Litigation

Around the web, October 10

By Ted Frank

• Toyota settles the Mark Saylor crash caused by mis-installed floor mats that started the whole sudden acceleration panic. [WSJ]
• Health Affairs study estimates cost of defensive medicine at $45.6 billion/year. [NYT]
• "Dodd-Frank reform law invites new litigation opportunities against mortgage lenders," overturns Watters v. Wachovia. [LNL; Mayer Brown; Brooks @ Bloomberg]

• "An Annoying Regulation for Every Room in the House" [CEI]
• Campaign finance laws as weapons. [IJ]
• E-discovery creates minefields for attorneys. [NLJ]
• US$35M effort to "promote the use of Afghanistan's formal justice system" turns into self-parody. [NYT]

Full post as published by Point of Law on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).