We mentioned this song before, but didn’t know there was a video:
(via Mark Lyon in Evan Schaeffer’s comments section).
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
Overlawyered
March 19th, 2007 at 12:09 am
“I’ll sue ya”
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Point of Law- Peter Schuck on New Zealand administered compensationThe Yale/NYU lawprof has published Tort Reform, Kiwi-Style on SSRN (via Robinette, TortsProf). Abstract: American legal scholars and social scientists have long been intrigued by New Zealand's accident compensation system, which essentially abolished common law tort almost 40 years ago....Walter Olson
- Russia vs. Bank of New York Mellon, cont'dOdd doings continue in the $22.5 billion lawsuit, per Bloomberg: ``Every legal system has its flaws,'' [plaintiff's expert and Harvard lawprof Alan Dershowitz] said in an interview yesterday. ``Who are we to cast aspersions on a country's legal system?''... Leading...Walter Olson
- McGraw and the Oxycontin sagaThe U.S. Chamber-backed West Virginia Record critically summarizes the tortuous course of the state's lawsuit against Oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma, often raised by critics as symbolic of their objections to Attorney General Darrell McGraw's handling of his office. More here,...Walter Olson
- Philadelphia obstetrics crisis, cont'dNow Chestnut Hill Hospital is closing its 1,000-babies-a-year maternity unit (via Pero). More background here....Walter Olson
- No measles vaccine-autism linkAnother study helps put to rest a litigation-driven canard. And, also via Orac, Ira Flatow interviews Paul Offit, author of the important new book hitting the bookstores this month, "Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for...Walter Olson
- Peter Schuck on New Zealand administered compensation
- Volokh
- Are Heller's Attorney's Asking for Too Much?The Washington Post argues Alan Gura and the other attorneys who successfully challenged the D.C. gun ban are asking for too much money in seeking attorneys' fees. The fees sought...Jonathan Adler
- Sunday Song Lyric:The RNC played the Heart song "Barracuda" after John McCain's acceptance speech on Thursday night, and it seems Heart's Wilson sisters are none too happy about it. Their lawyers...Jonathan Adler
- They broke John McCain. The most affecting part of John McCain’s acceptance speech was also the most surprising: McCain’s admission that he was broken by torture. I had read a little about this before on...Jim Lindgren
- The Republican "Triumph of the Will" (Not):I usually skip watching political conventions entirely, given that they are just staged political propaganda for each party, providing a forum for politicians on each side to present rhetoric that mostly...David Bernstein
- About that Mysterious Israeli Flag in Palin's Office:The small Israeli flag visible in Gov. Palin's office window has been the subject of much speculation. I've even seen allegations in the blogosphere that the flag was photoshopped into a...David Bernstein
- Are Heller's Attorney's Asking for Too Much?
That is one fine piece of urban comtemporary expressive art.
The album, Straight Outta Lynwood, is a great disc. It’s certainly worthy of your music purchasing dollar.
Of all the tracks on the disc, however, I prefer “Pancreas”, for its accurate yet memorable explanation of pancreatic function. This is not the first Weird Al song to mention his pancreas, but it is the best.
Now, if only BarBri would get Weird Al involved with their next edition of the bar prep videos…