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February 19 roundup

Walter Olson — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:19:17 +0000

Self-service arrangement: Pennsylvania judge charged with fixing her own parking tickets [Lancaster Online]
Economist cover story: “Over-regulated America“. Obama hesitant about heavy-handed regulation? Really? [Veronique de Rugy, NRO]
Argument for letting money market funds “break the buck” without federal backstop [David Henderson, EconLog]
Suing apps makers? “Entertainment Lawyers Go Wild for ‘Secondary’ Copyright Lawsuits” [WSJ Law Blog] SWAT raid on Kiwi copyright scofflaw? [Balko] Despite its editor’s views, NYT finds it hard to avoid breaching copyright laws itself [Carly Carioli, Boston Phoenix] “Contempt Sanctions Imposed on Copyright Troll Evan Stone” [Paul Alan Levy] More: “obscene materials can’t be copyrighted” offered as defense in illegal download case [Kerr]
Tenure terror: “Teacher in Los Angeles molest case reportedly paid $40G to drop appeal of firing” [AP]
FDA rejects lead-in-lipstick scare campaign [ACSH vs. Environmental Working Group]
A horror story of eyewitness I.D. [claim of DNA exoneration in Va. rape case; AP via Scott Greenfield]

Tags: banks, copyright, cosmetics, eyewitness testimony, judges, Los Angeles, New York Times, New Zealand, Pennsylvania, regulation and its reform, teacher tenure

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Police lineups and eyewitness accuracy

Walter Olson — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:20:29 +0000

A human-interest story in the Times about the business of recruiting “fillers” for police lineups raises uncomfortable questions about the accuracy of eyewitness identification [Scott Greenfield].

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Rise and fall of a “dropsy” epidemic

Walter Olson — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:30:09 +0000

Scott Greenfield on curiously convenient cop testimony.

Tags: eyewitness testimony, police

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April 16 roundup

Ted Frank — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:45:11 +0000

Schadenfreude overload: Eliot Spitzer fighting with Bill Lerach’s old law firm. You see, Spitzer returned Lerach firm’s money after the indictment (unlike many other Democrats); when Lerach left the firm, Spitzer hit them up for cash again; now, they’re the ones seeking money. [WSJ Law Blog; NY Sun]
Breakthrough on Keisler nomination. [Levey]
Sued for accurately saying government employee was a Mexican. [Volokh]
Global warming lawsuit finds conspiracy in free speech. [Pero]
Yet another free speech lawsuit: 50-Cent sued for “promoting gangsta lifestyle.” [Torts Prof]
3-2 decision in NY Appellate Division: Not a design defect for tobacco companies to sell cigarettes that aren’t light cigarettes. [Rose v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.; NYLJ/law.com via Prince]
Meanwhile, tobacco companies are also being sued over light cigarettes. Second Circuit tosses Judge Weinstein’s novel class certification (Point of Law); Supreme Court grants cert in Altria Group v. Good.
Defensive medicine one of many reasons that health-care costs so much in US [New York Times]
Eyewitness testimony: you can’t always believe your eyes. [Chapman]
First-hand report on Obama’s views on guns. [Lott]
Ethical problem for law firm to be representing judges in litigation seeking pay raise? [Turkewitz]

Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Lerach, Coughlin Stoia, defensive medicine, Eliot Spitzer, eyewitness testimony, free speech, global warming, light cigarettes, roundups, tobacco

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