Class Action

Returning from Hiatus
I'm returning from a hiatus that has gone on longer than I'd hoped. If some readers of this blog are interested in joining in as affiliated editors, please contact me at judith_wegner@unc...

While on hiatus ...
While this blog was on hiatus I was mainly concentrating on a few different research projects, but I did manage to do a few things that may be interest to regular readers. First, I attended Microsoft's inaugural Politics and Technology Forum in Canberra...

The Great American Smokeout – what will your district do
BoardBuzz readers have seen a lot of changes in tobacco use prevention this year — the Food and Drug Administration was finally granted oversight of the tobacco industry, and a report released in October from the Institute of Medicine underscored the link between exposure to secondhand smoke and subsequent heart attacks or strokes...

Estate Tax Hiatus Does Not Equate to a Hiatus for Estate Planners
The Trust Advisor Blog reports that despite the estate tax hiatus in 2010, estate planning attorneys are staying busy: Clients still need to plan for next year and beyond, when the estate tax will return...

Ah, Those Fascists
From Reason's Hit & Run blog: Earlier this year, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives put out a request for bids to produce a bunch of Leathermans for ATF trainees...

"Garden of Forking Paths"--the free will blog--takes a hiatus
John Martin Fischer (UC Riverside) writes: You might be interested in this post on the gfp in which we are announcing an indefinite hiatus. We frankly were distressed over time with a lowering of the quality of discussion...

Regulating Tobacco
The Hill reports that tobacco and tobacco products will soon fall under some government agency's jurisdiction. J. Taylor Rushing writes, The congressional drive to bring tobacco under Food & Drug Administration control -- given new life in the Senate last...

BarWrite® Blog is Back!
After a hiatus, the BarWrite® Blog is back. We're ready to roar. We will be offering, as before, study tips for the bar exam as well as news about the bar exam and legal education. The hiatus had a technical...

Recommended Reading: Crashing Down Now!
Happy New Year, and I apologize for the prolonged hiatus. Various circumstances have prevented me from re-engaging the blogosphere earlier but such is life, and I will hopefully have more time now to blog...

Smokeless Tobacco Increases Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack
Smokeless Tobacco Increases Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack

Philip Morris
Jury Decides Against Big Tobacco

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Facing Potential Class Action