest-Blogging:I'm delighted to report that Josh Chafetz will be guest-blogging here next week. Josh is a law professor at Cornell, a scholar of British and American legal history, the author of...Eugene Volokh
- Why Does the United States Have an Exclusionary Rule?: