FedSoc Blog

Public Health Epidemics - Warning: This Litigation "Cure" Could Kill an Economy

• Margaret A. Little

A recent article in the Financial Times, Drug Industry faces ‘tidal wave’ of litigation over opioid...

Docket Watch: Wisconsin Court of Appeals Strikes Down Noneconomic Damages Cap

• Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer,
• Andrew Cook

Wisconsin’s statutory cap on noneconomic damages for medical malpractice cases has taken many twists and...

Announcing the Article I Initiative Writing Contest

• Nathan Kaczmarek

The Federalist Society's Article I Initiative is focused on the critical issue of why the modern Congress...

The Danger Posed by the Growing Administrative State

• Randolph May

My commentary, “The Danger Posed by the Growing Administrative State,” published in the Washington Times...

Occupational Licensing, Antitrust, and Innovation Panel

• Patience D. Roggensack,
• Lisa Kimmel

While professional licensing can have an important role to play in protecting consumers, the proliferation...

Cultural Importance of the New Harvard Law School Dean: John Manning

The disconnect between the legal academy and the world it prepares students for can be...

Docket Watch: PA Supreme Court Reinvigorates State's 1971 Environmental Rights Amendment

• Joel Burcat,
• Andrew T. Bockis

In Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. Commonwealth,[1] the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the standard that...

SEC Report: Cryptocurrencies as Securities?

• Jerry Brito

Cryptocurrencies and open blockchain networks have made possible a new way to raise money to...

Celebrating 25 Years on the Court: Yale Chapter on Justice Thomas's Jurisprudence

On February 10-11, 2017, the Yale Federalist Society hosted a conference celebrating Justice Clarence Thomas’s...

What's Sauce for the Goose Is Sauce for the Gander, Even at the National Labor Relations Board

• Raymond J. LaJeunesse

An article in the July 31, 2017, Bloomberg BNA Daily Labor Report notes that William Emanuel, a...