http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/police-lineups-and-eyewitness-accuracy/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/10/police-lineups-and-eyewitness-accuracy/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:20:29 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25181 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].

Tags: eyewitness testimony

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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]

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