http://www.blawgrepublic.com/ Top Blog Posts Condesa Inc. Blawg Republic http://www.illinoistrialpractice.com/2010/05/experts-attacking-for-bias.html A post at Paul Luvera's Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips titled "Attacking the Expert for Bias" is "a simple check list of reminders" of bias-related topics to ask at th Illinois Trial Practice Weblog http://www.pointoflaw.com/archives/2010/05/recusable-and-n.php When an eighth judge recused herself* from hearing the lawsuit on global warming damages, the U.S. Fifth Circuit of Appeals found itself without a quorum for en banc consideration of Comer v. Murphy Oil. The court on Friday Point of Law http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2010/05/law-society-judges-as-umpires-umpires-as-judges.html For those of you attending Law and Society this weekend: On Thursday morning at 8:15, I will be doing a roundtable discussion called Judges as Umpires, Umpires as Judges: Rethinking the Metaphor. We will explore the silly judge-as-umpire metaphor, instant replay, the nature of judging an PrawfsBlawg http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/running-car-in-enclosed-garage-not-obvious-risk/ So thinks a Michigan appeals court, reinstating (over a dissent) a suit against a maker of a muffler repair kit which allegedly should have warned of the danger of carbon monoxide emitted by the car under repair. [ Overlawyered http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2010/05/24/the-federalization-of-corporate-governance-marches-on/ Last month I noted that the Senate was about to repeat its SOX mistake with another ill-fated foray into regulating corporate governance.  I focused on provisions for mandatory majority voting, separation of the boar Truth on the Market http://employerslawyer.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-not-efca-but-for-some-cities-it.html Because today, Senate Majority Leader offered the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act as an amendment to the Supplemental Appropriations Act that is being considered by the Senate. The amendment (number Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2010/05/24/delawares-future/ I share Prof. Ribstein’s concerns about the federalization of corporate governance contained in the Dodd bill.  Though Senator Carper wasn’t able, in the end, to get the pro Truth on the Market http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2010/05/lsa-happy-hour-thursday-may-27th-9pm-bar-novo-renaissance-hotel.html Just to follow up on the post from last week, we will be having one of our happy hours with friends from other blogs and law schools this coming Thursday in Chicago. The fun starts at 9pm at PrawfsBlawg