Overlawyered » Apple http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 When companies’ hot products are stolen http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/when-companies-hot-products-are-stolen/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/when-companies-hot-products-are-stolen/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:44:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27089 Toronto lawyer Michael Deverett thinks a bad guy must have followed him home from the Apple Store; at least someone smashed his hatchback car window when he stepped away for a couple of minutes and made off with what he said was a well concealed bag of new electronics purchases worth C$2,200. The company — which gave him a store credit plus a small extra for legal fees — is also facing criticism from theft victims who say it should do more to help owners retrieve stolen cellphones. [Toronto Star](& welcome Elie Mystal, Above the Law readers)

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  • Debate on medical malpractice between Ted Frank (Manhattan Institute) and Shirley Svorny (Cato Institute) [PoL]
  • Lawyers, accountants have done well from litigation-ridden Pearlman Ponzi aftermath [Orlando Sentinel]
  • Book drop “inherently dangerous”, says rape victim’s family suing library designers [Florida, LISNews]
  • “The iTunes Class Action Lawsuit You’ll Never Hear About”[NJLRA] “Jackson v. Unocal – Class Actions Find a Welcome Home in Colorado” [Karlsgodt]
  • Another tot accused of sexual harassment, this time a first grader [Boston Herald, earlier (six year old's "assault")]
  • Profile of lawyer who defends fair use of clips for documentary makers [ABA Journal]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-7-roundup-4/feed/ 3     Not a political concern http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/not-a-political-concern/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/not-a-political-concern/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:10:21 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25005 Apple, notes Tim Carney, never formed a PAC and didn’t see its business as politics.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/not-a-political-concern/feed/ 2     August 11 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-11-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-11-roundup-2/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:25:02 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24221
  • Seattle’s best? Class action lawyer suing Apple, e-publishers has represented Microsoft [Seattle Times, earlier]
  • “Disabled” NYC firefighter/martial arts enthusiast can go on getting checks for life [NYPost; compare]
  • After the FDA enforcement action on drug manufacturing lapses come the tagalong liability claims by uninjured plaintiffs [Beck]
  • “What If Lower Court Judges Weren’t Bound by Supreme Court Precedent?” [Orin Kerr]
  • Fark.com settles a patent suit for $0 (rough language);
  • Canadian law society to pay $100K for asking prospective lawyers about mental illness [ABA Journal]
  • Self-help eviction? “Chinese Developers Accused Of Putting Scorpions In Apartments To Force Out Residents” [Business Insider]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-11-roundup-2/feed/ 1     Economics of patent trolling http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/economics-of-patent-trolling/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/economics-of-patent-trolling/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:06:16 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23253 Rob Beschizza sees clues to the economics of patent litigation in the public pronouncements of Lodsys, a company that has sued small Apple developers based on IP claims covering such common app features as upgrade buttons. [BoingBoing, more, This Is My Next (with copy of a 2007 patent for "Methods and Systems for Gathering Information from Units of a Commodity Across a Network"] Update: Apple intervenes.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/economics-of-patent-trolling/feed/ 0     Comment of the day http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/comment-of-the-day/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/comment-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:07:24 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22756 By Scott Jacobs, on a guest post by Aaron Worthing (regarding class actions over Apple device location tracking) at Patterico:

    How the hell is it that I didn’t have Overlawyered bookmarked?

    How, indeed?

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/comment-of-the-day/feed/ 9     NYC’s outrageous Apple settlement http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/nycs-outrageous-apple-settlement/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/nycs-outrageous-apple-settlement/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:01:58 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19596 Among its most insidious features, notes Ira Stoll, is a $2.5 million cy pres fund earmarked for “corporate governance programs at 12 universities across the country,” and which will predictably encourage such academic programs, at law schools and elsewhere, to align themselves further with the agenda of the plaintiff’s securities bar and against the interest of actual shareholders at companies like Apple. I’ve got much more about cy pres law school slush funds in Schools for Misrule, forthcoming. [Future of Capitalism; Jim at PoL]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/nycs-outrageous-apple-settlement/feed/ 0     “Apple Sued Because iPad Does Not Work ‘Just Like A Book’ As Claimed” http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/apple-sued-because-ipad-does-not-work-just-like-a-book-as-claimed/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/apple-sued-because-ipad-does-not-work-just-like-a-book-as-claimed/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:51:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=18626 What, no dustjacket? The suit claims that the way the iPad turns off to avoid overheating, which can happen outdoors in direct sunlight, makes its user experience not “just like a book”. [Chris Walters, Consumerist]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/apple-sued-because-ipad-does-not-work-just-like-a-book-as-claimed/feed/ 7     “Patent marking” lawsuit craze http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/patent-marking-lawsuit-craze/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/patent-marking-lawsuit-craze/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:19:26 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=18357 Now it’s caught up with Apple. Earlier here, here, here, etc. More: video from Washington Legal Foundation.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/patent-marking-lawsuit-craze/feed/ 2     July 15 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-15-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-15-roundup-2/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:49:02 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=18176
  • More outcry over report of big new Treasury tax break for injury lawyers [Chris Moody, Daily Caller, Wood/ShopFloor]
  • Geologists’ annoyance over bill to oust asbestos-containing serpentine as California state rock makes NYT front page [yesterday; Dan Walters, Facebook group, Calif. Civil Justice, Bailey via Adler, earlier]
  • Great moments in international human rights: “Known al-Qaeda Operative Could Not Be Deported [from UK]” [Foster, NRO]
  • “Is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act a Government Cash Cow?” [Koehler, FCPA Professor]
  • Franklin Mint case cont’d: “Manatt Tries to Beat Back Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit” [Baxter/American Lawyer, earlier]
  • “Washington’s parasites take aim at Apple” [David Boaz, Philadelphia Inquirer]
  • Gubernatorial bid by Rhode Island attorney general Patrick Lynch seems to have fizzled [Jessica Taylor, Politico via Law and More]
  • Go explicit or go home: Georgia abolishes implied private rights of action [PoL, my Reason take years ago]
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