Class-Action Firms Take Beating
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The recent Stoneridge case and the high court's refusal to hear the Enron case are only a couple of the reasons I cite in this column at the Washington Examiner in noting that the big class-action plaintiffs' lawyers are taking a well deserved beating. These developments are good news for the economy and good news for all who care about equity and about the rule of law. And the Stoneridge case also shows why business interests, too -- who often provide too little support on judicial fights -- have serious reason to make the issue one of their biggest areas of interest. Without Roberts and Alito, businesses big and small could be facing disaster.
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=3076
There are no COA nominees, just four district court nominees:
1) James Randal Hall to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia
2) Richard H. Honaker to be United States District Judge for the District of Wyoming
3) Gustavus Adolphus Puryear, IV to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee
4) Brian Stacy Miller to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas
How long Leahy will keep Haynes and Pratter at bay? If there are no COA hearings in January or February, then the first COA confirmation cannot come before March.
if we end up with President Obama and AG John Edwards.