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December 7 roundup

Walter Olson — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:21:44 +0000

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]

Tags: Apple, bankruptcy, Florida, harassment law, medical malpractice, movies film and videos

January 12 roundup

Walter Olson — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:09:03 +0000

Merger objections: “First Comes the Deal Announcement, Then Comes the Lawsuit” [WSJ Law Blog]
Harvey Silverglate on campus “anti-bullying” bill [Forbes]
Anna Nicole Smith case could empower bankruptcy judges, encourage forum-shoppers [Michael J. Wade, Examiner]
“Family Business Wins Same Lawsuit Twice, Now Faces It For the Third Time” [Mike LePage, U.S. Chamber ILR]
“I’ll Never File Another Asbestos Case in Texas” [Oliver]
Financial whistleblowing rules a potential “gold mine”? [WSJ Law Blog, Wood/PoL, Robert Shattuck on SEC comment process]
“Device lag at the FDA” [Tabarrok]
Cheyenne-Arapahoe tribes file land claim that includes city of Denver, but they’ll trade it for casino rights [five years ago on Overlawyered]

Tags: bankruptcy, bullying, FDA, forum shopping, securities litigation, Texas, whistleblowers

Bounteous bankruptcies: Lehman Brothers

Walter Olson — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:04:12 +0000

$1 billion so far in lawyers’ and other professional fees, and counting. [Reuters]

Tags: bankruptcy

October 9 roundup

Walter Olson — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:14:42 +0000

Update: “Tax Panel Rejects Lawyer’s Bid to Deduct Spending for Sex” [NYLJ, William Barrett/Forbes, earlier] And: “Musings on laws affecting adult entertainment, alcoholic beverages and other ‘vice’ industries” [Meeting the Sin Laws blog]
Mississippi: judge jails lawyer for not saying Pledge of Allegiance [Freeland]
More on much-written-about Israeli “rape by fraud” case [Volokh, more, earlier here and here]
“Tribune bankruptcy talks complicated by emergence of pugnacious hedge fund” [Romenesko; earlier on involvement of hedge funds in bankruptcies]
More disturbing tales from Connecticut probate court [Rick Green, Hartford Courant, earlier]
Marc Williams of the Defense Research Institute responds to Ted Frank’s criticism of many defense lawyers [PoL]
Advice for Australians: to fix your litigation system, look to Germany’s success [Ackland, Sydney Morning Herald]
Rep. John Hall (D-N.Y.) & ’70s band Orleans threaten suit against GOP remix ["Orleans Reunion Tour"]

Tags: Australia, bankruptcy, Connecticut, defense lawyers, Germany, Mississippi, music and musicians, strippers and exotic dancers, taxes, U.S. House of Representatives, wills and trusts

September 21 roundup

Walter Olson — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:29:08 +0000

Facing four harassment claims, embattled Philadelphia housing chief files his own suit for $600K+ [Inquirer]
“Ohio State Abuses Trademark Law to Suppress a Fan Magazine and Website” [Paul Alan Levy, CL&P]
“Judge Dismisses Baltimore Blight Suit Against Wells Fargo, Will Allow Refiling” [ABA Journal]
Trial lawyer taking behind-the-scenes hand in Louisiana politics [OpenSecrets via Tapscott]
“Are hedge funds abusing bankruptcy?” [Felix Salmon and WSJ]
North Carolina alienation-of-affection law strikes again: “’Mistress Ordered to Pay $5.8 Million’ to Wronged Wife” [Volokh, Althouse]
“Lawyers take a haircut on a contingency fee in Colorado” [Legal Ethics Forum]
ADA lawsuits close another beloved eatery [Stockton, Calif.; six years ago on Overlawyered]

Tags: alienation of affection, Baltimore, bankruptcy, fans as infringers, Louisiana, North Carolina, Philadelphia, trademarks

