Blogging for The Wall Street Journal, Ed Silverman reported yesterday: In response to recent reports that the cost of some generic drugs has been unexpectedly rising at a rapid clip, two members of Congress have launched an investigation and asked 14 generic drug makers to providing data about what the lawmakers called the “escalating prices they […]
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Always insightful, the NYT's former Supreme Court correspondent takes stock of jurisprudential trends over the last nine years as well as recent moments when the Chief has chosen a more moderate path than some of his colleagues. Read it here.
The blog of the Legal Times reports on the status of a lawsuit challenging the District of Columbia's sale of homes that are delinquent in paying taxes. "The case doesn’t contest the city’s ability to auction off a tax certificate if a property owner fails to pay taxes. Instead, the lawsuit claims that if the […]
by Paul Alan Levy Considering that many homeowners' insurance policies include rudimentary libel coverage, it makes sense for insurance companies to republish articles telling customers about what the law allows, and what sorts of comments are most likely to lead to litigation and liability. The Hartford, however, has really put its foot in it by […]
by Jeff Sovern Last week, Brian posted a link to a NY Times story about the use of devices that auto lenders can activate to prevent a car from starting when a consumer has defaulted on a payment. In response, BHPH Report (BHPH evidently stands for "Buy Here, Pay Here") ran a piece titled PassTime Refutes […]
Law professor Margaret Kwoka has been writing a lot on freedom of information. Read her new article called Leaking and Legitimacy. Here is the abstract: Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning, and Edward Snowden have captured the world’s attention in recent years by leaking massive quantities of secret government information. In each case, critics have made much […]
As the NYT explains, "Paper bags and reusable plastic bags will be available at checkout counters for a 10-cent fee designed to prod shoppers to remember their own reusable bags, and to reduce the number of plastic bags that end up clogging rivers, snagged on trees or taking up space in landfills." The oddly-named "American […]
Yep, that's the topic of Essay: From the 'No Spittin', No Cussin' and No Summary Judgment' Days of Employment Discrimination Litigation to the 'Defendant's Summary Judgment Affirmed Without Comment' Days: One Judge's Four-Decade Perspective by U.S. District Judge Mark W. Bennett. Here is the no-nonsense abstract: Nearly seventy-five years after its birth, the time has […]
That's what the economic data suggest, at least the data through 2012. After reproducing what Matthew Yglesias calls the most important chart about the American economy you'll see this year, Yglesias explains: For a long time, most of the gains from economic growth went to the bottom 90 percent of the income distribution. And, after […]