Overlawyered » autos 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 From IowaHawk’s Clint Eastwood parody http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/from-iowahawks-clint-eastwood-parody/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/from-iowahawks-clint-eastwood-parody/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:03:21 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27498 “A Fistful of Rebates“:

….what’s true about Detroit is true about all of us. This country can’t be knocked out with one punch. We get back up, slip again, and send the video to our personal injury lawyer. And when we do – the world is going to hear the roar of our engines.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/volt-vs-toyota/feed/ 2 “Buying a product specifically because it doesn’t have doors…” http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/buying-a-product-specifically-because-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-doors/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/buying-a-product-specifically-because-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-doors/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:46:04 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25876 “…then suing for the same reason seems illogical.” [Nick Farr, Abnormal Use, on Yamaha Rhino cases]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/buying-a-product-specifically-because-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-doors/feed/ 1 November 26 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/november-26-roundup-4/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/november-26-roundup-4/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:21:39 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25340
  • “Ohio Attorney Sues Over Misleading Emails, Even Though He Wasn’t Misled” [Chris Danzig, Above the Law]
  • Feds say new EPA-ordered fuel economy standards could add $2000 to price of new car [C.J. Ciamarella, Daily Caller] More: WSJ.
  • Las Vegas considers following Chicago’s lenders-must-cut-grass folly [Kevin Funnell, earlier] “The Fed actually does impose, via legal risk, a de facto ceiling on mortgage rates.” [Mark Calabria, Cato]
  • 2nd Circuit: Prison Litigation Reform Act curbs attorney fee shift at 150% of cash won, and yes, that applies to a $1 award [PoL] Panel on attorneys’ fees in class actions at Federalist Society convention [video, PoL]
  • John McClaughry reviews Reckless Endangerment, Morgenson/Rosner book on financial crisis [Reason]
  • Daniel Hannan on John Fonte’s new book on transnational law, Sovereignty or Submission [Telegraph, and see chapters 11-12 of Schools for Misrule] International human rights activism pushes into “economic rights” [James P. Kelly III, Federalist Society "Engage"] NGOs exercise oft-envied combination of power without responsibility [Anderson] UK attorney general Dominic Grieve takes on the European court of human rights [Joshua Rozenberg, Guardian] UN battle plan on non-communicable diseases aims to save us from ourselves;
  • Sans statutory authority, EPA wanders into “environmental justice” [PowerLine]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/november-26-roundup-4/feed/ 0     October 6 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/october-6-roundup-3/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/october-6-roundup-3/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:39:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24882
  • Dodd-Frank, arms-trade laws serve to entrench bigger business against smaller [Tim Carney, Rand Simberg] Similarly with automakers and coal producers [David Henderson]
  • One guess as to why: “Many Physicians Feel They’re Delivering Too Much Care” [WSJ health blog, CJAC] Insurers report incidence of med-mal claims has dropped, severity has increased [National Underwriter] Roundtable on defensive medicine [Orthopedics Today]
  • Pinball Hall of Fame adversary doesn’t like being called a vexatious litigant [Las Vegas Weekly via @loweringthebar]
  • U.K. “Solicitors from Hell” gripe site has so far defied multiple efforts to shut it down [Independent]
  • WTC dust inhalation suits grind on on despite doubts on scientific effect [PoL, more] “Improbable Chain of Events Dooms Con Ed’s 9/11 Lawsuit” [Mark Hamblett, NYLJ]
  • Nathan Glazer’s work in perspective, and an interview [City Journal];
  • In the mail: Curtis Wilkie’s Dickie Scruggs book, “The Fall of the House of Zeus.”
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/october-6-roundup-3/feed/ 0     August 12 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-12-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-12-roundup-2/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:08:46 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24235
  • More reviews of Schools for Misrule: Counterpoint (U. of Chicago), Wilson Trivino at PurePolitics.com;
  • “Cops Collar 12 Year Old for “Walking Alone” in Downtown Toronto” [Free-Range Kids] Cop tells mom kids under ten “by law are not allowed outside unsupervised except in their parents’ yard.” [western Maryland, same]
  • As lawmakers seek budget cuts, school finance litigators are on the march to counter their plans [WSJ Law Blog]
  • Wouldn’t waive regs: “U.S. blocks $1 million Italian supercar” [CNN Money]
  • You see, entrepreneurial suit-filing does create jobs: “Hike in Wage-and-Hour Litigation Spurs Demand for Calif. Employment Law Associates” [ABA Journal] How U.S. Congress devastated American Samoa through minimum wage hikes [Mark Perry]
  • CCAF objects in Sirius class action settlement [PoL, earlier]
  • “The Phantom Menace of Sleep Deprived Doctors” [Darshak Sanghavi, NY Times Magazine]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-12-roundup-2/feed/ 1     Breathe into the steering wheel now http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/breathe-into-the-steering-wheel-now/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/breathe-into-the-steering-wheel-now/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:38:09 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24178 Alcohol interlocks and our dystopian driving future [Rick Berman, Daily Caller; earlier here, here, etc.]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/breathe-into-the-steering-wheel-now/feed/ 6     July 7 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-7-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-7-roundup/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:33:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23723
  • Correct result, yet potential for mischief in latest SCOTUS climate ruling [Ilya Shapiro/Cato, my earlier take]
  • Wouldn’t even want to guess: how the Howard Stern show handles sexual harassment training [Hyman]
  • Philadelphia: $21 million award against emergency room handling noncompliant patient [Kennerly]
  • Antitrust assault on Google seems geared to protect competitors more than consumers [Josh Wright]
  • “They knew there was a risk!” Curb your indignation please [Coyote]
  • Theme issue of Reason magazine on failures of criminal justice system is now online;
  • “Why Your New Car Doesn’t Have a Spare Tire” [Sam Kazman, WSJ]
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