Category Archives: Remedies

Teacher’s Manuals for Laycock & Hasen, Modern American Remedies (5th ed 2019) Now Available

October 26, 2018, 7:45 amRemediesRick Hasen

Look for the manuals under “Professor Resources” on the following pages (password protected): Laycock & Hasen, Modern American Remedies (5th edition 2019) Laycock & Hasen, Modern American Remedies (Concise 5th edition 2019) You can find other supplemental materials there as… Continue reading

Laycock and Hasen, Modern American Remedies (5th Edition AND Concise 5th Edition) Ready in Time for Spring Classes

October 7, 2018, 9:33 amRemediesRick Hasen

This has been consuming most of my time for the last 9 months, and so glad the moment is here: Modern American Remedies: Cases and Materials, Fifth Edition Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia Richard L. Hasen, University of California,… Continue reading

“Georgia district is ordered to redo primary election after voting errors”

September 19, 2018, 4:22 amRemediesDan Tokaji

CNN: “A judge said he will order a Georgia Legislature district to redo a primary election between two Republicans because errors in voter data called the results into question.” It’s quite uncommon for a court to order this type… Continue reading

Donald Trump Apparently Complying with Twitter Declaratory Judgment, Unblocking Plaintiffs (Which He Does Not Have to Do)

June 5, 2018, 7:17 amRemediesRick Hasen

DOJ has appealed the court ruling that President Trump cannot block people on Twitter. But the real news, as flagged by Cristian Farias, is that the President apparently has unblocked the plaintiffs in the lawsuit in the interim. This… Continue reading

Court Uses Declaratory Judgment, Avoids Injunction to Get Trump to Unblock Twitter Followers: Will It Work?

May 24, 2018, 7:56 amRemediesRick Hasen

I plan to do more blogging about Remedies, especially given my news about coming on the Laycock casebook. And here’s an especially nice illustration of an important Remedies issue in the news. Yesterday a federal court held that President Trump’s… Continue reading

Rick Hasen Joining Doug Laycock as Co-Author of “Modern American Remedies;” 5th Edition Will Be Out in Time for January 2019 Classes

May 21, 2018, 8:01 amRemediesRick Hasen

I am honored to be joining Doug Laycock as co-author on the new Fifth Edition of Modern American Remedies, the leading casebook in the Remedies area. The Fourth Edition is from 2010 (there are annual supplements). This will be… Continue reading

New Book from Me: Examples & Explanations for Remedies, Fourth Edition

August 1, 2017, 8:06 amRemediesRick Hasen

For those teaching or taking a Remedies course, or who want to understand damages, injunctions, restitution and more, the new edition of my Remedies E&E is now out. From the book’s description of what’s new for the 4th edition: A… Continue reading

NYT Dives Deep into Arbitration Killing Consumer Class Actions and More

November 1, 2015, 12:58 pmRemediesRick Hasen

Must read.

The AIG Merits Ruling May Be Bizarre, But the Remedies Portion Makes Great Sense

June 15, 2015, 6:57 pmRemediesRick Hasen

Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the NY Times about this decision from a federal claims court judge: When the Federal Reserve propped up A.I.G. in September 2008, unlike its approach with most of the big banks, it threw out the… Continue reading

Federal Court to WI Chief Justice Abrahamson: Follow Federal Rules for TROs

April 10, 2015, 7:50 amRemediesRick Hasen

This is somewhat surprising. As I tell my Remedies students, it is well established that under both constitutional law (see Carroll v. Princess Anne) and FRCP 65, one cannot get a temporary restraining order without giving notice to the… Continue reading

That’s How You Bind Probate Judges to Conduct Same Sex Marriages

February 12, 2015, 4:36 pmRemediesRick Hasen

In a post yesterday, I took issue with a small part of an excellent Emily Bazelon story on whether Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore went to far in saying probate judges were not bound by a federal district court… Continue reading

Would Judge Moore Be on Less Solid Ground in SSM Case if 11th Circuit Involved?

February 11, 2015, 8:15 pmRemediesRick Hasen

Emily Bazelon’s sorta defense of Judge Moore is definitely worth the read. But one aspect of it struck me as wrong, or at least incomplete: Roy Moore is right that on its face, Granade’s order doesn’t require state probate judges… Continue reading

For Remedies Geeks Only

May 19, 2014, 7:09 amRemediesRick Hasen

Important Supreme Court opinion today in Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (the Raging Bull) case on the doctrine of “laches” in copyright law.

Shorter Supreme Court in Child Pornography Case: Congress, Please Override Us

April 23, 2014, 5:34 pmRemedies, statutory interpretation, Supreme Court, TortsRick Hasen

Today the Supreme Court decided a statutory interpretation case, Paroline v. U.S. with no easy answer, an unusual cross-ideological divide among the Justices, an interpretation offered by the majority which Adam Liptak rightfully describes as “a new and vague… Continue reading