Litigation

Around the web, July 19

By Ted Frank

• In the $550 million Goldman case, "the SEC got a big payday in what would have been seen as a strike suit had it been a private securities class action lawyer." [Ribstein]

• Good news: the Eleventh Circuit starts peeling back its appalling Lowery decision on federal removal jurisdiction. [Pretka v. Kolter City Plaza II, Inc.; WLF; Appellate Strategist; White & Case press release; Earlier @ Fed Soc]
• Seventh Circuit: expert testimony supporting class certification must meet Daubert standards. [American Honda Motor Co. v. Allen; Hassen; Wachert; Sachse; Couch; WLF; Chamblee Burch]
• Forbes discusses issues with the $20B BP fund and likely litigation. [Forbes]
• New blog on Obamacare litigation. [ACA Litigation Blog]
• The effect of "diversity" standards in college admissions can be worth as much as 450 points on the SAT. I'm curious: why don't we ever see "disparate impact" cases when there's actually a racially-motivated disparate impact? [Minding the Campus]
• Betcha you didn't know that "neo-conservatives" were responsible for people thinking that the ludicrous McDonald's coffee case was ludicrous. The scary thing is that torts students are ever taught otherwise. [TortsProf]

Full post as published by Point of Law on July 19, 2010 (boomark / email).