Overlawyered » John Edwards 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 More on the John Edwards prosecution http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/more-on-the-john-edwards-prosecution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-on-the-john-edwards-prosecution http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/more-on-the-john-edwards-prosecution/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 12:38:35 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=29945 Must-read Mark Steyn: “Edwards now faces 30 years in jail, for the crime of getting a couple of pals to pay for his baby’s diapers. For purposes of comparison, Anders Breivik murdered 77 people and is looking at 21 years in jail, the maximum sentence permitted under Norwegian law.” Contra: Hans von Spakovsky argues that [...]

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]]> Must-read Mark Steyn: “Edwards now faces 30 years in jail, for the crime of getting a couple of pals to pay for his baby’s diapers. For purposes of comparison, Anders Breivik murdered 77 people and is looking at 21 years in jail, the maximum sentence permitted under Norwegian law.” Contra: Hans von Spakovsky argues that the prosecutors’ argument is not such a stretch. And Beldar predicts the issue on which the jury’s verdict may turn. Earlier here, here, etc.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/more-on-the-john-edwards-prosecution/feed/ 0 John Edwards trial begins http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/john-edwards-trial-begins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-edwards-trial-begins http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/john-edwards-trial-begins/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:22:56 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=29212 Josh Gerstein at Politico has a playbook; my Cato colleague Gene Healy explains why you should consider the prosecution troubling even if, like close to 100% of the American population, you have an unfavorable view of Edwards. Earlier here, here, here, etc. More: Rick Esenberg, Richard Pildes. Tweet Tags: John Edwards

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]]> Josh Gerstein at Politico has a playbook; my Cato colleague Gene Healy explains why you should consider the prosecution troubling even if, like close to 100% of the American population, you have an unfavorable view of Edwards. Earlier here, here, here, etc. More: Rick Esenberg, Richard Pildes.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/john-edwards-trial-begins/feed/ 0 April 16 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/april-16-roundup-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=april-16-roundup-2 http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/april-16-roundup-2/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:07:53 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=28984 Although I’m known as a foe of everything John Edwards stands for, I hope he beats this campaign finance rap [Atlantic Wire] Michael Bloomberg launches demagogic new campaign against Stand Your Ground laws, calling to mind the recent critique of the NYC mayor’s paternalist dark side by Conor Friedersdorf in the Atlantic; Jerry Brown frees [...]

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  • Although I’m known as a foe of everything John Edwards stands for, I hope he beats this campaign finance rap [Atlantic Wire]
  • Michael Bloomberg launches demagogic new campaign against Stand Your Ground laws, calling to mind the recent critique of the NYC mayor’s paternalist dark side by Conor Friedersdorf in the Atlantic;
  • Jerry Brown frees grandmother dubiously jailed in shaken-baby death [Slate, earlier]
  • As Scruggs (Dickey not Earl) still pursues vindication, Alan Lange looks back on Mississippi scandals [YallPolitics]
  • Deservedly favorable profile of Fifth Circuit judge Jerry Smith [NOLA]
  • In which I tell off Bill Donohue’s Catholic League for its double insult last week to gays and to adoptive parents [IGF]
  • “The Ninth Circuit was, believe it or not, correct” [Ilya Shapiro and Trevor Burrus, Cato, on administrative law case arising from NLRB rules change on drug rep overtime]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/april-16-roundup-2/feed/ 2     Update: Pierce O’Donnell cops a plea http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/update-pierce-odonnell-cops-a-plea/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=update-pierce-odonnell-cops-a-plea http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/update-pierce-odonnell-cops-a-plea/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:49:40 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24184 The prominent Los Angeles lawyer accepts a misdemeanor rap for laundering John Edwards contributions. [L.A. Times, earlier] Tweet Tags: campaign regulation, John Edwards

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    ]]>     The prominent Los Angeles lawyer accepts a misdemeanor rap for laundering John Edwards contributions. [L.A. Times, earlier]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/update-pierce-odonnell-cops-a-plea/feed/ 0     June 20 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-20-roundup-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=june-20-roundup-3 http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-20-roundup-3/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:11:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23460 Politics edition: Mother ship? White House staffers depart for Harvard Law School [Politico] New York: “Lawmakers consider lawyer-friendly med-mal bills,” even as many key legislators moonlight at personal injury firms [Reuters] David Brooks on explosive political potential of Fannie Mae scandal [NYTimes] After Kentucky bar panel’s vote to disbar Chesley, Ohio AG pulls him off [...]