August 12 roundup

Walter Olson — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:41:44 +0000

“Father demands $7.5 million because school officials read daughter’s text message” [KDAF via CALA Houston]
How many different defendants can injured spectator sue in Shea Stadium broken-bat case? [Melprophet]
Prominent trial lawyer Russell Budd of Baron & Budd hosts Obama at Texas fundraiser [PoL]
DNA be damned: when actual nonpaternity doesn’t suffice to get out from under a child support order [Alkon, more]
“Sean Coffey, a plaintiffs’ lawyer-turned-candidate for New York Attorney General, made more than $150,000 in state-level campaign contributions nationwide over 10 years.” [WSJ Law Blog] “Days before announcing a shareholder lawsuit against Bank of America, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli accepted $14,000 in campaign donations from a law firm hired to help litigate the case.” [WSJ]
Big new RAND Corp. study on asbestos bankruptcy trusts may spur reform [Lloyd Dixon, Geoffrey McGovern & Amy Coombe, PDF, via Hartley, more, Daniel Fisher/Forbes, background here and here] Update: Stier.
Public contingency suits? Of course the elected officials are in control (wink, wink) [The Recorder via Cal Civil Justice]
Copyright enforcement mill appears to have copied its competitor’s website [TechDirt via Eric Goldman]

Tags: asbestos, bankruptcy, Barack Obama, baseball, baseball bats, child support, contingent fee, copyright, Fred Baron, New York, politics, privacy, schools, shotgun defendant selection

“Pay me now”

Walter Olson — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:42:09 +0000

Low-budget ads might seem fitting for a consumer bankruptcy law practice, one supposes:

According to the YouTube-watcher who called this to the attention of reader R.T., “it seems to be a franchise”:

Tags: bankruptcy, chasing clients, debtor-creditor law

Chrysler’s White-House-assisted bankruptcy

Walter Olson — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:07:36 +0000

What a bad precedent it set. [Prof. Bainbridge] More: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, WSJ (via Stoll).

Tags: bankruptcy, Chrysler

May 10 roundup

Walter Olson — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:42:34 +0000

Failure to warn? “Non-Child Sues For Slide-Related Injury” [Lowering the Bar]
“AG Cuomo Sues Lawyer for Fraud, Says He Sold His Name to Debt Collector for $141K” [ABA Journal]
Ted Frank on his move to the Manhattan Institute and Point of Law [CCAF]
“Viacom is becoming a lawsuit company instead of a TV company” [Doctorow, BoingBoing]
UK: “NHS pays £10,000 to family of psychiatric patient who committed suicide” [Times Online]
American Cancer Society: federal advisory panel’s chemicals-cause-cancer alarms are overblown [NYTimes] More: Taranto, WSJ.
“Who Knew Bankruptcy Paid So Well?” [NYTimes]
Famed sleuth Bloomberg Holmes on the case: was the Pathfinder headed for a vile sodium den? [IowaHawk]

Tags: bankruptcy, debtor-creditor law, environment, failure to warn, Manhattan Institute, salt, suicide, Ted Frank, YouTube

March 9 roundup

Walter Olson — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:06:23 +0000

From attorney Bob Ambrogi, on Twitter: “This felt wrong: Shortly after heated call with lawyer saying he’d sue my client, he sent me invite to connect on LinkedIn.” Related: Amy Alkon.
“Spot the lawsuit in this commercial” [Louis Vuitton vs. Hyundai; Trademark Blog]
Video: “Community swimming pool closes due to lawsuit” [Hazleton, Pa.; U.S. Chamber Faces of Lawsuit Abuse series; plaintiff's side of things]
Recycling, found materials, and why so much “green building” won’t last [Sippican Cottage and followup]
German ban on homeschooling not a compelling reason to grant asylum to affected family [Krikorian, NRO, Volokh]
Ted’s Center for Class Action Fairness files objections to a Costco fuel class settlement; related reflections from the judge in the recent Honda case;
“Photographing Public Art: A Legal Waltz in Seattle” [Citizen Media Law, earlier]
“Big Bankruptcies’ Big Fees Raising Questions” [Asarco, Station Casinos; Baxter, AmLaw Daily]

Tags: bankruptcy, class action settlements, immigration law, lawyers, Pennsylvania, pools, recycling, trademarks

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