Overlawyered » Italy 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 Some heroes for our time http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/some-heroes-for-our-time/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/some-heroes-for-our-time/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:53:06 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27242 My new post at Cato at Liberty is on Italian labor law professors Pietro Ichino and Carlo Dell’Aringa, who live under police protection because of their support for liberalization of the job market; two other professors, Massimo D’Antona and Mario Biagi, have been killed by Red Brigades gunmen. More: Coyote.

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  • Union withdraws, and NLRB drops, complaint against Boeing over plant location decision [Adler, earlier] “Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Introduces Bill to Reverse NLRB’s ‘Micro-Union’ Decision” [LRT via @jonhyman] Video of “Organized Labor & Obama administration” panel [Federalist Society convention]
  • Suing Atlantic City is an established sport for current, former employees [Press of AC] After lawsuit win, former Gotham sanitation worker litters neighborhood with cars [NY Post via Christopher Fountain] Why have House, Senate reversed usual ideological lines on federal employee workers’-comp reform? [WaPo]
  • Murder of reformist professors reinforces difficulty of changing Italian labor law [Tyler Cowen] UK considers relaxing “unfair dismissal” controls on employers [BBC, earlier]
  • Taylor Law and NYC transit strike: “ILO Urges that U.S. Stop Violating International Obligations It Hasn’t Agreed To” [Ku, OJ; Mitch Rubinstein, Adjunct Law Prof]
  • Maryland’s misnamed 2009 “Workplace Fraud Act” bedevils carpet installers and other firms that employ contract workers, and perhaps that was its point [Ed Waters Jr./Frederick News-Post, Weyrich Cronin & Sorra, Floor Daily]
  • “Government pay is higher” [Stoll] Notwithstanding “Occupy” themes, interests of unions and underemployed young folks might not actually be aligned very well [Althouse]
  • More on outcry over proposed federal restrictions on kids’ farm chores [WSJ, NPR, Gannett Wisconsin, CEI, earlier]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/labor-law-roundup/feed/ 0     “Scientists on trial: At fault?” http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/scientists-on-trial-at-fault/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/scientists-on-trial-at-fault/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:54:16 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24646 “In 2009, an earthquake devastated the Italian city of L’Aquila and killed more than 300 people. Now, scientists are on trial for manslaughter.” [Stephen S. Hall, Nature via Arts & Letters Daily]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/scientists-on-trial-at-fault/feed/ 5     August 12 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-12-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-12-roundup-2/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:08:46 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24235
  • More reviews of Schools for Misrule: Counterpoint (U. of Chicago), Wilson Trivino at PurePolitics.com;
  • “Cops Collar 12 Year Old for “Walking Alone” in Downtown Toronto” [Free-Range Kids] Cop tells mom kids under ten “by law are not allowed outside unsupervised except in their parents’ yard.” [western Maryland, same]
  • As lawmakers seek budget cuts, school finance litigators are on the march to counter their plans [WSJ Law Blog]
  • Wouldn’t waive regs: “U.S. blocks $1 million Italian supercar” [CNN Money]
  • You see, entrepreneurial suit-filing does create jobs: “Hike in Wage-and-Hour Litigation Spurs Demand for Calif. Employment Law Associates” [ABA Journal] How U.S. Congress devastated American Samoa through minimum wage hikes [Mark Perry]
  • CCAF objects in Sirius class action settlement [PoL, earlier]
  • “The Phantom Menace of Sleep Deprived Doctors” [Darshak Sanghavi, NY Times Magazine]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-12-roundup-2/feed/ 1     June 2 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-2-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-2-roundup/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:17:02 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23209
  • “Italian Seismologists Charged With Manslaughter for Not Predicting 2009 Quake” [Fox, earlier]
  • “With context in place, it appears the WHO isn’t saying cell phones are dangerous” [BoingBoing, Atlantic Wire, Orac]
  • Wrongful convictions and how they happen — new book “Convicting the Innocent” by Brandon Garrett [Jeff Rosen, NY Times]
  • SEC to Dodd-Frank whistleblowers: no need to go through company’s internal complaint route [D&O Diary, WSJ Law Blog]
  • “British Press Laws Facing Twitter Challenge” [AW]
  • Despite legislated damages cap, jackpot awards continue in Mississippi [Jackson Clarion-Ledger] More problems with that $322 million Mississippi asbestosis verdict [PoL, earlier]