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    • Mother ship? White House staffers depart for Harvard Law School [Politico]
    • New York: “Lawmakers consider lawyer-friendly med-mal bills,” even as many key legislators moonlight at personal injury firms [Reuters]
    • David Brooks on explosive political potential of Fannie Mae scandal [NYTimes] After Kentucky bar panel’s vote to disbar Chesley, Ohio AG pulls him off Fannie Mae suit [Adler, Frank, Beth Musgrave/Lexington Herald-Leader]
    • Alabama legislature removes Jim Crow language from state constitution — but black lawmakers oppose the idea [Constitutional Daily]
    • AAJ lobbyist Andy Cochran works GOP turf, has convinced trial lawyers to sponsor Christian radio program [Mokhiber, "Seventh Amendment Advocate"]
    • Centers for Disease Control funnels grants to allies for political advocacy on favored public-health causes [Jeff Stier, Daily Caller]
    • Must have mistaken her for a jury: “John Edwards Sought Millions From Heiress” [ABC News] “One thing [worse than Edwards's] conduct is the government’s effort to put him in jail for it.” [Steve Chapman]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-20-roundup-3/feed/ 1     June 7 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-7-roundup-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=june-7-roundup-3 http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-7-roundup-3/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:19:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23278 Claim: unwanted sugar in Dunkin’ Donuts coffee order sent customer into diabetic shock [AP] Schadenfreude aside, key theory in feds’ case against John Edwards looking mighty strained [Meck Deck/John Locke Foundation, Steve Hayward/Power Line, Ted Frank, Jacob Sullum] “They’ve indicted one former presidential candidate on one count of false statements?” [Caleb Brown] American Lawyer looks [...]

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  • Claim: unwanted sugar in Dunkin’ Donuts coffee order sent customer into diabetic shock [AP]
  • Schadenfreude aside, key theory in feds’ case against John Edwards looking mighty strained [Meck Deck/John Locke Foundation, Steve Hayward/Power Line, Ted Frank, Jacob Sullum] “They’ve indicted one former presidential candidate on one count of false statements?” [Caleb Brown] American Lawyer looks back at the law firms that backed Edwards in 2008; our coverage of his ’04 law-firm backers and of moneyman Fred Baron, and my commentary on Baron’s ethical standards;
  • Edwards-reminiscent? Theory that earlier C-section would have averted cerebral palsy nets $58 M verdict [Thomas Scheffey, Connecticut Law Tribune]
  • Carter Wood, key business-policy blogger, departs NAM for Business Roundtable;
  • Tenderer tort-law treatment for trespassers, courtesy 3rd Restatement? [David Freddoso/Examiner, Richard Cupp via TortsProf]
  • Non-shockingly, some litigation defense lawyers aren’t enthusiastic about lawsuit reform [Texas Lawyer]
  • “Attorney charged with stealing clerk’s textbook from courtroom” [Baltimore Sun]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-7-roundup-3/feed/ 5     John Edwards, victim http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/john-edwards-victim/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-edwards-victim http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/john-edwards-victim/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:18:02 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21846 Even the disgraced White House hopeful deserves better than to be tripped up by slippery and undefined campaign-finance laws, argues Mickey Kaus (at the Daily Caller, new home of Kausfiles). Tweet Tags: campaign regulation, John Edwards

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    ]]>     Even the disgraced White House hopeful deserves better than to be tripped up by slippery and undefined campaign-finance laws, argues Mickey Kaus (at the Daily Caller, new home of Kausfiles).

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/john-edwards-victim/feed/ 0     February 15 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/february-15-roundup-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-15-roundup-3 http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/february-15-roundup-3/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:23:00 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21479 Artist Jeff Koons drops his lawsuit against maker of resin balloon dogs [Legal Blog Watch, BoingBoing, earlier] The car pile-up happened fast, the come-ons from lawyers and chiropractors were almost as speedy [Adler/Volokh] Andrew Thomas update: former Maricopa County Attorney intends to sue former bar president and ethics investigators [ABA Journal, Coyote] Litigation finance: “Poker [...]

