October 31 roundup

A WSJ Law Blog commenter thinks I’m too restrained in criticizing the plaintiffs’ bar. [WSJ Law Blog] The Bush administration just might accomplish something else reform-related in its last two years. [Point of Law; Ideoblog] 12-year-old California boy tries to jump over five-foot-long Halloween decoration that has chicken wire sticking out, hurts himself, 2-1 court […]

  • A WSJ Law Blog commenter thinks I’m too restrained in criticizing the plaintiffs’ bar. [WSJ Law Blog]
  • The Bush administration just might accomplish something else reform-related in its last two years. [Point of Law; Ideoblog]
  • 12-year-old California boy tries to jump over five-foot-long Halloween decoration that has chicken wire sticking out, hurts himself, 2-1 court decision says he can sue school district for failing to supervise him. [Los Angeles Daily News]
  • Jaycees may be forced to disband over haunted house lawsuit; they’ve stopped running the haunted house already. [Quad City Times]
  • Judge Easterbrook: “Gobs of judicial (and law-firm) time have been squandered by the combination of sloppy drafting, repeated violations of Rule 65(d), and inattention to all sources of subject-matter jurisdiction. If these lawyers were physicians, their patients would be dead.” [Blue Cross and Blue Shield Assoc. v. American Express Co. via Bashman]
  • Britons vandalize speed cameras. [NY Times]
  • Roger Pilon on California Prop 90. [LA Times via Bashman]
  • How to use a condom optimally, and save $13.5 million a year to boot. [Marginal Revolution]
  • You like me! You really, really like me! Or, if not “like,” a small fraction of you tolerate me enough to download my writings off of SSRN. [Torts Prof Blog]

One Comment

  • Frivolous lawsuits aren’t only filed by citizens. In your quoted article above you point out that Blue Cross sued American Express because American Express came out with a “blue” card. Shame on the corporations.