Apr 8 2012
Marketing Malpractice By Tort “Reformers.”
Professor Theodore Eisenberg of Cornell Law School has completed a study on the empirical effects of the so-called tort “reform” movement in the U.S. This was brought to my attention by the TortsProfBlog, which features the article’s abstract. Among Eisenberg’s sober findings: 1) punitive damages were never out of control and in need of reform; [...]
Apr 1 2012
First Amendment Malpractice
Every now and then, I have to blog about something other than tort law, and this is one of those times. But I can remain within the malpractice theme, because so much of recent 1st Amendment law has been so wrong-headed that calling it careless, i.e., negligent, would be generous. It appears that people who [...]