I must admit I like Washington DC.  Every time I get here I seem to pack much in, because there is always so much to do.  I had a full day today and will be on the Hill all Friday pitching food safety.

I started out the morning with a presentation to the American Insurance

Richard L. Cupp, Jr.’s article, Moving Beyond Animal Rights: A Legal/Contractualist Critique 46 San Diego Law Review 27 (2009), was chosen for the award.  Cupp’s article critiques the analogy made by some animal rights theorists between granting rights to animals and granting rights to corporations and to mentally incapable humans.  The article documents the rapid

Dan Mitchell of Slate’s “Daily Bread” wrote this morning "Lawyers Launch Food Safety News Site:"

Marler Clark, perhaps the best-known law firm involved in food-safety litigation, has launched a news site that the firm describes as "a daily Web-based newspaper dedicated to reporting on issues surrounding food safety."

Bill Marler, the firm’s managing partner, will