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  • Artist Jeff Koons drops his lawsuit against maker of resin balloon dogs [Legal Blog Watch, BoingBoing, earlier]
  • The car pile-up happened fast, the come-ons from lawyers and chiropractors were almost as speedy [Adler/Volokh]
  • Andrew Thomas update: former Maricopa County Attorney intends to sue former bar president and ethics investigators [ABA Journal, Coyote]
  • Litigation finance: “Poker Magnate, London Firm Bankroll Chevron Plaintiffs” [Dan Fisher, Forbes] Case for champerty pleaded before ethics commission [Podgers, ABA Journal] The experience in Australia [Karlsgodt]
  • Judge: Kansas City stadium mascot hot dog toss suit can go to trial [OnPoint News, earlier]
  • How National Enquirer matched wits with John Edwards to expose scandal [David Perel, HuffPo] More: Justice Department building a case? [AW]
  • “The Whooping Cough’s Unnecessary Return” [Paul Howard/Jim Copland, City Journal] Theodore Dalrymple reviews new Paul Offit vaccine book [same]
  • Many trial lawyers yank funding from Ralph Nader operations in pique over his role in depriving Al Gore of White House victory [ten years ago on Overlawyered]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/february-15-roundup-3/feed/ 1     Alienation of John Edwards’ affections? http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/alienation-of-john-edwards-affections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alienation-of-john-edwards-affections http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/alienation-of-john-edwards-affections/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:02:28 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16062 Per ABC News, Andrew Young says that Elizabeth Edwards has threatened him with a lawsuit under North Carolina’s law permitting lawsuits against third parties — not limited to paramours — who helped break up a marriage. We’ve been covering the workings of this law for years at Overlawyered, and Ted may have been the first [...]

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    ]]>     Per ABC News, Andrew Young says that Elizabeth Edwards has threatened him with a lawsuit under North Carolina’s law permitting lawsuits against third parties — not limited to paramours — who helped break up a marriage. We’ve been covering the workings of this law for years at Overlawyered, and Ted may have been the first to spot its possible application to the Sen. Edwards squalor-ama. Much more at Death by 1000 Papercuts. (Rewritten somewhat for clarity 1 p.m. Eastern; & welcome Mickey Kaus readers)

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/02/alienation-of-john-edwards-affections/feed/ 9     January 27 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/01/january-27-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=january-27-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/01/january-27-roundup/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:52:03 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=15772 U.K.: Recruitment firm told ad for “reliable workers” would discriminate against the unreliable [Telegraph] “Against Civil Gideon (and for Pro Se Court Reform)” [Benjamin Barton (Tennessee), SSRN, via Legal Ethics Forum] Sewn-in “Made in USA” suit-label figures in tell-all book by John Edwards aide [WSJ "Washington Wire", Hotline On Call] Did Edwards, great denouncer of [...]

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  • U.K.: Recruitment firm told ad for “reliable workers” would discriminate against the unreliable [Telegraph]
  • “Against Civil Gideon (and for Pro Se Court Reform)” [Benjamin Barton (Tennessee), SSRN, via Legal Ethics Forum]
  • Sewn-in “Made in USA” suit-label figures in tell-all book by John Edwards aide [WSJ "Washington Wire", Hotline On Call] Did Edwards, great denouncer of M.D.s’ errors, propose getting a doc to fake DNA results? [Charles Hurt/N.Y. Post]
  • Lucky cops! There just happened to be $672K in the car they stopped and they plan to keep it [Freeland] “The Forfeiture Racket: Police and prosecutors won’t give up their license to steal” [Radley Balko, Reason]
  • Family and Medical Leave Act doesn’t cover faith-healing trips that include a vacation aspect [Michael Maslanka, Texas Lawyer]
  • “Dangerism” — how society constructs what’s supposedly dangerous for kids [Free-Range Kids]
  • This is one of those links buried deep in a roundup that hardly any readers will actually get around to clicking [Chris Clarke]
  • Update: Landlord’s suit over critical Twitter post dismissed [Cit Media Law, AP/Chicago Tribune, Business Insider (court sides with defense argument that so much of it's just "pointless babble"); earlier here and here]
  • And: Did the press jump the gun with its report that it’s now lawful to import haggis into the U.S.? A letter to Andrew Sullivan says nothing has been decided yet, though the ban seems to be under review.
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