Stop the presses? My Manhattan Institute colleague Nicole Gelinas has relatively kind words for the financial enforcement efforts of New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo, at least as compared with his predecessor, the ever-overreaching Eliot Spitzer....

Judge Ward has attracted so many patent plaintiffs to his E.D. Tex. courtroom that its "rocket docket" is slowing down [Texas Lawyer] Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell picks Houston chum Kenneth Bailey of Bailey Perrin Bailey to go after Johnson...

"Every" apartment building erected since 1991 in New York City may be out of compliance. And say goodbye to foyer closets in future, since the space may be needed to let wheelchairs pass each other. The New York Times reported...

Philip Howard's new online discussion series, New Talk, is back today with a discussion of loser-pays, moderated by Rebecca Love Kourlis. I'm one of the discussants, as is Marie Gryphon of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy, and a...

Thanks to Peggy Little for holding the fort last week during my absence. Our planned guestblogger for this week unfortunately had to withdraw at the last minute, but we should have at least part of our regular crew, including me,...

Back in 2005, we had a thread on the topic of gender and law review placements. The question was, why are so many of the placed articles in top journals...

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The Federalist Society has posted a lively but civil debate about gay marriage on its website. The exchange is available here....

As Todd notes, the state of Florida is stepping up its misguided efforts to combat "price-gouging" in anticipation of Tropical Storm Fay. Unfortunately, this issue tends to come up anytime...

The Boston Globe has a good article on how home foreclosures in Massachusetts are allowing lower-income families to purchase houses in areas that were previously too expensive for them:...