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volokh.com - 3/12/2009
Alienation of Affections:
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Maggie Gallagher, blogging at National Review Online's The Corner, suggests (more or less) a revival of the tort of alienation of affections, which has been abolished in the vast majority...
gaypatriot.net - 3/16/2009
Refer Barney Frank to House Ethics Committee
— gaypatriot.net — As we read yet again of Barney Frank’s grandstanding over executive salaries while remaining silent over his own cozy relationship with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, I recall Mr. Frank has an ethics problem which Congress has yet to investigate. ... (more) Refer Barney Frank to House Ethics Committee

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talkingpointsmemo.com - 3/19/2009
The Big Bucks
— talkingpointsmemo.com — Let's go back to Joe Cassano, former chieftain of AIG Financial Products. As noted earlier, there is a good deal of evidence that Cassano was trying to keep his division's book off-limits to AIG's in-house and outside accountants and auditors ... (more) The Big Bucks

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Congress’ Fake Outrage Over AIG Bonuses
mitchellblatt.com - 3/20/2009
Congress’ Fake Outrage Over AIG Bonuses
— mitchellblatt.com — Congress to Limit Executive Bonuses… Sometime Oct. 22, 2008 – “The beleaguered insurer American International Group has agreed to suspend payments to executives from a $600 million bonus fund as well as $19 million in payments to its former chief executive, the New York attorney general ... (more) Congress’ Fake Outrage Over AIG Bonuses

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The Corner on National Review Online:  A Tort of Adultery?

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A Tort of Adultery?
The Corner on National Review Online — Thursday, March 12, 2009 [image] A Tort of Adultery? [Maggie Gallagher] Eugene Volokh encourages some discussion of my tort of adultery idea at the Volokh Conspiracy . A few quick thoughts: Prof. Lloyd Cohen, a family-law specialist at George Mason Law, points out the version I posted is more like a update of the tort of "criminal conversation" which was rooted in the crime of adultery rather than the "alienation of affections" tort which required the affections to be, well, alienated before a lawsuit could proceed. (It's messy business figuring out why a spouse's ...

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