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Alexandra Lahav
@alahav.bsky.social
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Law professor at Cornell Subjects: litigation risk, torts, civil procedure https://www.alexandralahav.com/
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · Apr 30
Tricolor cavalier King Charles on grassy background sticking out his tongue
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 17h
my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...
Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports
CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.
www.consumerreports.org
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Michael C. Dorf @dorfonlaw.bsky.social · 21h
Oral argument today in Bowe v US presents one of the most profound constitutional questions: Just how much power does Article III's Exceptions Clause give Congress to strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction? I offer some history and context in my latest column for @justiaverdict.bsky.social 👇
Will SCOTUS Decide What Its “Essential Functions” Are?
Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf discusses the U.S. Supreme Court case Bowe v. United States, which raises the question of whether limits on successive habeas petitions for state prisoners also a...
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
Securities should be the poster child for 23b3, antitrust too. But we've moved very far from that.
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
Years and years ago already large shareholders were going it alone.
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
That's what I write in that piece, that class cert is basically a trial before the trial. But I guess the question is if you have an individual case, what effect on other shareholders?
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
Upon reflection class action scholarship has been kind of sleepy lately. MDLs and bankruptcy are hot.
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
To bind all the absent class members?
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
Wait did Amgen get overruled?
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
And I can see why you'd be interested bc it should be a big issue in securities class actions
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
I wrote a little about it in an article called Procedural Design.
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 1d
Oh my God you're stressing me out. There's an older article by Bone, Class Certification and the Substantive Merits
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d
What's infuriating is if the issue hasn't been resolved, you can't diss district court judges publicly for their decisions. I know it's not her doing it, but still
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d
Accidentally cc'd a journalist
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d
Accidentally cc'd opposing counsel
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 2d
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Supreme Court granted cert
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 4d
Even the fee shift provisions?
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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 5d
NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 7d
kermit the frog is talking about a show that is now out of control
Alt: kermit the frog is talking about a show that is now out of control
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 7d
I'm offended. These days civ pro is definitely wearing a pink vest
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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 22d
My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Uncivil Democracy
How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities
press.princeton.edu
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 7d
Team candy corn! Is it made of wax? That is part of the delightful mystery.
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 7d
Ah, but we could say the same about positivism!
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 8d
Genius really
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 8d
Originalism, originalism, originalism.
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 8d
Editor in chief, city editor, features editor
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Alexandra Lahav @alahav.bsky.social · 8d
The class action scholar in me feels so proud
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