Overlawyered » Germany http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 14:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 February 29 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-29-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-29-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-29-roundup/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:17:27 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27828 Jackpot justice and New Jersey pharmacies (with both a Whitney Houston and a Ted Frank angle) [Fox, PoL, our Jan. 3 post] New Mexico: “Trial lawyers object to spaceport limits” [Las Cruces Bulletin] Dodd-Frank: too big not to fail [The Economist] Robert Teitelman (The Deal) on new Stephen Bainbridge book Corporate Governance After the Financial [...]

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  • Jackpot justice and New Jersey pharmacies (with both a Whitney Houston and a Ted Frank angle) [Fox, PoL, our Jan. 3 post]
  • New Mexico: “Trial lawyers object to spaceport limits” [Las Cruces Bulletin]
  • Dodd-Frank: too big not to fail [The Economist] Robert Teitelman (The Deal) on new Stephen Bainbridge book Corporate Governance After the Financial Crisis [HuffPo] Securities suits: “trial lawyers probably won’t be able to defend a defective system forever” [WSJ Dealpolitik]
  • Uh-oh: U.K. Labour opposition looks at unleashing U.S.-style class actions [Guardian] “U.K. Moves ‘No Win, No Fee’ Litigation Reforms to 2013″ [Suzi Ring, Legal Week]
  • More on controls on cold medicines as anti-meth measure [Radley Balko, Megan McArdle, Xeni Jardin, earlier here, here, here]
  • Recognizable at a distance: “In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation” [NY Times]
  • Fewer lawyers in Congress these days [WSJ Law Blog]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-29-roundup/feed/ 2     Labor and employment roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/labor-and-employment-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labor-and-employment-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/labor-and-employment-roundup/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:21:00 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27697 Two retaliation cases that should scare employers [Robin Shea via Jon Hyman] Maryland law redefining independent contractors as employees vexes flooring business [Bethany Rodgers, Frederick News Post, editorial, earlier] New York Times on minimum wage 1987 vs. 2012: 1987 made more sense [Mark Perry] E-discovery drives up cost of wage and hour litigation [Jon Hyman] [...]

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  • Two retaliation cases that should scare employers [Robin Shea via Jon Hyman]
  • Maryland law redefining independent contractors as employees vexes flooring business [Bethany Rodgers, Frederick News Post, editorial, earlier] New York Times on minimum wage 1987 vs. 2012: 1987 made more sense [Mark Perry] E-discovery drives up cost of wage and hour litigation [Jon Hyman]
  • Irony alert: “Unionized workers organize against National Labor Relations Board” [Adam Jablonowski, Daily Caller]
  • Proposals to create new rights for public employee unions [Ivan Osorio/CEI, federal; Jack Mann/CEI, California] Courtesy LA taxpayers, garage monitor at L.A. Department of Water & Power makes $74K/year as compared with $21K elsewhere [L.A. Times via Amy Alkon] Connecticut governor proceeds with plans to herd personal care attendants into union [Trey Kovacs/CEI]
  • Colorado measure regulating use of credit records in hiring is solution in search of problem [Mark Hillman, Colorado Springs Gazette]
  • Connecticut proposal to ban unemployment discrimination heats up [Daniel Schwartz]
  • German high court orders universities to raise salaries for starting professors [Walter Russell Mead]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/labor-and-employment-roundup/feed/ 0     December 6 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-6-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=december-6-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-6-roundup/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:23:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26076 TSA: design of gun on purse is “replica gun” [Radley Balko] “Note: Before Attaching Ankle Monitor, Make Sure Leg Is Real” [Lowering the Bar] “Harm to others” rationale seems to fall by wayside as Boston bans workplace use of e-cigarettes [Jacob Sullum] “Should legislation protect the obese?” [NYT "Room for Debate"] German town drops charges [...]

