The Law Blog continues its chat with Covington & Burling partner and author Philip Howard.

A few weeks ago, a client who will be opening a factory in China within a couple of months told me how much he has been learning about China by following people on Twitter and following their news links. He then asked me who if I had a list of "China people" he should be following. I said abou ...

OK, let’s walk through this. Mind you, I’ve already declared this bill dead anyway. Back in November of 2009, the House of Representatives passed a health care rationing bill, 220-215. For the purposes of this discussion, we will note four Congressman ‘yea’ votes: Abercr ...

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the Super Bowl; watching Peyton Manning channel his inner Favre was a bit surreal. Anyway, we had 129 posts on the LexBlog Network today with Jamie Spencer providing one of the more interesting posts, offering insight on cops, lawyers and judges using iPhone apps. ...

The Law Blogrecently chatted with author Philip Howard about his new book "Life Without Lawyers."

I.          Introduction Back in January the Ninth Circuit decided United States Life Ins. Co. v. Superior National Ins. Co., ___ F.3d ___, slip op. (9th Cir. Jan. 4, 2010), a Federal Arbitration Act Section 10(a)(3) procedural misconduct decision that affords reinsurance and other arbitrators a goo ...

Each associate handles two pro bono cases annually — that’s the commitment Cantey Hanger has made to Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas (LANWT), says Fort Worth associate Philip Vickers (pictured). “I noticed our firm was exploring ways to be involved...

The backlog of Presidential appointees has reached critical mass, and the hurried-up appointment of Scott Brown today, expressly in time to "torpedo" the nomination of Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board, has Harry Reid calling for drastic measures--recess appointments: Speaking on ...

139 posts on the LexBlog Network today and some really great content in today's top ten. Richard Renner of the Whistleblower Protection Blog has a good post on Howard Zinn, founding Board member of the National Whistleblowers Center. Chuck Peterson has a post on an attorney who won a $31 million set ...

(WSJ) The Food and Drug Administration is appealing a federal judge's ruling that the agency doesn't have the authority to regulate electronic cigarettes. The FDA on Monday night asked a federal appeals court in Washington to immediately stay an order that prevented the agency from blocking elect ...