In October Term 2006, the Supreme Court showed an increased willingness to review and decide business litigation cases that the Rehnquist Court had largely avoided. The justices made important decisions in the areas of securities law, antitrust, patent law, civil procedure, employment law, and punitive damages. In the upcoming October...

The Bush administration’s efforts to achieve tort reform through regulatory agency preemption has garnered much academic and press coverage. On November 29, 2006, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case of Watters v. Wachovia Bank. At issue is the scope of the National Bank Act and federal...

American Enterprise Institute president Christopher DeMuth announced today that the National Legal Center for the Public Interest has been merged into AEI.

We should be cautiously optimistic about future developments as important cases about federal preemption and the scope of securities laws come before the SupremeCourt in 2007.

Has the Class Action Fairness Act curbed abusive class actions, and will it do so in the future?

The Roberts Court's business cases suggest that it is finally stepping away from the culture wars and returning to the nuts and bolts of law.

Patent litigation is broken, and Congress is every bit as qualified as--and often more qualified than--the courts to fix it.