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Denver mistaken-identity arrests

Walter Olson — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:54:43 +0000

They may not be as numerous as L.A.’s, but they include some individual doozies [Denver Post via Radley Balko; earlier]

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Great moments in public sector arbitration

Walter Olson — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:11:50 +0000

“A police lieutenant, fired for covering up a hit and run crash involving a fellow officer [she] was involved in a relationship with, has been reinstated following an arbitration decision that chastised the city’s Police Commission.” Christine Burns also got six months back pay. The arbitrator found that Burns’s boyfriend had been treated leniently, drawing only a one-year unpaid suspension despite serious misconduct, which in turn deprived her of her right to be treated “evenhandedly and without discrimination.” [Connecticut Post]

And while we’re at it: Police union defends Denver cop fired for driving drunk at 143 mph [Tina Korbe, Hot Air; The Truth About Cars]

Tags: Connecticut, Denver, labor unions, police, public employment

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Coming Carolina and Colorado appearances

Walter Olson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:18:02 +0000

Today I’m talking to state legislators courtesy of the American Legislative Exchange Council. Next week I head off for luncheon talks about my new book Schools for Misrule before Federalist Society lawyers’ chapters in Greenville, S.C. on Wed. Dec. 7, and Charlotte, N.C. on Thurs. Dec. 8. And then the following week I keynote the annual luncheon of the Colorado Civil Justice League Dec. 13 in Denver. If you’re in the audience, do introduce yourself!

Tags: Denver, live in person, North Carolina, South Carolina

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Fall speaking (and your chance to book): Chicago, S.C., Denver…

Walter Olson — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:02:50 +0000

I’m currently planning speaking trips that will take me to Chicago Nov. 7-8, Greenville, S.C. Dec. 7, Denver Dec. 13, and possibly Phoenix Dec. 1. If you’ve got a speaker’s series or organization that’s in one of these places or an easy travel jump away, consider saving on travel expenses by booking me for a talk around these dates. You can contact me directly at editor – [at] – overlawyered – dot – com or Diane Morris at the Cato Institute: dmorris – [at] – cato – dot – org.

Tags: Chicago, Denver, live in person, Phoenix, South Carolina

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“Copyright-enforcer Righthaven demands $6,000 from young autistic blogger”

Walter Olson — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:04:51 +0000

The guy had reposted a photo belonging to the Denver Post, a newspaper that’s among the clients of the copyright-enforcement mill [Westword via Romenesko, USWGO]

Tags: Denver, RightHaven

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August 11 roundup

Walter Olson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:54:17 +0000

General Mills sends lawyers after local “My Dough Girl” Bakery [Consumerist via Amy Alkon]
But he can reapply in five years: “Lawyer Takes Plea in Case Over His Hardball Litigation Tactics, Will Be Disbarred” [ABA Journal, California]
“Shame on Elie Wiesel” for threatening a lawsuit over his fictionalization in a stage play [Terry Teachout]
State AGs dive into HIPAA and health privacy enforcement [Nicastro, Health Leaders Media]
More highlights from Daniel Okrent book on Prohibition [Tabarrok]
Denver school board investment fiasco [Popehat]
Russell Jackson on the Yoo-Hoo chocolate beverage class action [Consumer Class Actions and Mass Torts, earlier]
California court rules state’s Moscone (“little Norris-LaGuardia”) Act unconstitutional [Workplace Prof]

Tags: advertising, alcohol, Denver, HIPAA, labor unions, trademarks

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“Toy library running short; lead law to blame”

Walter Olson — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:32:13 +0000

CPSIA has come at a steep price for the Northwest Denver Toy Library, which has had to throw out nearly 400 of the 500 toys in its stock because it has no way of being sure that they comply with the 2008 federal law. [9News.com Denver]

Tags: CPSIA, CPSIA and libraries, CPSIA and toys, Denver

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March 17 roundup

Walter Olson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:51:43 +0000

Asks to have $12.6 million verdict set aside because juror Twittered about the case [Little Rock, Ark.; AP/Yahoo]
Florida legislator opposes “animal husbandry,” thinks it’s sin forbidden in Book of Leviticus. And “Larcenia” is probably the most perfect first name for a politician I’ve ever heard [Popehat]
Eleventh Circuit upholds most charges against Alabama ex-Gov. Don Siegelman [AP/New York Times, earlier]
D.C. Council member bullies tiny non-profit paper, says advertiser “will be held responsible” [Marc Fisher, WaPo; Brookland Heartbeat]
“Worst teachers are rarely formally removed from the classroom” [Denver Post]
Blogger calling fashion model a skank makes an unsympathetic figure, but the implications for blog anonymity could be serious [NY Post, Scott Greenfield, (Cit Media Law, earlier]
Barbie says, “Governing West Virginia is hard!” [@cathygellis; Lowering the Bar; earlier]
Student journalists are blogging dismissed professor Ward Churchill’s lawsuit against the Univ. of Colorado [Race to the Bottom via Ambrogi, Legal Blog Watch]

Tags: Alabama, colleges and universities, Denver, Florida, teacher tenure, Twitter

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Poodle-dyer nabbed by animal welfare cops

Walter Olson — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:16:46 +0000

In Boulder, Colorado, hair salon owner Joy Douglas “received a $1,000 ticket from an animal-control officer for coloring her white poodle, Cici, pink by using organic beet juice.” Everyone seems to agree that the dye job is not physically harmful to the pooch, who is well cared for in other ways, but Boulder has a town ordinance against animal-dyeing, aimed at Easter-season tormentors of bunnies and chicks, and several residents ratted Douglas out. She says the idea of the pink fur was to raise awareness for breast cancer. (“Boulder’s pink poodle owner preps for legal fight”, Denver Post, Mar. 11).

Tags: animal rights, animals, Colorado, Denver

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Radio today

Walter Olson — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:49:40 +0000

This morning I was a guest on WTKK’s “Michael Graham Show” out of Boston to discuss the Spitzer scandal. I was also the guest of Mike Rosen on Denver’s KOA for a discussion of the case of the New York lawyer who’s suing casinos for $20 million after her out-of-control gambling ruined her career.

Tags: Colorado, Denver, Eliot Spitzer, gambling, Massachusetts, on TV and radio

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