Overlawyered » Germany 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 December 6 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/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 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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  • 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/ 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]

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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/ 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]
  • 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/ 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.

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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/ 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]

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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/ 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.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/womans-dna-showed-up-at-39-crime-scenes/feed/ 1     Lowering the Bar “Best of 2008″ http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/lowering-the-bar-best-of-2008/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/lowering-the-bar-best-of-2008/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:01:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=8142 The legal humor site has nominated its favorite stories of 2008. Among them:

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/lowering-the-bar-best-of-2008/feed/ 1     Locked-out Overlawyered readers, in Australia and elsewhere http://overlawyered.com/2008/09/locked-out-overlawyered-readers-in-australia-and-elsewhere/ http://overlawyered.com/2008/09/locked-out-overlawyered-readers-in-australia-and-elsewhere/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:14:46 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=7616 For quite a while I’ve been getting complaints that readers in other countries — Australia, in particular — are locked out of Overlawyered with a “403 — you don’t have permission to access the server” error message. (Similarly, see these bulletin board discussions from New Zealand and Germany). Reader Stephen Mepham from Australia wrote to alert me when he encountered this problem on switching to a new cable provider, and helpfully included his IP number (the 777.77.7.777 thing). That allowed me to track down what had happened: in response to a series of spam and denial-of-service attacks, our hosting providers over the years have taken aggressive measures to exclude various large blocks of IP numbers (as well as country domains associated with spam and DOS attacks). I’ve now taken a few gingerly steps to relax these controls, which I hope should let more Australian readers access the site in particular. Should the attacks resume, of course, we’ll need to go back to tougher blocking.

    If you’re a reader who’s encountered this problem or knows someone who has, give it a try again, and feel free to email me with a message along the lines of “Yes, now it works again” or “No, I still get blocked” — and try to include your IP address if convenient, which you can identify here.

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