Supreme Court Rules Against Cigarette Makers
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that federal legislation that regulates the labeling of packages of cigarettes does not preempt state lawsuits over claims of deceptive marketing of “light” cigarettes...
View ArticleTexas Caps Damages, Predictable Results Follow
According to Texas law, this man’s pain and suffering is worth $250,000: David Fritzgerald, 53, a former apartment maintenance worker, sued RHD Memorial Medical Center in Farmers Branch and several...
View ArticleIdiot Legal Arguments (cont’d)
Amusing headline to this story: “Judge assails cases doubting Obama’s citizenship.” Quote: In an argument popular on the Internet and taken seriously practically nowhere else, Obama’s critics argue he...
View ArticleEarly Afternoon Links
For your reading pleasure: 1. Obama’s plan for Afghanistan: once again, the key appears to be figuring out what an administration means by “benchmarks.” 2. Pakistan: suicide bomber kills upwards of...
View ArticleSaturday Links
1. More on studies showing that children do not in fact make people happier. I’m not sure how much I can add to what I said last year; children actually make some people happier (as opposed to making...
View ArticleUNT Law to Dallas
The Texas House follows the lead of the Texas Senate in approving the creation of a new law school in Dallas, to be run by the University of North Texas: Dallas will be home to the state’s next public...
View ArticleUpdate on UNT Law
Not much more information here, but Texas Lawyer reports that, provided the school can get their own funding, they plan on opening their doors in 2011, with plans to eventually accommodate about 750...
View ArticleEh, Not That Frivolous
Now I can imagine a few people would read this and immediately condemn this as a frivolous lawsuit without merit. Apparently, Oprah teamed up with Kentucky Fried Chicken for some sort of free chicken...
View ArticleSorry Poor People, You’re Out Of Luck
Increasing numbers of poor people are being turned away by legal aid services nationwide, just as more and more of them are in need of those services: The nonprofit Legal Services Corp., which funds...
View ArticleNative Success Stories (And Aside on Sotomayor and Cultural Experience)
MORE Native lawyers please, especially ones like these three women, who overcame adversity to become successful attorneys who fight not only for their clients, but for their tribes. This story is an...
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