Chronicling the high cost of our legal system

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September 24th, 2008 at 11:59 pm

Microblog 2008-09-24

» by Walter Olson

Both McC and Palin seem cold-blooded about firing people, might be seen as feature rather than bug [McLaughlin/Baseball Crank] #
Legal obstacles to four day work week [Point of Law via @lilyhill] #
Yep, that’s Joe: Biden said he’s “done more than any other senator combined” for trial lawyers [Point of Law] #
Day of protest against software patents [OUT-LAW via @lawtweets] #
Related? “EPO staff strike over patent quality” [OUT-LAW] #
What a curious Nigerian scam email, do you think it could be genuine? [Cernovich] #

In Joe Biden; John McCain; patent quality; Sarah Palin; workplace

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Biden said that he’s “done more than any other senator combined” for trial lawyers.

Ummm. Why is the phrase “trial lawyers” outside the quotes?

Ron Miller on September 25th, 2008

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