The Law Blog of Plaintiff's Attorney Max Kennerly
Oh, Ashcroft v. Iqbal, will we ever stop blogging about you?
The newest online debate pits the class action defense lawyers at Drug & Device Law against University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Stephen Burbank at PENNumbra, the online supplement to UPenn’s Law Review.
Beck and Herrmann open with a defense of Iqbal…
Business Week points us to the major cases.
As Litigation & Trial is a legal, rather than a business, blog, I’m going to take their list of cases but replace their description of each with the actual legal issue at stake, along with links to SCOTUSWiki, which hosts all of the relevant briefs for…
At Rolling Stone:
Weigman’s auditory skills had always been central to his exploits, the means by which he manipulated the phone system. Now he gave Lynd a first-hand display of his powers. At one point during the visit, Lynd’s cellphone rang. "I can’t talk to you right now," the agent told the caller. "I’m
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Via @walterolson, CQ Politics reported yesterday:
The Senate rejected a bid Thursday to impose new limits on whistleblower awards as it moved toward passage of legislation to beef up the government’s ability to combat financial fraud.
By 31-61, the Senate rejected an amendment by Jon Kyl , R-Ariz., that sought to set a $50
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