PointofLaw.com
"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, a lawyer who is resident fellow at the AEI and directs its Liability Project. These two also contribute to Overlawyered. Ted Frank also authors Lagniappe: an unserious blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Firms • Law Practice Management • Legal Marketing & Consulting • Legislation & Lobbying • Blawg 100 • Legal Information
Recent Posts from PointofLaw.com
-
NEJM: "The Role of Medical Liability Reform in Federal Health Care Reform"
Michelle Mello and Troyen Brennan in the July 2 New England Journal of Medicine: What kinds of malpractice reforms might be candidates for bundling [with comprehensive federal health care reform]? The warhorse of federal tort…
-
Around the web, July 3
Now that Harold Koh has been confirmed, let's have a calm debate on the merits of importing international law [Eric Posner, Volokh, parts one and two] New symposium on originalism in Northwestern U. Law Review…
-
Nicholas Kristof on med-mal reform
Missed this NYT column from him the other week: I don't mind the A.M.A. lobbying on behalf of doctors in the many areas where physicians and patients have common interests. The association is dead right,…
-
"2009 Mid-Year Review - Securities Litigation and Enforcement"
Securities Docket is presenting a webcast at 2 p.m. Eastern July 9 with panelists Kevin LaCroix (D&O Diary); Tom Gorman (SEC Actions) Francine McKenna (re: the Auditors); and Lyle Roberts (10b-5 Daily)....
-
"Four Myths about Federal Preemption of State Tort Claims"
Lawrence Ebner's paper for the Washington Legal Foundation is here (PDF)....
-
Someone notices the AAJ's leadership changes
Below we note the June 16 Roll Call story, "Trial Lawyers Now Playing Defense," a debatable assessment but still informative enough. The article includes the first reference we've seen in a news publication about Jon…
-
Trial lawyers playing defense on health care reform? Really?
Medical malpractice and liability reform DID come up yesterday at President Obama's town-hall-style-flavored event on health care. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), a physician, drew attention to Texas' success in capping non-economic damages and challenged the…
-
NY state senator sues -- and helps oversee -- city board of ed
In his capacity as a private lawyer, State Sen. John Sampson of Brooklyn "is suing Schools Chancellor Joel Klein on behalf of a former assistant principal who alleges wrongful dismissal". At the same time, wearing…
-
"Cloud" computing and employment law
Daniel Schwartz points out angles that might become traps for the unwary: For example, Connecticut's wage and hour laws require employers to keep track of various records of the employee including hours worked, etc. The…
-
Cal. Appeal Court Reaffirms Assumption of Risk Defense
In a very interesting case, California's intermediate appeals court has affirmed that state's assumption of risk defense. Once a year, tens of thousands of participants pay hundreds of dollars in fees for the privilege of…