• Judge orders government review of “threatened” status under Endangered Species Act of polar bears.  The status is a key part of activists’ climate litigation strategy (Blog of Legal Times)
  • Solicitor General urges Supreme Court to deny review to appeal of ruling rejecting federal preemption as defense to state suit vs. generic drug maker (FDA Law Blog) (Drug and Device Law)
  • Clips from “Crude” documentary show behind-the-scenes plaintiffs’ lawyer PR efforts in Ecuador case vs. Chevron (Corporate Counsel)
  • DOJ files counterproductive amicus brief in appeal of ruling rejecting the patentability of human genes (Patent Docs)
  • The inestimable Judge Posner strikes a blow against copycat class action litigation (Class Action Countermeasures)
  • Record companies appeal federal court’s ruling that compensatory damage award for illegal song downloading was unconstitutionally excessive (Copyrights and Campaigns)
  • Reform ideas for the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA Prof)
  • FTC formally finalizes its unfair competition claim settlement with Intel (Truth on the Market)