The magazine picks five TV ad campaigns that are unlikely to get their attorney-perpetrators on anyone’s list as Supreme Court material.
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
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Point of Law- "Spano's Suicide: Housing Plan Doomed County Exec"The New York Post has now picked up a slightly shortened version of my City Journal piece on the housing lawsuit that contributed to a voter revolt in Westchester.... […]Walter Olson
- "Chloroform for tort reform"The Washington Times assails as "dishonest" and a "poison pill" the House health bill's provisions bribing states not to enact limits on malpractice awards and attorneys' fees.... […]Walter Olson
- Federal paid sick leave mandate?The H1N1 virus could provide a foot in the door, observes Daniel Schwartz.... […]Walter Olson
- Small business Sarbanes-Oxley exemptionRahm Emanuel, for one, is said to be pressing for it [Bloomberg] The New York Times's Floyd Norris is predictably having a fit.... […]Walter Olson
- Revoking telecom immunity"Well, we changed our mind" doesn't strike Carter at ShopFloor as a very good reason for Congress to yank back a former liability protection. Earlier here, here, here, etc.... […]Walter Olson
- "Spano's Suicide: Housing Plan Doomed County Exec"
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- Scenes from the Meat MarketMy colleague Jacqui Lipton has posted some photos from the AALS faculty recruitment conference. Copyright © 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are viewing an infringement of the [...] […]Jonathan H. Adler
- Paul Hollander on the Fall of CommunismThis fall is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and other events associated with the collapse of communism. Paul Hollander, a sociologist who has written numerous works on communism and Western attitudes towards it, has an op ed in the Washington Post, noting some of the lessons of the communist [...] […]Ilya Somin
- New Jersey and Indiana Casinos May Not Eject Blackjack Players for Card CountingFrom Donovan v. Grand Victoria Casino & Resort (Oct. 30), in which the Indiana Court of Appeals so holds, and cites a 1982 New Jersey case so holding: [The casino] may not simply take refuge in the common law right of exclusion, inasmuch as it is the public policy of this State that gambling is subject [...] […]Eugene Volokh
- IJ’s Bone Marrow Case: Wrapping UpAll of us at the Institute for Justice want to thank Eugene for giving us an opportunity to discuss our latest case this week (previous posts here, here, here, and here). I want to use this last post to respond to a few comments. First, some people have argued in the comments that just because a [...] […]Jeff Rowes (Institute for Justice), guest-blogging
- Establishment Clause Violation in San Francisco’s Condemning the Catholic Church’s Refusal To Help With Adoptions by Same-Sex Couple?A Ninth Circuit panel said no in June, and I thought its ruling was correct, though I disapproved of San Francisco’s resolution on nonconstitutional grounds. But yesterday, the Ninth Circuit agreed to rehear the case en banc, so it might be that the panel decision will be reversed (though I still think that it’s [...] […]Eugene Volokh
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how they missed this one is beyond me…one of my all time favorites…
three words: computer generated rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBEWHy6khZw
Getting in a car wreck was no problem for Brian Loncar. And of course he sued Dallas.
Enjoyed the post. I thought you might enjoy some additional horrible trainwreck law ads.
http://thenutmeglawyer.blogspot.com/2009/04/mobile-law-offices-free-biscotti_4757.html
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