http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/the-most-plausible-route-to-the-death-of-football/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/the-most-plausible-route-to-the-death-of-football/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:30:16 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27543 “…starts with liability suits.” As concussion suits mount, will broadcast networks and high school referees need to worry about being named as defendants along with team franchises, schools, helmet manufacturers and other more obvious defendants? [Tyler Cowen and Kevin Grier, Grantland, via Ilya Somin]

Tags: football, sports

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Tags: football, trademarks

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Tags: football

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Tags: expert witnesses, Florida, football

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Tags: cheerleading, football, Indiana

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Tags: bullying businesses, football, libel slander and defamation, Washington D.C.

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Paper by Lester Brickman previews his much-anticipated new book Lawyer Barons [Mass Tort Lit, SSRN] More: Sheila Scheuerman, TortsProf.

“A Players’ Class Action Against the NFL for Concussions?” [Russell Jackson]

C’mon, DoJ, stop spreading domestic violence myths [Christina Hoff Sommers, USA Today]

“Historians as Experts: A Plea for Help” [Bill Childs, TortsProf; related, Nathan Schachtman]

Might not really work, though: “A call for aviation liability reform in South Dakota” [PoL]

“Chevron Turns Tables on Ecuador Plaintiffs; Sues Them” [WSJ Law Blog, ShopFloor, more, yet more, NYLJ]

Hedge funder plays race card against NYC’s famed Dakota co-op. How plausibly? [Business Insider]

N.C. official: citizen who challenged road plans might be practicing engineering without a license [N&O]

Tags: aviation, Chevron, domestic violence, expert witnesses, football, Lester Brickman, real estate, South Dakota

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Making the rounds: letter on NFL stationery telling off lawyer over nastygram [DeadSpin, language]

Suburban Detroit man faces possible 5-year sentence for reading wife’s email [Free Press, Volokh]

U.K.: Scout Association found liable for injury sustained in scramble-in-the-dark game [Andrew Hough, Telegraph via Lenore Skenazy]

Florida appeals court orders environmental groups to compensate taxpayers for unfounded complaint [Ryan Houck, TampaBayOnline]

“Fix It Yourself Garage” self-service auto repair shop hopes it’s beaten the liability curse [McClatchy; Charlotte, N.C.]

Much more from Peter Schweizer and Lee Stranahan at Big Government on dubious Pigford farmer settlement (”attempting to farm;” recruiting and “brokering” claims; FBI said to be interested; problems within USDA?; lawyer says Pigford clients often got away with faulty claims; earlier);

“Faux concern for judicial ethics” [Jonathan Adler, Volokh, on Constitutional Accountability Center campaign against judges' seminars]

Founder of much-loved musical parody series thanks real-life artists whose works are being spoofed: “Without their reluctance toward lawsuits there would certainly be no Forbidden Broadway.” [six years ago on Overlawyered]

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