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  • TSA: design of gun on purse is “replica gun” [Radley Balko]
  • “Note: Before Attaching Ankle Monitor, Make Sure Leg Is Real” [Lowering the Bar]
  • “Harm to others” rationale seems to fall by wayside as Boston bans workplace use of e-cigarettes [Jacob Sullum]
  • “Should legislation protect the obese?” [NYT "Room for Debate"]
  • German town drops charges against Pope Benedict XVI for failure to wear seat belt in Popemobile [WaPo, Lowering the Bar, Irish Times]
  • Ninth Circuit agrees to review litigation seeking court takeover of vets’ mental care [SFChron, WSJ Law Blog, earlier]
  • The shaky science of “shaken baby syndrome” [Pfaff, Prawfs, ABA Journal, earlier here, here] Jerry Brown should pardon dubiously convicted grandmother [Emily Bazelon, Slate]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-6-roundup/feed/ 1     October 9 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/october-9-roundup-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=october-9-roundup-2 http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/october-9-roundup-2/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:14:42 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19614 Update: “Tax Panel Rejects Lawyer’s Bid to Deduct Spending for Sex” [NYLJ, William Barrett/Forbes, earlier] And: “Musings on laws affecting adult entertainment, alcoholic beverages and other ‘vice’ industries” [Meeting the Sin Laws blog] Mississippi: judge jails lawyer for not saying Pledge of Allegiance [Freeland] More on much-written-about Israeli “rape by fraud” case [Volokh, more, earlier [...]

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  • Update: “Tax Panel Rejects Lawyer’s Bid to Deduct Spending for Sex” [NYLJ, William Barrett/Forbes, earlier] And: “Musings on laws affecting adult entertainment, alcoholic beverages and other ‘vice’ industries” [Meeting the Sin Laws blog]
  • Mississippi: judge jails lawyer for not saying Pledge of Allegiance [Freeland]
  • More on much-written-about Israeli “rape by fraud” case [Volokh, more, earlier here and here]
  • “Tribune bankruptcy talks complicated by emergence of pugnacious hedge fund” [Romenesko; earlier on involvement of hedge funds in bankruptcies]
  • More disturbing tales from Connecticut probate court [Rick Green, Hartford Courant, earlier]
  • Marc Williams of the Defense Research Institute responds to Ted Frank’s criticism of many defense lawyers [PoL]
  • Advice for Australians: to fix your litigation system, look to Germany’s success [Ackland, Sydney Morning Herald]
  • Rep. John Hall (D-N.Y.) & ’70s band Orleans threaten suit against GOP remix ["Orleans Reunion Tour"]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/october-9-roundup-2/feed/ 0     German state supports its citizens’ kids overseas http://overlawyered.com/2010/09/german-state-supports-its-citizens-kids-overseas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=german-state-supports-its-citizens-kids-overseas http://overlawyered.com/2010/09/german-state-supports-its-citizens-kids-overseas/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:52:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19080 Now see if you can guess how one man has managed to play the system given that generous policy [Tyler Cowen] Tweet Tags: Germany

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    ]]>     Now see if you can guess how one man has managed to play the system given that generous policy [Tyler Cowen]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/09/german-state-supports-its-citizens-kids-overseas/feed/ 1     July 22 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-22-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=july-22-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-22-roundup/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:11:25 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=18406 Update from Germany: “Teacher Loses ‘Rabbit-Phobia’ Trial” [Spiegel, earlier] Farther shores of for-your-own-goodery: “Should Obese Kids Be Placed In Foster Care?” [Katz, CBS News] Just one problem with that $725 million AIG securities suit settlement [D&O Diary] After Texas passed bill requiring evidence of impairment, more than 99% of silicosis claimants dropped out [LNL, PoL] [...]

