Overlawyered » Baltimore http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 February 8 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-8-roundup-4/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-8-roundup-4/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:15:22 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27202
  • Popular proposal to curb Congressional insider trading (”STOCK Act”) could have disturbing unintended consequences [John Berlau, CEI "Open Market"]
  • Here’s Joe’s number, he’ll do a good job of suing us: “Some Maryland hospitals recommend lawyers to patients” [Baltimore Sun, Ron Miller]
  • Bribing the states to spend: follies of our fiscal federalism, and other themes from Michael Greve’s new book The Upside-Down Constitution [LLL, more] “Atlas Croaks, Supreme Court Shrugs” [Greve, Charleston Law Review; related, Ted Frank]
  • “… Daubert Relevancy is the Sentry That Guards Against the Tyranny of Experts” [David Oliver on new First Circuit opinion or scroll to Jan. 23]
  • Goodbye old political tweets, Eric Turkewitz is off to trial;
  • State laws squelch election speech, and political class shrugs (or secretly smiles) [George Will]
  • Too bad Carlyle Group got scared off promising experiment to revamp corporate governance to curb role of litigation [Ted Frank, Gordon Smith] AAJ should try harder to use people’s quotes in context [Bainbridge]
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  • Latest of periodic Towers Watson (formerly Towers Perrin/Tillinghast) surveys: tort costs fell in 2010 excluding oil spill liability [Towers Watson]
  • “Will Newt Neuter the Courts?” [James Huffman, Defining Ideas] Obama’s high court appointees are fortunately friendlier toward civil liberties than he is [Steve Chapman]
  • Unanimous Cal Supremes: companies not legally responsible for other companies’ asbestos products used as replacement for theirs [Cal Biz Lit, Jackson, Beck, Mass Tort Prof]
  • Claim: jurors considered policy implications of verdict and you can’t have that [On Point; defense verdict in Baltimore, Maryland school-bullying case]
  • Airfare display mandate: “‘Protecting’ Consumers from the Truth About the Cost of Government” [Thom Lambert, TotM]
  • Critical assessment of AP-backed new copyright aggregator “NewsRight” [Mike Masnick] Promises not to be “Righthaven 2.0″ [Cit Media Law]
  • Restatement (Third) of Torts drafters vs. Enlightenment scientific views of causation [David Oliver in June]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/january-31-roundup/feed/ 2     A roadblock to e-readers in schools? http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/a-roadblock-to-e-readers-in-schools/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/a-roadblock-to-e-readers-in-schools/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:02:22 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26645 Assisted by a foundation, Baltimore has proposed putting Nook e-reader devices in some school libraries, but a complaint from the National Federation of the Blind says that would violate Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). [Business Wire]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/a-roadblock-to-e-readers-in-schools/feed/ 13     Law schools roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/law-schools-roundup-9/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/law-schools-roundup-9/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:05:46 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24150
  • Law profs (some of them, anyway) bristle at “impractical scholarship” critique from Chief Justice Roberts [Ifill, ConcurOp; Adler; Chiang, Prawfs; Markel]
  • Noisy exit by University of Baltimore law dean calls attention to law schools’ role as cash cows for universities [Caron]
  • There’ll always be a legal academia: redefining banks as public nuisances [Lind via CL&P] “Disability as a Social Construct” [Areheart, Yale Law and Policy Review] North Dakota’s fiscal health? Nothing to do with shale boom or budget prudence, it’s that they’ve got a state-owned bank [Pasquale/Canova]
  • “Why Does Pedigree Drive Law Faculty Hiring?” [Paul Caron] Using the accreditation process to mandate more tenure for lawprofs? [same] “ABA to Continue as Law School Accrediter, Despite Noncompliance With 17 Regs” [same]
  • “Have Law Schools Violated Consumer Protection Laws?” [Jeff Sovern, CL&P] Villanova keeps mum after embarrassing revelations [Inquirer]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/law-schools-roundup-9/feed/ 3     Great moments in lawyer advertising http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/great-moments-in-lawyer-advertising/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/great-moments-in-lawyer-advertising/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:13:46 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23983 Because joining your head to Abraham Lincoln’s body is such a great way to keep everything in perspective [Lowering the Bar]

    P.S. Runner up? Baltimore’s Barry Glazer [Above the Law]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/great-moments-in-lawyer-advertising/feed/ 0     July 14 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-14-roundup-3/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-14-roundup-3/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:08:23 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23818
  • “Battle of the tort reform flicks”: trial-bar-backed “Hot Coffee” documentary said to be more entertaining than U.S. Chamber-backed “InJustice” [TortsProf, Abnormal Use, Daily Caller, Frank/PoL, Above the Law, Fisher, LNL] Memo to liberal studio heads: c’mon, now’s the time to greenlight more business-bashing flicks [Alyssa Rosenberg, TP]
  • Interlock makers join forces with MADD to lobby for new federal DUI mandates [Luke Rosiak, Wash Times] More: Greenfield.
