This case concerns the level of supervision a local government needs to provide for inmates of jails who may have an increased risk of committing suicide. An expert noted that the number of suicides at the particular jail was 'high' and implied the county should have been on notice that inmates...

In its opinions in Daubert, Joiner and Kumho Tire, the U.S. Supreme Court assigned trial judges a lsquo;gate-keeping' role in assuring that proposed expert testimony is sufficiently reliable that it should be admitted into evidence. A section of the Daubert decision described guidelines to...

In a recent opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court considered statistical data and discussed the statistical disparity between the proportions of Black and White potential jurors who were challenged by the prosecution. The Court did not report the results of any formal statistical inference, e.g. a...

In the late 1990s the stocks of technology companies, especially those involved with the Internet, were highly profitable. Customers of investment firms requested many more shares of new issues or initial public offerings (IPOs) than were available. Some customers allegedly made questionable...

The TARP and related programs to strengthen the financial system have not been successful in making credit available to the typical American family. Indeed, banks have raised their fees and credit card companies have also raised their rates or charges for international transactions etc. Thus,...