May 12 roundup

• Charged $21K at purported “gentleman’s” club: “Plaintiff Has No Recollection of What Transpired in the Private Room” [Lowering the Bar]
• Census Bureau sued for discriminating against applicants based on criminal, arrest records [Clegg, NRO] Class action against Accenture for screening job applicants based on criminal records [Jon Hyman]
• Virtual indeed: “Virtual Freedom” author wants government to regulate Google’s search engine [ConcurOp]
• Contingency fees for public sector lawyering could take California down dangerous path [CJAC]
• “Harvard Law vs. free inquiry: Dean Martha Minow flunks the test” [Peter Berkowitz, Weekly Standard]
• There’ll always be an AAJ: seminar for trial lawyers on “Injuries Without Evidence” [ShopFloor] More: The Briefcase.
• Congress may expand law to enable more age-bias suits [BLT]
• “FTC Closes First Blogger Endorsement Investigation” [Balasubramani, Spam Notes; Citizen Media Law]

Tagged as: AAJ, age discrimination, California, contingent fee, criminal records and hiring, FTC endorsement rules, Google, Harvard, search engines, strippers and exotic dancers