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"Information and opinion on the U.S. litigation system."
Author: This Web magazine is sponsored by the Manhattan Institute and the American Enterprise Institute Liability Project. The editor Walter Olson, an author and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute; and one of its blawggers is Ted Frank is the founder and president of the Center for Class Action Fairness and authors its blog. These two also contribute to Overlawyered.
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Recent Posts from PointofLaw.com
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House passes chemical facility security bill, welcomes litigation
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted 230-193 to pass H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act. (Roll call vote.) All but 21 Democrats voted in favor; Republicans all opposed. With the announcement yesterday…
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"Spano's Suicide: Housing Plan Doomed County Exec"
The New York Post has now picked up a slightly shortened version of my City Journal piece on the housing lawsuit that contributed to a voter revolt in Westchester....
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"Chloroform for tort reform"
The Washington Times assails as "dishonest" and a "poison pill" the House health bill's provisions bribing states not to enact limits on malpractice awards and attorneys' fees....
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Federal paid sick leave mandate?
The H1N1 virus could provide a foot in the door, observes Daniel Schwartz....
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Small business Sarbanes-Oxley exemption
Rahm Emanuel, for one, is said to be pressing for it [Bloomberg] The New York Times's Floyd Norris is predictably having a fit....
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Revoking telecom immunity
"Well, we changed our mind" doesn't strike Carter at ShopFloor as a very good reason for Congress to yank back a former liability protection. Earlier here, here, here, etc....
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"Why Drug Companies Should Beware Of Doing Business In West Virginia"
Beck and Herrmann explain why the Mountain State's inroads on the learned intermediary doctrine are a serious matter, especially since forum-shopping could lead to the application of the state's liberal rule to drug injuries alleged…
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N.J.: Gov.-elect Christie on liability reform
New Jersey Lawsuit Reform Alliance reports that incoming chief executive Chris Christie has given encouraging pledges on forum-shopping, class actions, and expert witness standards....
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"Tuesday's Biggest Loser: the Union Agenda"
Michael Barone in the WSJ: The unions' unprecedented political push in 2008 has not been unnoticed by the voters. Mr. Corzine's cozy relationship with public employee union heads proved a liability in New Jersey, and…
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After a housing-suit settlement, Westchester voters rebel
I've got a new piece up at City Journal on Tuesday's sensational Westchester County upset, in which GOP challenger Rob Astorino knocked off Andy Spano, the longtime Democratic incumbent county executive, by a convincing 58-42…