Overlawyered » Gloria Allred http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Another “too-hot-looking” employment plaintiff http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/another-too-hot-looking-employment-plaintiff/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/another-too-hot-looking-employment-plaintiff/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:10:21 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20298 This one is suing a Florida nonprofit, and, like the Citibank employee in the last such controversy, is being represented by Overlawyered favorite Gloria Allred. [OnPoint News]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/another-too-hot-looking-employment-plaintiff/feed/ 3 Saturday Night Live parody of Gloria Allred http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/saturday-night-live-parody-of-gloria-allred/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/saturday-night-live-parody-of-gloria-allred/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 05:13:25 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19800 You can watch it on Hulu courtesy Abnormal Use.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/saturday-night-live-parody-of-gloria-allred/feed/ 0 “What good are cameras if Gloria Allred isn’t in front of them?” http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/what-good-are-cameras-if-gloria-allred-isn%e2%80%99t-in-front-of-them/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/what-good-are-cameras-if-gloria-allred-isn%e2%80%99t-in-front-of-them/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:11:58 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19494 The Los Angeles lawyer springs another surprise on a gubernatorial candidate in the run-up to an election, this time Meg Whitman, who allegedly didn’t fire a housekeeper fast enough as her illegal status emerged, or perhaps fired her too fast, it’s not entirely clear. [Jim Treacher] More: Legal Ethics Forum (”As always, some question if Allred’s publicity-seeking actions are in the best interests of the client,”), Coyote (”What Kind of Freaking Lawyer is This Lady?”).

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/what-good-are-cameras-if-gloria-allred-isn%e2%80%99t-in-front-of-them/feed/ 6 “Too hot for Citi” complaint, cont’d http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/too-hot-for-citi-complaint-contd/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/too-hot-for-citi-complaint-contd/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:56:57 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17784 Radar Online reports that the complainant has hired Overlawyered favorite Gloria Allred, while Eric Turkewitz thinks Ms. Lorenzana might make not make the ideal client. Business Insider has more of the unedifying details, and Richard Thompson Ford explains (contra Deborah Rhode) “why lawsuits based on looks discrimination are a bad idea.” Earlier here.

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  • Class action to follow? Longtime Overlawyered favorite Gloria Allred now representing one of the Tiger Tootsies [The Observer]
  • Alabama lawyer moves to postpone trial so he can see Crimson Tide take on Texas [Yahoo "Rivals"]
  • “Thomas the Tank Engine attacked for ‘conservative political ideology’” [Telegraph; Canadian academic calls for tighter controls on children's broadcasting]
  • Government manages to lose money at bookie racket: “NYC’s Off-Track-Betting Seeks Bankruptcy Protection” [Bloomberg]
  • “Rapist ex-lawmaker claims copyright on his name, threatens legal action” [Boing Boing, Volokh, Randazza/Citizen Media Law]
  • Graubard Miller $42 million contingency fee “now in referee’s hands” [NYLJ; earlier Oct. 5, etc.]
  • It’ll destroy our image of him: opponents say “alleged Ponzi schemer and disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein filed frivolous lawsuits” [DBR]
  • New Hampshire disciplinary panel finds prominent injury attorney broke ethics rules in handling client who talked of firing him from multi-million-dollar case [Keene Sentinel]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/12/december-18-roundup-2/feed/ 5     Celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/celebrity-lawyer-gloria-allred/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/celebrity-lawyer-gloria-allred/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 23:07:06 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=10967 Eric Turkewitz doesn’t hold back, but tells us what he really thinks of the camera-friendly Los Angeles attorney.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/05/celebrity-lawyer-gloria-allred/feed/ 3     “To say that I’ve never tried a case is false, and that’s what I object to” http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/to-say-that-i%e2%80%99ve-never-tried-a-case-is-false-and-that%e2%80%99s-what-i-object-to/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/to-say-that-i%e2%80%99ve-never-tried-a-case-is-false-and-that%e2%80%99s-what-i-object-to/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:10:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=10673 Attorney Corey Trotz of Nahon, Saharovich and Trotz, known for his West Tennessee TV advertising, thinks he’s being criticized unfairly. [Hank Dudding, "Lawyers feud over trial experience", Memphis Commercial Appeal, Apr. 21; Tom Freeland].

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/to-say-that-i%e2%80%99ve-never-tried-a-case-is-false-and-that%e2%80%99s-what-i-object-to/feed/ 0     March 1 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2009/03/march-1-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/03/march-1-roundup-2/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:26:00 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=9474
  • Somehow not shocked to hear this: “ABA Pushes for 1,000-Lawyer Legal Corps” [ABA Journal]
  • Appeals court will consider whether Roommates.com violated fair housing law by asking subscribers about sexual orientation [Heller, OnPoint News]
  • World gone mad: Bank of America has given ACORN nearly $3 million since 2005 [Capital Research Center] Group hasn’t given up its old lawbreaking ways [Michelle Malkin]
  • Gloria Allred representing injured passenger who rode with Morgan Freeman [AP, PopSquire, Janet Charlton]
  • If even they can’t comply you know it’s bad: Federal Labor Relations Authority found to have committed unfair labor practice [Workplace Prof]
  • Poor England, perhaps it’s time to retire its reputation as a place of civil liberties [Ken @ Popehat] Related: we’ve cleared you of child abuse, but it’s too late to get your children back, beastly sorry about that [Neatorama]
  • When the judge writes well, even a slip and fall verdict can make for agreeable reading [Turkewitz]
  • “Ebay Founder Tweets About An Unusual Lawsuit” [NY Times "Bits", Pierre Omidyar]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2009/03/march-1-roundup-2/feed/ 4     We don’t feel competent to handle your hair http://overlawyered.com/2008/10/we-dont-feel-competent-to-handle-your-hair/ http://overlawyered.com/2008/10/we-dont-feel-competent-to-handle-your-hair/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:02:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=2932 If the hairstyling salon is turning away the business because the would-be client has ethnically distinctive hair, is that a civil rights violation? Camera-seeking attorney Gloria Allred will be getting some publicity from Brenda McElmore’s complaint against a J.C. Penney salon in Downey, California (Jezebel, Oct. 30).

    P.S. 2:20 p.m. Eastern: Comments were accidentally closed before, but are open now.

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