• In suit over weird, elaborate online hoax, court allows fraudulent-misrepresentation claim despite lack of motive of tangible gain [Chi Trib]
• Service animal rodeo: “A trained rat probably would have had a good case in California” [AP/Statesman-Journal] Broward County, Fla. backs lonely widow’s right to keep “prescription Chihuahua” against rules of condo board [AOL, Sun-Sentinel] Oklahoma: “Depressed Woman Fights to Keep Therapy Kangaroo” [Newser] Earlier on recent change in federal rules;



• Should lawmakers screen bills for constitutionality? Ms. Lithwick has trouble sticking to a position [AEternitatis]
• Human-relations complaint leads to arrest of U.K. man for singing “Kung Fu Fighting” [MSNBC]
• Barney Frank: Yes, let’s talk about med-mal reform [The Hill] Ringing the bell: Roundups of more big med-mal verdicts [White Coat, more]
• “Expert Witnesses Stripped Of Immunity From Negligence Suits In The UK” [Erik Magraken]
• “Sustainability”: an empty idea? Or perhaps actively wrongheaded? [David Friedman via David Henderson]

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