Overlawyered » Craigslist 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 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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  • “Court Vacates $99,000 Fee to Counsel for Plaintiff Who Won $650″ [NJLJ]
  • Libel-suit target: “Author Simon Singh Puts Up a Fight in the War on Science” [Wired]
  • No, they weren’t “worst”: RIP injury lawyer who hyped “10 Worst Toys” list each Christmas [WSJ Law Blog]
  • New credit card regulations squeeze small business [John Berlau letter in Washington Post]
  • District attorney’s case intake desk should screen out many unjust prosecutions, but often doesn’t [Greenfield]
  • AGs’ campaign to drive sex pros off Craigslist has failure built in [William Saletan, Slate; LNL; Declan McCullagh]
  • “Nursing Home Company Settles $677 Million Lawsuit for $50 Million” [AP]
  • “Judge accused of sexual harassment once helped women sue” [Orlando Sentinel]
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  • “Bullying Busybody for Senate: How Connecticut’s attorney general beat Craigslist into submission” [Sullum, Harper] Blumenthal’s Senate campaign sputtering despite huge advantages [Jack Fowler, NRO] Lloyd Grove interview with challenger Linda McMahon [Daily Beast]
  • “How Much Does Defensive Medicine Cost? One Study Says $46 Billion” [WSJ Health Blog, NY Times] Plus: a cardiologist’s comment;
  • “Man sues over parking ticket, says it disclosed too much info” [Obscure Store, suburban Chicago Daily Herald]
  • New allegations emerge in much-discussed “rape by deception” case in Israel [FrumForum, earlier, an academic comments]
  • A Connecticut village turns down money from Hartford and tackles a historic preservation project on its own [me at Cato]
  • NY Governor signs bill giving housekeepers, nannies new powers to sue employers for overtime, vacations [Workplace Prof] Plus: Hans in comments wonders whether the duty to avoid “hostile environment” harassment will collide with the right of free speech on sexual matters taken for granted (heretofore, at least) in a home environment.
  • “Lawyers sue Facebook for letting kids like advertisements” [Gryphon, PoL]
  • Per his foes, Gilded Age NYC trial lawyer William Howe used onion-scented handkerchief to summon tears at command [five years ago at Overlawyered]
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  • Jury rules for Disney in case of man who said Tower of Terror theme park ride caused him to have stroke [Orlando Sentinel]
  • The most dangerous place on earth is getting caught between Dick Blumenthal and a television camera.” Craigslist snipes back against demagogic Connecticut AG [Craigslist blog, Antle/American Spectator, earlier]
  • U.K.: prisoner falls from bunk bed, wins £4.7m [Times Online]
  • New York Times jealously guards its own sources’ right to speak with anonymity, doesn’t feel quite that way about others’ [Stoll]
  • SUNY Buffalo mathematician/HuffPo blogger: why’d they let that awful Eugene Volokh into the country? [Volokh vs. Jonathan David Farley, Greenfield, background]
  • College journalist won’t face criminal trespass charges after all in showdown over photographing escaped cows [Romenesko and update]
  • Regulating “the American palate” — by what authority? [Healy, Examiner] More links on FDA salt regulation [Compton/CEI, ShopFloor (on CSPI), earlier here, here, etc.]
  • Why one putative beneficiary decided not to file $2 claim after settlement of AT&T class action [Chidem Kurdas, Christian Science Monitor]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/may-5-roundup/feed/ 1     Richard Blumenthal vs. Craigslist http://overlawyered.com/2010/04/richard-blumenthal-vs-craigslist/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/04/richard-blumenthal-vs-craigslist/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:20:14 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17172 The “grandstanding” Connecticut attorney general, notes Mike Masnick at TechDirt, is now publicly decrying Craigslist for turning a profit from sex ads. Why is it turning a profit? Well, the ads used to be free, but Craigslist started charging fees after Blumenthal himself (with fellow AGs) demanded that it do so, the idea being that a credit card trail would scare off some illegal users and make it easier for police to crack down on others.

    Blumenthal, a longstanding bete noire of this site, is now running for the U.S. Senate seat held by the departing Chris Dodd. More: New York Times on his Senate bid (rough start, “Martha Coakley in pants”).

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/04/richard-blumenthal-vs-craigslist/feed/ 1     Another Craigslist housing-ad crackdown http://overlawyered.com/2009/11/another-craigslist-housing-ad-crackdown/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/11/another-craigslist-housing-ad-crackdown/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:13:53 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=14759 Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley nails twenty property owners and real estate agents over “no kids”, “no Section 8″ language in Craigslist ads [Legal NewsLine]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/11/another-craigslist-housing-ad-crackdown/feed/ 2     “Craigslist Not Responsible for Sex-For-Hire Ads, Judge Rules” http://overlawyered.com/2009/10/craigslist-not-responsible-for-sex-for-hire-ads-judge-rules/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/10/craigslist-not-responsible-for-sex-for-hire-ads-judge-rules/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:35:22 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=14351 The grandstanding sheriff of Cook County, Ill. is thrown out of court. More: Eugene Volokh, Citizen Media Law.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/10/craigslist-not-responsible-for-sex-for-hire-ads-judge-rules/feed/ 0     July 30 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2009/07/july-30-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/07/july-30-roundup/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:31:53 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=12585
  • Federal judge throws out wrongful-termination suit filed by pants suit judge Roy Pearson, he’ll probably appeal [D.C. Examiner] More: Lowering the Bar.
  • Sebelius signs documents providing lawsuit immunity for swine flu vaccine developers [Orato]
  • How Sacha Baron Cohen keeps from getting sued, part umpteen [The Frisky]
  • More on British Chiropractic Association’s defamation suit against skeptic Singh [Citizen Media Law, Orac/Respectful Insolence; earlier here, here, and here]
  • Next round of lawsuits against Dov Charney’s American Apparel may allege “looks discrimination”, though that’s probably not actually a relevant legal category [Gawker, Business Insider, earlier here, etc.]
  • Demand that Chicago set aside municipal contracts for gay-owned businesses [Sun-Times]
  • “Grandstanding anti-Craigslist politicians still not satisfied” [TechDirt, TG Daily]
  • Judge Kozinski: this is America, behaving disrespectfully toward a cop isn’t a crime [Greenfield]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/07/july-30-roundup/feed/ 1     “Craigslist Not Liable for Shooting That Used a Gun Sold Via a Craigslist Ad” http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/craigslist-not-liable-for-shooting-that-used-a-gun-sold-via-a-craigslist-ad/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/craigslist-not-liable-for-shooting-that-used-a-gun-sold-via-a-craigslist-ad/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:32:44 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=11789 Eugene Volokh and Mark Hamblett of the New York Law Journal cover the opinion (PDF) in Gibson v. Craigslist (S.D.N.Y.) A sentence from the plaintiff’s opposition to the motion to dismiss: “For public policy concerns, [Craigslist] must be immediately regulated or shut down.” Earlier: Sept. 7, 2008.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/06/craigslist-not-liable-for-shooting-that-used-a-gun-sold-via-a-craigslist-ad/feed/ 0     Craigslist vs. South Carolina AG http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/craigslist-vs-south-carolina-ag/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/craigslist-vs-south-carolina-ag/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 20:55:01 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=11283 The online service has gone to court seeking a declaratory judgment against South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster. [Citizen Media Law, Jim Buckmaster/Craigslist blog] Earlier here and here.

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