• Today at AEI: Panel (and webcast) on Massachusetts v. EPA Supreme Court argument on carbon dioxide regulation. [AEI]
• Paulson to Economic Club of New York: “Legal reform is crucial to the long-term competitiveness of our economy.” [Paulson; WSJ; WaPo; NYT; American]
• One who reposts on Internet allegedly libelous news article immune from liability in California. One hopes this deters a certain attorney complaining about a six-year-old Overlawyered post recounting a 2000 LA Times article. [Point of Law; Volokh]
• It’s an obvious point, but many judges simply refuse to acknowledge it in failure-to-warn litigation: overwarning can be counterproductive. [WaPo]
• Congress holds that Psalms 37:21 trumps Leviticus 27:30; Senator Obama objects. [WaPo]
• Russia: woman successfully sues Coca-Cola for causing gastrointestinal distress. [Kevin M.D.]
• More on breast implants. [Bernstein @ Volokh]
• More on the New Zealand no-fault med-mal system. [Point of Law]
• Posner on Friedman. [Posner]
• John Edwards seeks to cut in front of line to purchase Playstation 3 at Wal-Mart. Which of the Two Americas is that again? [Taylor @ Reason via Kirkendall]

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