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University of Alabama vs. sports artist

Walter Olson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:24:25 +0000

The trademark case between artist Daniel Moore and the University of Alabama, over his paintings of Crimson Tide athletics without permission from the university’s licensing operation, has reached the Eleventh Circuit. [Ben Flanagan, Al.com; earlier]

Tags: Alabama, colleges and universities, copyright, sports

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June 20 roundup

Walter Olson — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:11:34 +0000

Politics edition:

Mother ship? White House staffers depart for Harvard Law School [Politico]
New York: “Lawmakers consider lawyer-friendly med-mal bills,” even as many key legislators moonlight at personal injury firms [Reuters]
David Brooks on explosive political potential of Fannie Mae scandal [NYTimes] After Kentucky bar panel’s vote to disbar Chesley, Ohio AG pulls him off Fannie Mae suit [Adler, Frank, Beth Musgrave/Lexington Herald-Leader]
Alabama legislature removes Jim Crow language from state constitution — but black lawmakers oppose the idea [Constitutional Daily]
AAJ lobbyist Andy Cochran works GOP turf, has convinced trial lawyers to sponsor Christian radio program [Mokhiber, "Seventh Amendment Advocate"]
Centers for Disease Control funnels grants to allies for political advocacy on favored public-health causes [Jeff Stier, Daily Caller]
Must have mistaken her for a jury: “John Edwards Sought Millions From Heiress” [ABC News] “One thing [worse than Edwards's] conduct is the government’s effort to put him in jail for it.” [Steve Chapman]

Tags: Alabama, Barack Obama, Harvard, John Edwards, litigation lobby, mortgages, New York, politics, public health, wrong right

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May 12 roundup

Walter Olson — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:18:14 +0000

Alabama state senate bans knowingly giving illegal immigrant ride in your car [Katherine Mangu-Ward]
Cato U., dynamite summer seminar from my institute, being held this year in Annapolis Jul. 24-29;
Calif.: “64% of Prop 65 settlements go to attorneys’ fees” [CJAC, earlier]
Mississippi jury votes $322 million to individual asbestos claimant [Fair Warning, Mass Tort Prof]
“Emails: Attorney nixed S.C. train injury fund” [AP/The State]
Trump files $100 million counterclaim against customer who sued his “Trump University” [Atlantic Wire, earlier] More: Lowering the Bar.
Two, three, a trend? Another trial-lawyer movie, this time starring Mark Lanier [WSJ Law Blog]

Tags: Alabama, asbestos, Cato Institute, Donald Trump, immigration law, Mark Lanier, Mississippi, movies film and videos, Prop 65, South Carolina, train

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March 21 roundup

Walter Olson — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:13:18 +0000

“Cleveland Browns lawyer letter is apparently real” [Lowering the Bar, earlier]
“Headlines of the Apocalypse: ‘Lady Gaga eyes legal action over breast milk ice cream.’” [@vsalus re: Breitbart via @EdDriscoll]
Chesley discipline prospects in Kentucky fen-phen scandal: “King of Torts Dethroned” [Laura Simons, Abnormal Use]
Busy construction-defect lawyers vex Fresno builders [Bee, Business Journal]
“NHTSA Postpones Back-Up Camera Requirement Rule” [The Truth About Cars, earlier]
Lawyers in Italy call strike to protest law requiring mediation of commercial disputes [WSJ Law Blog]
NYT’s Mark Bittman has a magical touch with food (alas) [Patrick at Popehat]
Beasley Allen lawyers sluiced $850K to Alabama GOP judicial contender [Birmingham News via PoL]

Tags: Alabama, construction defect, Italy, New York Times, NHTSA, Stan Chesley, wayward Republicans

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2 year old takes methadone, doctors told to pay $2 million

Walter Olson — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 05:06:01 +0000

Alabama: “A Jefferson County jury has awarded $2.4 million from an emergency physicians group to the mother of a 2-year-old who died after ingesting methadone.” Lawyers said the emergency department failed to take proper steps to rule out drug overdose as a reason for the child’s condition. [AP/WHNT via White Coat]

Plus: A more explanatory news account (h/t commenter John Rohan).

Tags: Alabama, emergency medicine

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October 25 roundup

Walter Olson — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:48:07 +0000

And she’s a psychology professor too: “Pro se litigant of the day” [ATL]
“Access to justice” makes handy slogan, but has its limits re: appeal bonds [Ted at PoL]
New Federalist Society white papers on Michigan, Illinois, California and Alabama supreme courts;
Per her opponent this year, CPSIA proponent and perennial Overlawyered bete noire Jan Schakowsky ranks as most left-wing member of Congress [ExtremeJan.com]
Naming opportunity at Faulkner U.’s Jones School of Law falls to Greg Jones of Beasley Allen [BA press release]
Lockyer pushes divestment of firms for taking wrong stance on ballot controversy [Coyote]
“Patent marking” suits continue to proliferate as Reps. Latta, Issa propose measures to curb opportunistic filings [Gray on Claims]
“South Carolina tobacco fees: how to farm money” [ten years ago on Overlawyered]

Tags: access to justice, Alabama, Bill Lockyer, California, Federalist Society, Illinois, Jan Schakowsky, Michigan, patent marking, pro se, South Carolina, state high courts

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Busy beavers at Beasley

Walter Olson — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:50:14 +0000

Attorneys at the powerhouse Alabama plaintiff’s firm of Beasley Allen “gave more than $600,000 to a candidate for the state Supreme Court in 2008 without appearing on a list of her contributors, a recent report shows.” [Chamber-backed Legal NewsLine via PoL, Justice at Stake (PDF)]

Tags: Alabama, judges

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September 2 roundup

Walter Olson — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:12:57 +0000

Elevator-injury case: “Citing Attorney’s Inflammatory Language, Court Erases Most of Jury Verdict” [Daily Business Report]
“Obama’s zealous civil rights enforcer gets busy” [Byron York, Examiner]
“Trend: Helicopter parents win kids in divorce” [Theresa Walsh Giarrusso, Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Momania"]
Faculty fracas: “An Angry Professor Mounts His Own Labor Protest in Alabama” [Chronicle of Higher Ed]
An opportunity for the Seventh Circuit to curb derivative strike suits? [CCAF]
Emily Bazelon on Phoebe Prince school-bullying story, cont’d [Slate, earlier]
Controversy as Louisiana governor Jindal hires longtime Overlawyered favorites Baron & Budd for BP suit [Dan Fisher, Forbes]
“Oz: A$100K for prisoner who fell out of bed” [seven years ago on Overlawyered]

Tags: Alabama, bullying, closing arguments, colleges and universities, Fred Baron, Louisiana, securities litigation

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Unauthorized paintings depicting college football

Walter Olson — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:00:43 +0000

Big Collegiate Licensing has appealed a federal court’s ruling in favor of an artist who depicted Alabama’s Crimson Tide football team without consulting, and paying a fee to, the university’s rights department. [Ron Coleman]

Tags: Alabama, colleges and universities, trademarks

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Alabama law: contracts based on gambling are void

Walter Olson — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:36:02 +0000

And electronic bingo players have now sued under the 158-year-old law to demand reimbursement of their losses. [Kent Faulk, Birmingham News]

Tags: Alabama, gambling

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