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Overlawyered

June 30th, 2008 at 7:46 am

June 30 roundup

» by Walter Olson

  • To hold a party in the public parks of Bergenfield, N.J., you’ll need homeowner’s or renter’s insurance to throw on the line [Bergen Record]

  • More on suits against Victoria’s Secret over allegedly hazardous bras, thongs, and undergarments, including an aspiring class action over contact rashes [Heller/On Point News]

  • Supreme Court will review Navy sonar controversy, which we’ve long covered in this space [Adler @ Volokh]

  • Hope of legalized online gambling fades, and you can blame Republicans on Capitol Hill for that [Stuttaford, NRO "Corner"]

  • Disney said to be behind bad proposal to soak foreign tourists to fund visit-America promotions [Crooked Timber]

  • “Squishier than most”: Nocera on A.M.D.’s predatory-pricing antitrust suit against Intel [NYT]

  • Process serving company lied about delivering SEC witness subpoena and falsified later document, judge rules, awarding victim $3 million [Boston Globe]

  • Revisiting the false-accusation ordeal of Dr. Patrick Griffin, and how it relates to pressure to have needless chaperones at medical procedures [Buckeye Surgeon, Dorothy Rabinowitz Pulitzer piece]

  • Overlawyered turns nine years old tomorrow (more). Commenters: how long have you been reading the site? Any of you go back to its first year?

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  • 1

    I bookmarked this site 6 September, 1999 on my first visit, with daily visits thereafter.

    MTGlass on June 30th, 2008
  • 2

    Dr. Patrick Griffin’s ordeal did not end after the Pulitzer-prize winning account of his acquittal. Christine Jeffreys’ civil suit proceeds.

    Ted Frank on June 30th, 2008
  • 3

    Has any action been taken against the judge in the original Griffin trial? It looks to me as if she was grossly incompetent if not malicious.

    Bill Poser on June 30th, 2008
  • 4

    I am proud to say that I have read every single post on this site. You are truly an icon, Walter.

    Greg Dwyer on June 30th, 2008
  • 5

    Wow. I’m impressed. Thanks.

    Walter Olson on June 30th, 2008
  • 6

    About 5 months and I digg your stories almost daily.

    Steve on June 30th, 2008
  • 7

    I can’t remember for how long, but likely at least five years. And, I can’t remember how I came to know of this site, and I wish I could–who linked me to it…?

    Jason Barney on June 30th, 2008
  • 8

    Bookmarked and blogrolled since September 2004. Keep up the good work!

    kimsch on June 30th, 2008

 

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