Litigation

Around the web, February 17

By Ted Frank

• Texas asbestos and silicosis reform a success. [LNL; TCJL]
• Elsewhere in Texas, Governor Perry proposes loser pays and making access to justice easier for smaller cases. [TCJL]
• Extensive tort reform in Wisconsin undoes some bad Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions, caps punitive damages. [Sachse]
• Multi-billion dollar judgment in Ecuador in Chevron lawsuit. Chevron has a webpage detailing its response to and summarizing the various collateral litigations, including a Hague international arbitration temporarily prohibiting international enforcement of the judgement.

• "Climate Policy by Judicial Fiat: How Global Warming Lawsuits Subvert the Democratic Process" [Heritage]
• Insider trading and the Sentencing Guidelines. [Ribstein]
• Why is Obama meeting with a group that launders Chinese money? [Carney @ Examiner]
• DOJ/DHS operation shuts down over 83,000 web sites for no reason. [Blackman]

Full post as published by Point of Law on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).