Judge blocks sweeping Obama administration ban on new offshore drilling [Roger Pilon, Cato] Some reasons judge may have found ban irrational [Lowry, NRO, scroll to reader comment; Gus Lubin, Business Insider] More on Jones Act waivers in the Gulf [Bainbridge, earlier]
Connecticut AG Blumenthal launches investigation of Google Street View [Rick Green, Courant]
Florida judge tosses out $10 million libel verdict against St. Petersburg Times [St. P.T.]
Lawyer in British Columbia suspends practice after bizarre jury tampering charges [CBC]
“Disclosed to death”: why laws mandating disclosure are so overused and overbroad [Falkenberg, Forbes on work of Omri Ben-Shahar and Carl E. Schneider, via PoL]
Judge dismisses controversial Pennsylvania case against Johnson & Johnson over Risperdal marketing, Gov. Rendell had hired major donor to run suit on contingency [LNL, McDonald/NJLRA, earlier]
Rick Hills vs. Ilya Somin on federalism and constitutional enforcement of property rights [Prawfsblawg, Volokh]
Beware proposed expansion of Federal Trade Commission powers [Wood, ShopFloor]

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Judge grants preliminary injunction against deepwater drilling moratorium…

This Court is persuaded that the public interest weighs in favor of granting a preliminary injunction. While a suspension of activities directed after a rational interpretation of the evidence could outweigh the impact on the plaintiffs and the public,…
- June 23, 2010 5:07 AM
- By PointOfLaw Forum
[…] First came the character assassination aimed at Judge Martin Feldman, then came the death threats [Jeff Crouere, BayouBuzz via Wood/PoL, earlier] […]
- June 30, 2010 8:22 AM
- By Federal judge who lifted Gulf drilling ban