  • Golf club erects large net to comply with legal demands to prevent escape of errant balls, is promptly sued by neighbors who consider net too ugly [five years ago on Overlawyered]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-2-roundup/feed/ 3     March 21 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-21-roundup-3/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-21-roundup-3/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:13:18 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=22112
  • “Cleveland Browns lawyer letter is apparently real” [Lowering the Bar, earlier]
  • “Headlines of the Apocalypse: ‘Lady Gaga eyes legal action over breast milk ice cream.’” [@vsalus re: Breitbart via @EdDriscoll]
  • Chesley discipline prospects in Kentucky fen-phen scandal: “King of Torts Dethroned” [Laura Simons, Abnormal Use]
  • Busy construction-defect lawyers vex Fresno builders [Bee, Business Journal]
  • “NHTSA Postpones Back-Up Camera Requirement Rule” [The Truth About Cars, earlier]
  • Lawyers in Italy call strike to protest law requiring mediation of commercial disputes [WSJ Law Blog]
  • NYT’s Mark Bittman has a magical touch with food (alas) [Patrick at Popehat]
  • Beasley Allen lawyers sluiced $850K to Alabama GOP judicial contender [Birmingham News via PoL]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/march-21-roundup-3/feed/ 0     Italy: geologists may be charged for not predicting earthquake http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/italy-geologists-may-be-charged-for-not-predicting-earthquake/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/italy-geologists-may-be-charged-for-not-predicting-earthquake/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:54:57 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17895 “Experts who told L’Aquila city officials there was no risk of an earthquake six days before last year’s catastrophic quake are under investigation for gross negligent manslaughter, prosecutors said Tuesday.” [La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno via Megan Sever, Earth Magazine]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/italy-geologists-may-be-charged-for-not-predicting-earthquake/feed/ 11     Ferran Adria, stay away? http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/ferran-adria-stay-away/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/ferran-adria-stay-away/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:33:09 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16539 The Italian government passes a law against “molecular cuisine”, barring use of liquid nitrogen and chemical additives in restaurant kitchens. It expires in less than a year, though. [Caput Mundi Cibus via Tyler Cowen]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/ferran-adria-stay-away/feed/ 1     Italy: Google execs convicted of hosting bullying video http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/italy-google-execs-convicted-of-hosting-bullying-video/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/italy-google-execs-convicted-of-hosting-bullying-video/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:08:21 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16249 Apparent theory: YouTube should screen and monitor everything before it goes up. [TechDirt, American Lawyer, Jim Harper/Cato at Liberty, New York Times]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/italy-google-execs-convicted-of-hosting-bullying-video/feed/ 34     January 20 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/01/january-30-roundup-3/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/01/january-30-roundup-3/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:19:41 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=15683
  • Renewed attention to Amirault case contributed to Coakley’s political nosedive [e.g., Jacob Weisberg of Slate via Kaus, earlier] First time a Massachusetts prosecutor has paid a political price over that episode?
  • Many, many Democratic elected officials call for rethinking/renegotiating Obamacare rather than trying to force it through [e.g. Barney Frank] Blue Mass blogger: talk radio fueled ire at Coakley, let’s have FCC shut it down [Graham]
  • “Big Brother and the Salt Shaker” [NY Times "Room for Debate", Food Liability Law, earlier on NYC initiative and more] NYU’s Marion Nestle “loves” being called a nanny statist, so we’ll just go right on calling her that [Crispy on the Outside]
  • Terror suspects win right to seek compensation from UK government over restrictions on their activities [Canadian Press]
  • “Men Without Hats. Meaning no hard hats. Meaning The Safety Dance never met OSHA requirements. No wonder it was shut down.” [Tim Siedell a/k/a Bad Banana]
  • Italian judge orders father to go on paying $550/month living allowance to his student daughter, who is 32 [Guardian/SMH, earlier on laws mandating support of adult children]
  • Two informants vie for potential bonanza of whistleblower status against Johnson & Johnson [Frankel, AmLaw Litigation Daily]
  • “Polling Firm Says John Edwards Is Its Most Unpopular Person Ever” [Lowering the Bar]
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