Unhappily Musing on the “News”
It always amazes me how editors of newspapers can mold public opinion merely by the wording of headline and the placement of a story. The New York Times today gave me another reminder of this ...
Republicans Block Another Obama Nominee, Consumers Suffer Another Blow
On Thursday, Dec. 8, in a 53 to 45 vote, Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Richard Cordray as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Despite Cordray’s backing by 37 ...
Guest Post by AAJ Pres. Gary Paul: U.S. Chamber’s Hypocrisy Exposed
The following is a guest post written by President of the American Association for Justice, Gary Paul.
Every October the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform holds a summit ...
Thinking About Taxes
Let’s get one thing straight: I would love to have public school teachers, fire departments, police departments, national defense, research, healthcare, social security, prisons, public parks, ...
What’s Wrong With THIS Picture? Emasculating the SEC is NOT Good for the Country
I picked up the Financial Times this morning. Like the Wall Street Journal, it has a series of short paragraphs (blurbs) in a column on the left-hand side of the first page. The top one was ...
Strict Construction My Eye: Supreme Court Blows by Seventh Amendment
On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court took another sledgehammer to the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. Maybe ...
Dukes Watch: Lively Debate in Supreme Court Oral Argument
The much anticipated oral argument in Dukes v. Wal-Mart -- the biggest gender discrimination case in history -- was held today before the United States Supreme Court. From the unofficial ...
On Public Pensions
Unless you have been unconscious for the past month, you know that the Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, who – like others claiming the mantle of the Tea Party -- is financed by the Koch ...
NY Mets and JP Morgan Sued for Alleged Ties with Madoff
Bernie Madoff bankruptcy trustee Irving Picard, who is attempting to recover assets for the victims of Madoff’s illustrious ponzi scheme, has sued the New York Mets and JP Morgan Chase for their ...
Hall of Shame: Illinois Director of Insurance Michael T. McRaith – A Postscript
On December 2, 2010, I commented on the outrageous conduct of Illinois’ Director of Insurance Michael T. McRaith. He had “settled” the investigation of a life insurance broker (Merrill Lynch ...
The Gloves Come Off: PIMCO to Settle in Bond Market Manipulation Suit
Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) recently agreed to pay $92 million to settle a class action alleging manipulation of the futures market. As is typical when a party ...
On Whistleblowers
On January 1, the venerable show 60 Minutes ran a story about mega-pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) pleading guilty to distributing adulterated drugs, a felony.
The company paid ...