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PrawfsBlawg
Goodyear v. Haeger oral argument
Main Wednesday, January 11, 2017Goodyear v. Haeger oral argumentI have a piece on SCOTUSBlog covering Tuesday's argument in Goodyear Tire & Rubber v. Haeger.Here, I want to highlight (as I…
PrawfsBlawg
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District: How vague statutory terms can lead to class bias in special education
Main Tuesday, January 10, 2017Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District: How vague statutory terms can lead to class bias in special educationTomorrow SCOTUS will hear arguments in Endrew F…
Credit Chronometer
Tick, Tick, Tick for DOJ. With Time Running Out, Feds Ramp Up Mortgage Litigation
Joseph Cioffi was quoted in a Banking Exchange article, “Tick, Tick, Tick for DOJ. With Time Running Out, Feds Ramp Up Mortgage Litigation.” Click here to view the full article.
Hunton Retail Law Resource
ATRA Releases Annual “Judicial Hellholes” Report
By Thomas R. Waskom, Quinn Adams
The American Tort Reform Association recently released the 2016–2017 edition of its “Judicial Hellholes” report. This annual report identifies venues it deems least favorable for civil defendants based on recent…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Huge Mess; Let’s Start Over
Plaintiff agrees to buy a newly constructed home, so long as the builder can produce a Certificate of Occupancy. Of course, there is no C of O at the closing,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
California Legislature enlists former U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder to defend against Trump
As the Los Angeles Times reports, the California Legislature has tapped former U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. to serve as outside counsel to guide the state’s legal strategy against…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Contesting Immigration Policy in Court: Legal Activism and Its Radiating Effects in the United States and France by Leila Kawar
Contesting Immigration Policy in Court: Legal Activism and Its Radiating Effects in the United States and France (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) by Leila Kawar (Cambridge University Press, 2015).What difference…
Environment, Land & Resources
Sustainable Investment and ESG Compliance ─ Emerging Litigation
By Sophie Lamb and Paul Davies There is an increasing desire amongst PE firms to publicise value creation through the use of bespoke metrics to measure improvements and value derived…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
I Predict the Future in Planadvisor
I, and a cast of other ERISA Nostradamus[es], claim to foretell the future of ERISA litigation – by gazing back at the past year – in this new article in…
Drug & Device Law
Good Things Come in Small Packages: M.D. Fla. Rejects Plaintiff’s Discovery Gotcha Gamesmanship
This is the time of year for Best and Worst lists. Our own lists of the best and worst drug and device law decisions of 2016 will be coming out…