October 22 roundup

by Walter Olson on October 22, 2008

Bulgarians employ “decoy lawyers” to get around corruption in official bureaus [Cowen, MargRev]
Forum-shopping vol. MMMCCXII: Taiwan company claims Apple broke California unfair-practices law so of course it sues in Texarkana [AppleInsider]
“U.S. produces far too many lawyers for society to absorb” and one reason is that law schools want warm seats on chairs [Greenfield]
Second Circuit: lawyers can’t buy their way out of sanctions for filing meritless lawsuit [Krauss, PoL]
Some reasons furor over free speech in Canada is relevant this side of the border [Bernstein @ Volokh]
We’re quoted on the subject of those websites that offer “point-and-click access to trial lawyers” [Business First of Columbus]
Tight lid kept on study of disposable diapers’ environmental impact since findings were … inconvenient [Times Online (U.K.) via Stuttaford]
Judge backs Kentucky’s bid to seize domains of online gambling sites, implications for everyone else [Balko, "Hit and Run"; earlier here and here]

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