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September 28 roundup

Walter Olson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:06:43 +0000

Massachusetts: “New Law to ‘Protect’ Kids from Germs Would Kill Band Program” [Free Range Kids]
ACORN lawsuit against videomakers analyzed [Above the Law, Ken at Popehat and more] More: Andrew Moshirnia, Citizen Media Law.
“The Remoras Are Loose Again”: judge vs. opportunistic class action objectors [WSJ Law Blog, CL&P, 10b-5 Daily]
How ill-considered FAR (floor area requirement) zoning regulations can uglify new houses [Fountain]
Doctor wins $10 million libel award against St. Petersburg Times, deceased reporter’s notes not allowed into evidence [St. P. Times, ABA Journal]
Norm Pattis vs. Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, cont’d [Connecticut Law Tribune]
“Mother’s Suit Over Tot’s Injury is a Real Hot Potato” [OnPoint News, Massachusetts Dunkin' Donuts]
Remembering Barack Obama’s days as a class action lawyer [Mark Tapscott, Washington Examiner]

Tags: ACORN, Barack Obama, class action settlements, Florida, land use and zoning, libel slander and defamation, Massachusetts, newspapers, privacy, restaurants, schools

If you’re not reading Point of Law

Walter Olson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:24:34 +0000

If you’re not following my other site, here’s some of what you’re missing:

Advance-fee fraud (”Nigerian 419″) scam emails that pose as international product-liability payouts;
Coverage of the recent Washington, D.C. developments on med-mal reform [Carter Wood and more];
The soil from which ACORN grew;
Judges keep swatting down California’s efforts to run its own foreign policy through reparations litigation;
Which college majors lead to the lowest scores on the LSAT? Why, the most law-related ones;
And the legal ethics of settlement negotiations.

Why not add Point of Law to your Google Reader or other RSS reader today, along of course with Overlawyered, if you haven’t yet?

Tags: ACORN, California, ethics, fraud, legal blogs, medical malpractice, reparations

March 21 roundup

Walter Olson — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:41:49 +0000

A triumph for good sense, good policy, and the Constitution: Supreme Court declines to disturb 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, thus ending NYC’s wrongful and unfair lawsuit against gun makers [AP/Law.com] Interestingly, the Obama administration joined its predecessor in urging that the law’s constitutionality not be questioned [Alphecca] One of my fond memories is of giving the lead presentation to the House Judiciary Committee at a hearing on the bill during its drive for passage.
“Tinkering With DWI Evidence Costs NY Judge and Law Prof Their Jobs” [ABA Journal; Buffalo, N.Y.]
Coalition of media organizations urges First Circuit to reverse judge’s “truth-no-defense” defamation ruling, but the Circuit denies en banc rehearing [Bayard/Citizen Media Law and sequel; earlier]
Car-crash arbitration-fixing angle heating up in probe of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania judicial scandals [ABA Journal]
ACORN helping with the Census? Based on their voter work, we can be sure they’ll give it that 110% effort [Jammie Wearing Fool]
To protect the public, why do you ask? Cook County, Ill. sheriff engages in “constant surveillance of Craigslist’s erotic services” [Patrick at Popehat]
Imposed-contract provisions mean that Employee Free Choice Act is “not as bad as thought. It’s worse!” [Kaus]
West Virginia lawmaker proud of introducing ban-Barbie bill: “If I’ve helped just 10 kids out with this, to me it was worth it” [AP/Charleston Gazette-Mail, earlier]

Tags: ACORN, card check, Craigslist, Employee Free Choice Act, guns, Luzerne County judicial scandal, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, scandals

March 1 roundup

Walter Olson — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Somehow not shocked to hear this: “ABA Pushes for 1,000-Lawyer Legal Corps” [ABA Journal]
Appeals court will consider whether Roommates.com violated fair housing law by asking subscribers about sexual orientation [Heller, OnPoint News]
World gone mad: Bank of America has given ACORN nearly $3 million since 2005 [Capital Research Center] Group hasn’t given up its old lawbreaking ways [Michelle Malkin]
Gloria Allred representing injured passenger who rode with Morgan Freeman [AP, PopSquire, Janet Charlton]
If even they can’t comply you know it’s bad: Federal Labor Relations Authority found to have committed unfair labor practice [Workplace Prof]
Poor England, perhaps it’s time to retire its reputation as a place of civil liberties [Ken @ Popehat] Related: we’ve cleared you of child abuse, but it’s too late to get your children back, beastly sorry about that [Neatorama]
When the judge writes well, even a slip and fall verdict can make for agreeable reading [Turkewitz]
“Ebay Founder Tweets About An Unusual Lawsuit” [NY Times "Bits", Pierre Omidyar]

Tags: ACORN, child abuse, do as we say, eBay, fair housing, Gloria Allred, United Kingdom

Microblog 2008-11-10

Walter Olson — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:59:59 +0000

Mark Lilla: pick either faux populism or intellectual conservatism, you can’t have both [WSJ] #
P.J. O’Rourke on where conservatives went wrong [Weekly Standard] #
And how exactly did those mountain goats get up there without wings? [Flickr "Roger 80" h/t @coolpics] #
Scotland authorities trawl social networking sites, then slap teen with £200 fine for posing with sword on Bebo [Massie] #
“Victims’ rights” sound like lovely idea but can undermine fairness and practicality of criminal justice system [Greenfield] #
Bizarre Czech case: driver hits, then tries to murder pedestrian, victim survives only to be sued by car’s owner [Feral Child] #
Auto bailout would leave Big 3 in interest-group coils, bankruptcy could cut the knots [Bainbridge h/t @erwiest] #
ACORN as the gang that couldn’t intimidate straight [PoL] #
“Talked about in CivPro” I hope favorably [@sqfreak] #
More public stirrings against traffic cameras [Jeff Nolan] #

Tags: ACORN, autos, crime and punishment, online speech, red light cameras, United Kingdom, wrong right

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