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  • Update from Germany: “Teacher Loses ‘Rabbit-Phobia’ Trial” [Spiegel, earlier]
  • Farther shores of for-your-own-goodery: “Should Obese Kids Be Placed In Foster Care?” [Katz, CBS News]
  • Just one problem with that $725 million AIG securities suit settlement [D&O Diary]
  • After Texas passed bill requiring evidence of impairment, more than 99% of silicosis claimants dropped out [LNL, PoL]
  • Lindsay Lohan disserved by lawyer who can’t keep a confidence [Turkewitz]
  • Pearlstein’s the Washington Post’s anti-business business columnist [McArdle, Wood/ShopFloor]
  • Lawyer shenanigans in Fosamax trial in New York [Walk, Drug & Device Law]
  • Unwelcome surprise: health care bill turns out to tax many house sales [David Boaz, Cato at Liberty]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/july-22-roundup/feed/ 2     “German police officer earns extra week’s holiday for getting dressed” http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/german-police-officer-earns-extra-weeks-holiday-for-getting-dressed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=german-police-officer-earns-extra-weeks-holiday-for-getting-dressed http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/german-police-officer-earns-extra-weeks-holiday-for-getting-dressed/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:11:44 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=18315 The test case in the city of Muenster has German municipal officials worried about busted budgets. [Guardian, Telegraph] So-called “don/doff” lawsuits have been a pretty big deal in our own employment law in recent years, although, as our 2008 report from Arkansas indicates, they don’t always have the support of the putative victims. Tweet Tags: [...]

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    ]]>     The test case in the city of Muenster has German municipal officials worried about busted budgets. [Guardian, Telegraph] So-called “don/doff” lawsuits have been a pretty big deal in our own employment law in recent years, although, as our 2008 report from Arkansas indicates, they don’t always have the support of the putative victims.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/07/german-police-officer-earns-extra-weeks-holiday-for-getting-dressed/feed/ 6     Can’t make ‘em up dept. http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/cant-make-em-up-dept/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cant-make-em-up-dept http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/cant-make-em-up-dept/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 05:10:08 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17263 Germany: “Teacher with rabbit phobia to sue 14-year-old for drawing bunny.” The educator “says she was traumatized by the drawing, and claims the girl knew it would terrify her.” [Telegraph] Tweet Tags: emotional distress, Germany, schools

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/05/cant-make-em-up-dept/feed/ 14     November 16 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-16-roundup-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=november-16-roundup-2 http://overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-16-roundup-2/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:04:20 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=14746 German law firm demands that Wikipedia remove true information about now-paroled murderers [EFF] More: Eugene Volokh. “Class Actions: Some Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Fed Up, Too?” [California Civil Justice] Drop that Irish coffee and back away: “F.D.A. Says It May Ban Alcoholic Drinks With Caffeine” [NYT] Profile of L.A. tort lawyers Walter Lack and Thomas Girardi, now [...]

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  • German law firm demands that Wikipedia remove true information about now-paroled murderers [EFF] More: Eugene Volokh.
  • “Class Actions: Some Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Fed Up, Too?” [California Civil Justice]
  • Drop that Irish coffee and back away: “F.D.A. Says It May Ban Alcoholic Drinks With Caffeine” [NYT]
  • Profile of L.A. tort lawyers Walter Lack and Thomas Girardi, now in hot water following Nicaraguan banana-pesticide scandal [The Recorder; my earlier outing on "Erin Brockovich" case]
  • Federalist Society panel on federalism and preemption [BLT]
  • Confidence in the courts? PriceWaterhouseCoopers would rather face Satyam securities fraud lawsuits in India than in U.S. [Hartley]
  • Allegation: Scruggs continuing to wheel and deal behind bars [Freeland]
  • Not much that will be new to longtime readers here: “Ten ridiculous lawsuits against Big Business” [Biz Insider] P.S.: Legal Blog Watch had more lists back in June.
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/11/november-16-roundup-2/feed/ 2     Woman’s DNA showed up at 39 crime scenes http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/womans-dna-showed-up-at-39-crime-scenes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=womans-dna-showed-up-at-39-crime-scenes http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/womans-dna-showed-up-at-39-crime-scenes/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:23:25 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=10215 German cops, however, got a surprise when they unmasked Ms. Moriarty. Tweet Tags: Germany, junk science

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