Litigation

Around the web, December 28

By Ted Frank

• Ten most significant class action decisions of the year. [Trask]
• And another one to come: Janus Capital v. 1st Derivative Traders is a replay of Stoneridge. [WSJ ($); SCOTUSblog argument recap; briefing and transcript]
• The partisan crocodile tears and misleading ethics charges of the Constitutional Accountability Center. [Adler @ Volokh]
• Trial lawyers in BP case strike back at Ken Feinberg; meanwhile, the Gulf doesn't seem to have suffered long-term damage. [WSJ Law Blog; Weekly Standard via Kir]
• I imagine it's bad luck when your toxic tort case has Daubert problems and your plaintiff is named "Junk." [Wajert; Junk v. Terminix (8th Cir.)]
• [Cass] "Sunstein's own mental constitution is one of many minds." [Claremont Institute]
• Device lag at the FDA—and manufacturers afraid to say anything about it. MR
• Obama's immigration strategy is in conflict with his anti-inequality strategy. [Kaus]

Full post as published by Point of Law on December 28, 2010 (boomark / email).