The plight of a district in northern Japan. (Norimitsu Onishi, “Lawyers in Rural Japan: Low Supply, Iffy Demand”, New York Times, Jul. 29).
In Japan
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
Overlawyered
July 30th, 2008 at 12:02 am
50,000 residents but no lawyer
In Japan
May 8th, 2007 at 12:08 am
May 8 roundup
- Whoops! Insurer’s lawyer backtracks and scrambles for cover after saying some Miami/Dade judges “are being paid off” [Daily Business Review; possibly related, scroll to mention of Miami near end]
- Climate’s different up there: Google and Wikipedia sued for libel in Canada over user-generated content [Rob Hyndman]
- Lawyers implicated in Ky. fen-phen scandal are owners of Curlin, horse that placed third in Kentucky Derby [Courier-Journal, Sun-Times, Sports Network, WSJ law blog]
- “As a lawyer, I hear stories about lawsuit abuse all the time,” but Judge Pearson’s pants suit takes the cake [Nasty Brutish & Short; also lively discussion at Digg]
- Ramps of gold: serial ADA-suit filers George Louie, David Gunther and others launch wave of sidewalk suits against Northern California towns [Contra Costa Times]
- $250 fine for releasing a balloon into the air in New Hampshire? Criminalizing nearly everything [National Law Journal; also Ayn Rand]
- Helpful, if scary: “12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs To Know” [Aviva Directory]
- U.K. lawyers ordered to pay back tens of millions of pounds in excessive fees earned for representing sick miners [Times Online Apr. 16, Apr. 25, Apr. 10; Telegraph]
- Did Rosie O’Donnell come out for loser-pays on ABC’s “The View”? Someone please get a transcript [Bill Boushka]
- Japan doesn’t furnish us with much material, but here’s one about magicians suing TV broadcasters for revealing secrets behind coin tricks [Above the Law]
- Sensitivity vs. sensitivity: female drummers allowed to sue over their (culturally authentic) exclusion from ritual drumming at Native American powwow [five years ago on Overlawyered]
In ADA filing mills; bloggers and the law; Curlin; David Gunther; fen-phen; free speech in Canada; George Louie; Google; Japan; Kentucky; libel slander and defamation; loser pays; magicians; nanny state; New Hampshire; roundups; Roy Pearson; Seattle
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- Reminder: Loser-pays panel in NYC tomorrowReminder: Ill be on a morning panel discussion tomorrow sponsored by the Manhattan Institute to discuss Marie Gryphons new paper on loser-pays reform. Details here....Walter Olson
- Update: Florida son of Engle trials delayedAmLaw Daily has some further updates on the high-stakes tobacco proceedings previewed by Prof. Krauss in this space last week. Further background here....Walter Olson
- Supposed ultraconservatism of Roberts CourtJonathan Adler is still patiently at it, trying to calm the hysteria....Walter Olson
- Blogs from big law firms
- Volokh
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