Overlawyered » child custody 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 “Twisted ethics of an expert witness” http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/twisted-ethics-of-an-expert-witness/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/twisted-ethics-of-an-expert-witness/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:09:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24094 Horrifying Seattle Times investigation:

For a quarter century [Stuart] Greenberg testified as an expert in forensic psychology, an inscrutable field with immense power. Purporting to offer insight into the human condition, he evaluated more than 2,000 children, teenagers and adults. His word could determine which parent received custody of a child, or whether a jury believed a claim of sexual assault, or what damages might be awarded for emotional distress. …

His peers elected him their national president. But his formidable career was built upon a foundation of hypocrisy and lies.

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  • Unsafe at any read: new Ralph Nader novel panned by Chris Hayes, Washington editor of The Nation [Barnes and Noble Review via Suderman, Reason]
  • Microsoft says “most, if not all” customer data from T-Mobile Sidekick smartphones has been recovered, but class action lawyers say they’re undeterred [Seattle P-I]
  • Sue them all and sort things out later? Lawsuit over Air France Airbus crash off coast of Brazil names long list of aerospace suppliers as defendants [Reuters]
  • “No cash for this clunker”: opposition mounts to proposal for Massachusetts public law school [Boston Herald editorial via Legal Blog Watch, earlier link roundup at Point of Law]
  • Ralph Lauren experiences Streisand Effect over skinny-model nastygram [Althouse, earlier]
  • High-profile L.A. plaintiff’s lawyer Walter Lack speaks under questioning about role in Nicaraguan banana-worker suit against Dole [Recorder, earlier, background] And: “Dole on a Roll: Court Declines to Enforce $97M Judgment” [WSJ Law Blog, Bloomberg]
  • Miller-Jenkins lesbian custody case, much meddled in by conservative religious groups, recalls the ways divorced dads get cut out of their kids’ lives [Glenn Sacks/Ned Holstein via Amy Alkon, background]
  • Daniel Kalder speculates on why the New York Times editorially “purred with approval” of the new FTC blogger regulations in such an “impressively superficial” way [Guardian Books Blog]. More on FTC’s semi-backtracking on the controversy: Media Bistro “Galleycat”, Publisher’s Weekly, Galleysmith. And having been hoping for ages to get a link some day from blogging legend Jason Kottke, this one will go in the souvenir file [Kottke.org]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/10/october-22-roundup-2/feed/ 2     Connecticut passes probate court reform http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/connecticut-passes-probate-court-reform/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/connecticut-passes-probate-court-reform/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:44:39 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=11721 Gov. Jodi Rell has signed legislation reorganizing the long-criticized system, which handles child custody matters and conservatorships as well as wills and estates; Hartford Courant columnist Rick Green had made the cause a crusade with horror stories. More: Connecticut Law Tribune (cross-posted from Point of Law).

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/connecticut-passes-probate-court-reform/feed/ 1     Dad packed a non-organic lunch? http://overlawyered.com/2009/02/dad-packed-a-non-organic-lunch/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/02/dad-packed-a-non-organic-lunch/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:23:23 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=9227 Revoke his custody rights!

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/02/dad-packed-a-non-organic-lunch/feed/ 2     U.K.: Family court abuses http://overlawyered.com/2009/02/uk-family-court-abuses/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/02/uk-family-court-abuses/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:10:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=9021 The Times (U.K.) is running a big campaign on abuses of the family court and social services system and unjustified removal of kids from their families.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/02/uk-family-court-abuses/feed/ 0     September 15 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2008/09/september-15-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2008/09/september-15-roundup/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:52:21 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=7536
  • Saying fashion model broke his very fancy umbrella, N.Y. restaurant owner Nello Balan sues her for $1 million, but instead gets fined $500 for wasting court’s time [AP/FoxNews.com, NY Times]
  • Spokesman for Chesapeake, Va. schools says its OK for high school marching band to perform at Disney World, so long as they don’t ride any rides [Virginian-Pilot]
  • More on Chicago parking tickets: revenue-hungry Mayor Daley rebuffed in plan to boot cars after only two tickets [Sun-Times, Tribune]
  • Too old, in their 50s, to be raising kids? [Houston Chronicle via ABA Journal].
  • Britain’s stringent libel laws and welcome mat for “libel tourism” draw criticism from the U.N. (of all places) [Guardian]
  • Beaumont, Tex.: “Parents sue other driver, bar for daughter’s DUI death” [SE Texas Record, more, more]
  • “Three pony rule”: $600,000 a year is needlessly high for child support, even if mom has costly tastes [N.J.L.J., Unfiltered Minds]
  • Advocacy groups push to require health insurers and taxpayers to pay for kids’ weight-loss camps [NY Times]
  • Lester Brickman: those fraud-rife mass screening operations may account for 90 percent of mass tort claims [PoL]
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