October 24 roundup

I’m speaking at the National Press Club today on the Philip Morris v. Williams case. [Point of Law; Medill summary; Bashman analysis] How much skin color discrimination is there? [Somin @ Volokh] Latest in the Ninth Circuit follies. [Above the Law] Difficulty of making causal link between lung disease and 9/11 dust. [NY Times; TortsProf] […]

  • I’m speaking at the National Press Club today on the Philip Morris v. Williams case. [Point of Law; Medill summary; Bashman analysis]
  • How much skin color discrimination is there? [Somin @ Volokh]
  • Latest in the Ninth Circuit follies. [Above the Law]
  • Difficulty of making causal link between lung disease and 9/11 dust. [NY Times; TortsProf]
  • Kirkendall on the Skilling sentence. [Kirkendall]
  • Quelle surprise: ATLA dishonestly attacks me. [Point of Law]
  • Ford seems to have settled, instead of fighting, the ludicrous Texas Garcia decision where they got blamed for a drunk-driving accident with unbelted passengers. [Point of Law; CFIF]
  • Scalia: “The more your courts become policy-makers, the less sense it makes to have them entirely independent.” [AP]
  • Richard Epstein on legislators v. Wal-Mart [EconTalk Podcast]
  • Environmentalists v. private property rights. [CEI blog]
  • Litigious Pennsylvania judge Joan Orie Melvin sues for a pay-cut. [Bashman]
  • Why law firm associates work so hard. [Marginal Revolution]

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  • Some friends recently returned from a vacation to New Zealand. They had bought a large jar of Vegemite at the airport and it was taken from them by US Customs. They were specifically asked if they had Vegemite and that they had to turn it over. This happened about one month ago.