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 http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/man-sues-couple-he-kidnapped/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/man-sues-couple-he-kidnapped/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:07:22 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26038 Jesse Dimmick, who invaded the home of Jared and Lindsay Rowley at knifepoint and held them for some time against their will, is now suing them for allegedly reneging on a promise to hide him from the police. He’s also suing the city of Topeka, one of whose officers shot him during his apprehension. [Capital-Journal via Lowering the Bar]

Tags: contracts, criminals who sue, Kansas

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Furor continues over insider trading by Congress [Roger Parloff/Fortune, Bainbridge ("unimpressed" with reform proposal entitled STOCK Act), earlier] Rep. Bachus disputes claims in Peter Schweizer book [AW, Perry]

“Fort Hood victims’ families seek $750M from feds” [Kenneth Timmerman, Daily Caller]

“Chicago Lawyer Sues Southwest, Says Airline Breached Free-Drink Coupon Contract” [ABA Journal]

“Lawyer Solicitation: Penn State Sex Abuse Edition” [Turkewitz] Slate slags Merck CEO [Ted Frank]

Akaka Hawaii-racialization bill, smuggled in through the back door? [Ilya Shapiro, background]

Suits over Hurricane Irene electrical outages expected to spread [Connecticut Law Tribune, Chris Powell]

Fiasco envy? “RIAA Thinking Of Backing Righthaven” [Masnick, TechDirt] “Righthaven ordered to pay nearly $120,000 in attorney fees, court costs” [VegasInc., Ars Technica, American Power Blog]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/lawyers-suit-this-breakfasts-no-good/feed/ 2 http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/by-reader-acclaim-divorced-man-sues-wedding-photographer/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/by-reader-acclaim-divorced-man-sues-wedding-photographer/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:06:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25515 “Although the marriage did not last, plaintiff’s fury over the quality of the photos and video continued on.” The photographer defendant thinks the demand for $48,000 to re-stage the wedding is a bit much, especially given that the former bride has thought to have returned to her native Latvia. [New York Times; Above the Law (groom's father is partner in big law firm)]

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