Much Pain, Much Gain: Skeptical Ruminations on the Vioxx Litigation
JURIST Guest Columnist Benjamin Zipursky of Fordham University School of Law says that the ongoing Vioxx litigation is exposing serious shortcomings in America's products liability system... In August, a jury in Texas arrived at a huge verdict of $253 million...
Retired military officers urge Bush clarification on torture ban
A group of retired military leaders have sent a letter to President Bush seeking clarification on the president's plans to enforce a recently passed ban on the use of torture against terror detainees. Last month,...
The European Union has released a statement criticizing the death penalty after North Carolina executed Kenneth Lee Boyd , marking the 1,000th execution in the US since the US Supreme Court lifted a 10 year...
JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Foley of Florida Coastal School of Law says that the Senate compromise on the Graham Amendment limiting judicial review for Guantanamo detainees leaves the way open for grave mistakes and injustices that may further damage America's...
Justice Department supports extension of Voting Rights Act supervision
The US Justice Department told Congress Tuesday that it supported renewal of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act , preventing states with a history of discriminatory voting practices from implementing any change affecting voting...
Human rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Wednesday called on US federal and state lawmakers to change mandatory sentencing schemes under which thousands of juvenile prisoners face the prospect of life sentences without parole. A new joint...
States brief ~ Iowa Supreme Court refuses to address ruling that dissolved civil union
Leading Friday's states brief, the Iowa Supreme Court today refused to address the ruling of a lower court that dissolved a Vermont civil union . The Supreme Court did not judge the merits of the legal claim...
United States v. Marquez, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, June 7, 2005 . Excerpt:The random, additional screening procedure in this case...
The New Class Action Legislation: Denying Many Americans a Fair Day in Court
JURIST Special Guest Columnist William Lerach, senior partner of the Lerach Coughlin complex litigation firm headquartered in San Diego who has led the prosecution of hundreds of securities class and stockholder derivative actions recovering billions of dollars, says that the...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, April 20.The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In the first, Merck...
