• Represented by repeat Overlawyered mentionees Cellino & Barnes/The Barnes Firm, this injured upstate New Yorker got a settlement of $35,000 which worked out after expenses to — are you ready? — $6.60 [Buffalo News]


• Not yet a laughingstock: AMA backs off idea of labeling video-game addiction [Wired News, L.A.Times/CinciPost, HealthDay/WilmNJ]


• Restaurant critics fear losing their physical anonymity, which means a Bala Cynwyd eatery has a sword to hold over the Philadelphia Inquirer reviewer it’s suing [PhilaWeekly] (More: AP/CNN)


• Dad of the year? Father who didn’t have much contact with 30-year-old son during his life shows up to claim half his $2.9 million 9/11 compensation award [NYDN, NYLJ, PDF brief courtesy Taranto/WSJ]


• Fie on goodness: Geoffrey Fieger engages Harvard’s Dershowitz to try to quash federal grand jury probe, and he’s still battling Michigan judges too [DetNews]


• In suburban D.C. middle school, high-fiving could mean detention under no-touching rule [Washington Post, AP/CNN]


• Law firm whistleblowers? Ex-employees allege billing fraud in tobacco suit by high-flying Kansas City, Mo. trial lawyer [Legal NewsLine]


• U.K. government panel bans egg ad as not encouraging healthy eating [Times Online, Guardian, Telegraph]


• Lawprof is keen on expanding tort law to open door for more suits against schools over kids’ bullying [Childs]


• 1,001 ways to self-publicize: one is to become a “trial groupie” [Elefant]


• Guess what? This site just turned eight years old [isn’t it cool]

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