In NYC: gun rights discussion at NYCLU Tues. evening

Walter Olson — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:29:55 +0000

For readers in the New York City area: Tomorrow evening (Tues.) I’m going to be one of three persons discussing the Constitution’s Second Amendment, and the Supreme Court’s Heller decision recognizing that it protects an individual and not merely a “collective” right, at a monthly meeting of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Details here. Also offering their views will be NYCLU’s Arthur Eisenberg, a proponent of the collective-rights view, and Damon Root of Reason magazine, who discusses the event here. There will even be pizza and refreshments.

Tags: DC v. Heller, guns, live in person, NYC

Roundup, March 15

Ted Frank — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:25:36 +0000

Speaking of prostitutes and politicians, Deborah Jeane Palfrey has come to recognize that Montgomery Blair Sibley (Oct. 29; May 4; etc.) may not be the best lawyer for her. [WTOP via BLT]
Update: Nearly two years later, trial court gets around to upholding $2 million verdict in lawn-mower death we covered Jun. 16 and Aug. 18, 2006. [Roanoke Times (quoting me); opinion at On Point]
In other lawn mower news, check out Jim Beck’s perceptive comment on a Third Circuit lawn-mower liability decision.
Update: Willie Gary wins his child-support dispute. [Gary v. Gowins (Ga.); Atl. Journal-Const.; via ABA Journal; earlier: Nov. 2]
Tobacco-lawyer Mike Ciresi drops out of Minnesota senate race. [WCCO]
Belfast court quashes libel ruling against restaurant critic. [AFP/Breitbart]
Trial-lawyer-blogger happy: jury returned $1.25 million med-mal verdict for death of totally disabled person suffering from end-stage renal disease, pulmonary hypertension, oxygen dependent lung disease, and obesity, after rejecting businessperson from jury “for cause” because he was head of local Chamber of Commerce. [Day]
Car-keying anti-military attorney Jay Grodner faced the law in January; here’s the transcript. [Blackfive]
Anonymous blog post not reliable evidence of factual allegations. [In re Pfizer, Inc. Sec. Litig., 2008 WL 540120 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2008) via Roberts, who also reports on fee reduction in same post]
Clinton’s nutty mortgage plan. [B&MI (quoting me)]
A supposed DC cabbie’s take on DC v. Heller. [DC Cabbie blog]

Tags: Atlanta, child support, DC v. Heller, Hillary Clinton, jackpot justice, lawn mowers, libel slander and defamation, Michael Ciresi, Minnesota, Montgomery Blair Sibley, PSLRA, restaurant critics, roundups, tobacco, Willie Gary

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