Worst, most dangerous legal trend of the moment: trial lawyers continue big Capitol Hill push to overturn Supreme Court’s valuable Iqbal and Twombly decisions on lawsuit procedure [Point of Law and more, Thomas Dupree/WLF, Beck & Herrmann and more, earlier]
Lawyers rush to courthouse to beat deadline for new Oklahoma limits on liability suits [Tulsa World]
Spokesman for Attorney General Jerry Brown admits he’s taped reporter conversations without their consent, seeming violation of California law [SF Chronicle]
UK: motorist could face prosecution for splashing kids by driving through puddle, at what she says was kids’ request [BoingBoing]
“Is the pay czar unconstitutional?” [Bainbridge on McConnell, WSJ; Ribstein on link to PCAOB case]
More “deceptively named fruity cereal” suits in California [Lowering the Bar (“I still think this is like claiming emotional distress because you just learned ‘The Hobbit’ isn’t a true story,”) Ken at Popehat (“Froot of the Poisonous Tree of Litigiousness”), earlier here, here, here, here, etc.]
A city of stool pigeons: Chicago to pay those who inform on tax cheats [NBC Chicago]
Ill-fated stint as pole dancer leads to lawsuit against Arizona bar [Above the Law]

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The amateur pole dancer’s personal injury claim arising out of the club’s dancepole detaching from the ceiling and crashing down while she was using it – as opposed to the amateur dancer losing her grip on the pole and falling – seems completely justified to me. Not really a good example of Overlawyering, in my opinion.
- November 03, 2009 10:59 PM
- By Katprint