Richmond Times Dispatch "I'm aware of the problem," Cuccinelli, a Republican and former state senator who sponsored a bill changing Virginia's eminent domain statute, said in an interview Thursday. "It strikes a sensitive nerve for me because of the property rights issue, and the ...

This abstract is posted in collaboration with the NYU Review of Law & Social Change symposium, "From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Sexual & Reproductive Rights." Heath Excepted, Health Accepted All rights reserved January 22, 2010 Judith Resnik...

Bloomberg reports new developments in the prempro litigation. Judge Norman Ackerman of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas issued an order cutting the punitive damages jury award in Barton v. Wyeth from $75 million to $5.6 million. Bloomberg reports: Besides...

Daily ME The Burkholders have argued that Carilion and the city of Roanoke plotted behind closed doors to take the land for what is now Carilion's Riverside Center and then pressured the housing authority to do their bidding. In its agreement with the city to buy and develop the former industrial a ...

Having lived in Boston for 15 or so years, I can relate to this wicked cool sounding article by Professor Judith W. Wegner, found at 61 Rutgers L. Rev. 867 (2009). From the abstract: The essay, by one of the...

Canton Rep “The Court finds that there is no public necessity for the appropriation,” Park wrote in her 12-page ruling. The drainage issue didn’t exist until the business park was created, and “...the public use is limited to the drainage of a street that will be used pri ...

Last week, I wondered what Congress might do to undo the effects of Citizens United and considered some ideas, mostly sounding in changes to corporate law. Ian Ayres and Bruce Ackerman have an op-ed and blog post with a different, quite interesting proposal: Making federal contracts contingent on co ...

Crosspost from Freakonomics: Now that the Supreme Court has freed corporations to expressly advocate for the election or defeat of federal candidates, many pundits feel that is simply beyond the power of Congress to constitutionally curtail the corrosive potential of corporate speech.But Bruce Ack ...

The pregnancy rate among teenage girls is on the rise in the United States, according to a new study released by the Guttmacher Institute (a nonpartisan, nonprofit group). The study examined the most recent statistical data available, and concluded that the pregnancy rate among teenagers aged 15-19 ...

Herald Palladium Todd said the airport has been negotiating with the fruit market since 2002. "We're supposed to give landowners fair market value. Neither party issupposed to come out ahead, because this is taxpayers' money," he said. "Weknow we're going to impact them, so the ...