  • Consumer found liable after posting gripes about driveway contractor on Craigslist [Minneapolis Star-Tribune] P.S.: Default judgment, not merits [h/t ABA Journal]
  • Angelos law firm obtains $1 billion+ punitive award in Exxon Baltimore gasoline leak case, bringing total to $1.5 billion+ [AP, earlier]
  • Taiwan: “Jail Time (And $7000 Fine) for Saying a Restaurant’s Dishes Were ‘Too Salty’” [Volokh]
  • Headed for SCOTUS? Sixth Circuit panel strikes down Michigan law banning discrimination in higher ed admissions and other state activities [Gail Heriot, Daily Caller; Hans Bader, CEI]
  • Court in British Columbia includes C$30,000 in damage award for injury plaintiff’s purchase of medical marijuana for pain management [Erik Magraken]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-14-roundup-3/feed/ 2     July 6 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-6-roundup-5/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-6-roundup-5/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:11:20 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23704
  • Mayor La Guardia on overlawyering [Lawrence Cunningham, Concur Op]
  • Update: “Forever 21 Backs Off On Blogger Lawsuit” [Jezebel via @LawandLit, earlier]
  • Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett signs joint and several liability reform [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
  • Legislation introduced in Trenton to overturn New Jersey Supreme Court decision OKing suits by drunk drivers against bars that served them [NJLRA, earlier]
  • Angelos firm scores $495 million award against Exxon in Baltimore gas leak [Sun]
  • How plea bargaining warps justice [Tim Lynch, Reason]
  • California considers following New York’s lead in regulating employment of domestic workers [Workplace Prof]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-6-roundup-5/feed/ 1     Baltimore’s “Injury LawMobile” http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/baltimores-injury-lawmobile/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/baltimores-injury-lawmobile/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:24:08 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23326 The Maryland Daily Record (sub) has a Google-accessible pic of this lawyerly venture into street advertising (via Miller). Compare this 2004 NYC story, where the van actually contained a mobile law office, and its followup.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/baltimores-injury-lawmobile/feed/ 2     April 10 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-10-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-10-roundup/#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:17:06 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22441
  • Civil libertarian Wendy Kaminer on feminism and the Yale speech complaint [Atlantic, earlier]
  • Baylen Linnekin’s Keep Food Legal organization is having a membership drive;
  • Bounty-hunting West Coast lawyers can now sue employers for large sums over temperature and worker-seating violations of the California Labor Code [Cal Labor Law]
  • Current set of urban, suburban parking policies amount to “another great planning disaster.” [Donald Shoup, Cato Unbound]
  • $7500? Tennessee lawyer charged with rape of client released on $7500 bond [WMC via White Coat]
  • Stella Liebeck hot coffee case: Abnormal Use suspects that Cracked never read its FAQ on the subject (or for that matter many of our own postings);
  • Baltimore public housing refuses to pay lead poisoning awards; “too strapped” [Baltimore Sun]
  • “Mr. Potato Head” contest cited in discrimination lawsuit charging anti-Irish bias [Lowering the Bar]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/april-10-roundup/feed/ 4     Deceased Baltimore cop signed, “verified” thousands of traffic-cam tickets http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/deceased-baltimore-cop-signed-verified-thousands-of-traffic-cam-tickets/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/deceased-baltimore-cop-signed-verified-thousands-of-traffic-cam-tickets/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:16:01 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21510 The department claims it was all a computer glitch and that everyone sent a ticket was a confirmed violator [WBAL via Josh Blackman]. Scott Greenfield has his doubts.

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