Legal Commentary

Obama and Affirmative Action
Delicate Obama Path on Class and Race Preferences is a very interesting and perhaps telling August 3, 2008 New York Times article about Obama's views concerning affirmative action. The article describes Obama as a law student and Senator supporting affirmative...

Affirmative Action No Longer Needed
Conventional wisdom has it that Obama?s election has shown that affirmative action is no longer necessary, but according to Rasmussen?s surveys more people think it necessary now than thought so before his election...

Michigan Federal Court Issues Important Reverse Affirmative Action Decison Upholding State Constitutional Amendment Banning Affirmative Action
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action v. Regents of Univ. of Michigan, ___F.Supp. 2d ___(E.D. Mich. 2008), is an important affirmative action decision. In a sense it is a reverse affirmative action case...

The Affirmative Action Candidate
Someone should tell Susan Estrich, former Dukakis campaign manager and continuing Democratic talking head, that when in a hole one should stop digging. Offering her 1¢ worth on the Ferraro firestorm (originally it was 2¢ worth, but I devalued it based on content), Estrich writes: I don't think she in any way meant to put Obama down by pointing to his race as an essential element of his appeal...

Affirmative Action by Law Schools
Gail Heriot has posted to SSRN her paper, Affirmative Action in American Law Schools: The United States Commission on Civil Rights recently held a briefing entitled, “Affirmative Action in American Law Schools” at which witnesses with differing perspectives discussed troubling evidence that race-based affirmative action policies may have harmed rather than helped minority students...

Important Study on Affirmative Action and Stigma
Angela Onwuachi-Willig (Iowa, left), Mary Campbell (Iowa, center), and Emily Houh (Cincinnati) have recently completed an important study on affirmative action in higher education that has implications for the workplace as well...

Affirmative Action and Justice Thomas
Did Affirmative Action Really Hinder Clarence Thomas? is an interesting June 2, 2008 law.com article. The article questions Justice Thomas' book published last fall, "My Grandfather's Son", where he blames affirmative action programs at Yale Law School for him not...

Is Obama a Natural Born Citien?
Philip J. Berg, Esquire vs. Barack Hussein Obama, a/k/a Barry Soetoro, a/k/a Barry Obama, a/k/a Barack Dunham, a/k/a Barry Dunham, et al

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

PTDS class action
Veterans Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Class Action

ASMP and Other Visual Artists File Class Action Lawsuit Against Google
Google Faces Class Action for Copyright Infringement

Settlement Reached in Female Athletes' Class Action
Slippery Rock University Settles Discrimination Class Action

GE Reitrement Class Action Settled
GE $40 Million Settlement Agreed in Retirement Class Action

Environmental Class Action to Proceed Against DuPont
DuPont New Jersey Drinking Water Contamination Class Action to Proceed

Class Action Filed Over Incontinence Briefs
Arizona Health Care Faces Federal Class Action over Incontinence Briefs