Overlawyered » bullying businesses 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 Forever 21 chain vs. critical blogger http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/forever-21-chain-vs-critical-blogger/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/forever-21-chain-vs-critical-blogger/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:07:42 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23473 “When people like Rachel Kane stand up to bullies, it makes it a little bit easier for each and every one of us to stand up to bullies,” writes Ken at Popehat about the blogger who runs a site making fun of some of the wares of the fashion chain Forever 21, and who’s not knuckling under despite a cease-and-desist letter from the store’s lawyer. More coverage: Atlantic Wire; press roundup at WTForever 21.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/forever-21-chain-vs-critical-blogger/feed/ 3 “Media industry awash in cease-and-desist letters” http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/media-industry-awash-in-cease-and-desist-letters/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/media-industry-awash-in-cease-and-desist-letters/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:19:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23195 “Spin magazine slapped Eric Rice, a Portland, Oregon Twitter user, with a cease-and-desist over his ‘@Spin‘ Twitter handle…. Spin, however, may just be following the precedent set by other magazines. Entrepreneur, for one, is notorious for bullying small businesses that use the word ‘entrepreneur,’ a term that the magazine claims to own.” [Dylan Stableford, Yahoo Cutline]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/media-industry-awash-in-cease-and-desist-letters/feed/ 1 Donald Trump, litigation bully http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/donald-trump-litigation-bully/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/donald-trump-litigation-bully/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:35:39 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22776 At Cato at Liberty, I recall a couple of the tycoon’s ventures into the use of defamation litigation to intimidate critics — Reason #1,001 for thoughtful voters to stay well away from him.

P.S. And here’s Radley Balko with Reason #1,002.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/04/donald-trump-litigation-bully/feed/ 0 “I really don’t care what the law allows you to do…” http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/i-really-don%e2%80%99t-care-what-the-law-allows-you-to-do/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/i-really-don%e2%80%99t-care-what-the-law-allows-you-to-do/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:51:36 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22058 “…It’s a more practical issue. Do you want to send your attorney a check every month indefinitely as I continue to pursue this?” [Paul Alan Levy, CL&P, on a business's threats against the "Insurance Forums" website]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/i-really-don%e2%80%99t-care-what-the-law-allows-you-to-do/feed/ 1 Redskins owner sues Washington City Paper http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/redskins-owner-sues-washington-city-paper/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/redskins-owner-sues-washington-city-paper/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:12:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21349 “Indeed, the cost of litigation would presumably quickly outstrip the asset value of the Washington City Paper,” wrote one Redskins official in a lawsuit-threatening letter to an investor in the alternative weekly. Not that owner Dan Snyder is a bully trying to silence his critics or anything! [letter from City Paper editor Amy Austin; Romenesko, TBD]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/redskins-owner-sues-washington-city-paper/feed/ 5 August 6 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/08/august-6-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/08/august-6-roundup-2/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:30:02 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=18712
  • “Vision Media Suit Over Criticism on 800Notes Dismissed” [Paul Alan Levy, Consumer Law & Policy, more; earlier here and here]
  • “In Search Of a Definition for the term ‘Patent Troll’” [Gene Quinn, IP Watchdog]
  • U.K.: “The end of ‘have-a-go’ litigation?” [Guardian, Telegraph]
  • “Lessons in Blogging”: it won’t kill you to link to opposing views [Turkewitz]
  • Briefing and fairness hearing in Volkswagen sunroof leak settlement [CCAF]
  • Troublesome treaty signed by US on ADA anniversary: “Ratification of the Disabilities Convention Would Erode American Sovereignty” [Steven Groves, Heritage]
  • Abolish summary judgment? Now hold on a minute [Ronald Miller]
  • A strong liability-reform advocate on a Democratic national ticket? It happened when Gore slated Sen. Lieberman as VP pick [ten years ago on Overlawyered]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/08/august-6-roundup-2/feed/ 0     “Fight with student may wreck tow firm” http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/fight-with-student-may-wreck-tow-firm/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/fight-with-student-may-wreck-tow-firm/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 11:59:16 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17494 The lawsuit against Justin Kurtz over his Facebook page “Kalamazoo Residents Against T&J Towing” hasn’t been working out so well for T&J. [Detroit Free Press, earlier]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/fight-with-student-may-wreck-tow-firm/feed/ 1     Princess-Di-as-trademark case http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/princess-di-as-trademark-case/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/princess-di-as-trademark-case/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 15:36:04 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17275 If you want to get justice against a bad lawsuit, notes Ron Coleman, you might need to own a Mint.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/princess-di-as-trademark-case/feed/ 0     Suing critics, competitors not a winning business strategy http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/suing-critics-competitors-not-a-winning-business-strategy/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/suing-critics-competitors-not-a-winning-business-strategy/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 05:06:37 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17233 Or at least it wasn’t for one video firm [Paul Alan Levy, Consumer Law and Policy]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/suing-critics-competitors-not-a-winning-business-strategy/feed/ 0     Facebook page critical of towing company http://overlawyered.com/2010/04/facebook-page-critical-of-towing-company/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/04/facebook-page-critical-of-towing-company/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:08:25 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17098 T & J Towing of Kalamazoo, Mich. has filed a lawsuit demanding $750,000 from the Western Michigan University student who started the Facebook page “Kalamazoo Residents Against T&J Towing“. [WOOD and Consumerist via Switched; Kalamazoo Gazette (Facebook group reaches 10,000 members); & welcome Kashmir Hill/Above the Law readers]

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