Litigation

Around the web, December 30

By Ted Frank

• The ten most interesting class-action articles of 2010. [Trask]
• Robbins Geller (Bill Lerach's former firm) names client as plaintiff to lawsuit opposing merger that client says he supports. [Fisher @ Forbes]
• Judge Diane Wood defends economic freedom. [Blackman]
• California Supreme Court refuses to review appalling $21 million antitrust ruling against the SF Weekly; thus ensuring that the state's antitrust laws can continue to be used to eliminate competition. [SF Chronicle; TOTM]
• I like Ohio's Richard Cordray more than the average Democratic AG, but an AG's office that says it won $7.6 million in consumer restitution in a state that big is sort of damning itself. [LNL]
• Please note: I don't think the island of Manhattan is at any risk, and I didn't say anything that suggests otherwise. [NY Observer]

Full post as published by Point of Law on December 30, 2010 (boomark / email).