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 http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/man-has-no-right-to-ex-girlfriends-lottery-winnings-judge-rules/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/man-has-no-right-to-ex-girlfriends-lottery-winnings-judge-rules/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:50:42 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27453 “A Seminole County man who sued his ex-girlfriend for half of her $1 million Florida Lottery winnings went away empty-handed Tuesday, her attorney said.” [Orlando Sentinel]

Tags: Florida, lottery

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Unauthorized practice of law (UPL) regulation tends to serve interests of lawyers, not consumers [Thomas Morgan, Gillian Hadfield and more, Eric Rasmusen, George Leef, William Henderson, all at last week's Truth on the Market symposium; Bader/Examiner; related Greenfield on "lawyer practitioner" idea] In which I am described as a “voice of reason” on the notion of lawyer-deregulation [Greenfield, Bader/Open Market, earlier]

Trial lawyer stimulus: Obama jobs bill requires states to waive defenses to lawsuits [Joel Griffith, Big Government]

Because it’s done such a great job with drugs: government panel calls for heavier FDA hand in restricting availability of medical devices [Wajert, Beck, FairWarning] Better idea: “Moving to a Safety-Only [FDA] System” [Tabarrok on Boldrin/Swamidass]

“Do we really need a breastfeeding discrimination law?” [Hyman]

Welcome forum-shoppers: “St. Clair County [Ill.] Courthouse overflowing with out-of-towner law suits” [Madison County Record]

Lawyers in black-farmer action deploy Cornell’s Theodore Eisenberg in quest for $90.8 million payday [BLT]

“Ohio Man Sues Coworkers Who Won’t Share Mega Millions Lottery Win” [AOL; more on the evergreen lawsuit genre of co-worker lottery suits]

Tags: asbestos, FDA, forum shopping, lottery, Madison County, unauthorized practice

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/september-27-roundup/feed/ 0 http://overlawyered.com/2010/04/you-wouldnt-let-me-play-lottery-and-i-would-have-won/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/04/you-wouldnt-let-me-play-lottery-and-i-would-have-won/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:19:38 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17164 An Indianapolis resident says “workers at the Speedway store refused to sell him a ticket with a few minutes left before the sales cutoff.” He says he’d picked the winning numbers and filled them out on the slip they wouldn’t accept, so now he’s suing the convenience store chain for the $11.5 million jackpot. [AP/IndyStar.com]

Tags: gambling, Indiana, lottery

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Boy fatally shoots stepbrother at home, mom sues school district as well as shooter’s family [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

Problem gambler sues Ontario lottery for C$3.5 billion [Toronto Star]

Cop declines training in which he’d be given Taser shock, and sues [Indianapolis Star]

Ultra-litigious inmate Jonathan Lee Riches scrawls new complaint linking Bernard Madoff, Britney Spears [Kevin LaCroix]

Just to read this update feels like an invasion of privacy: “Judge to Hear Challenge to $6M Herpes Case Award” [On Point News, earlier]

“Best criminal strategy: join the Spokane police” [Coyote Blog] More: Greenfield, Brayton.

Will mommy-bloggers be held liable for freebie product reviews? [Emily Friedman, ABC News, earlier]

Update: “Fifth Circuit says no bail for Paul Minor” [Freeland]

Tags: advertising, Canada, Federal Trade Commission, Indiana, Jonathan Lee Riches, lottery, Paul Minor, police, public employment, schools, Washington state

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/april-20-roundup/feed/ 3 http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/co-workers-sue-mega-millions-lottery-winners/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/01/co-workers-sue-mega-millions-lottery-winners/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:24:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=8089 I don’t know how many times I’ve seen generic versions of this story, but this is the latest, filed by four Piqua, Ohio, workers who want a $41 million share of the $207 million lottery payout. “The four said they were out of the office and unavailable to contribute to the office pool for the Dec. 12 drawing” but allege an oral agreement that winnings would be shared whether workers happened to be around to contribute or not. (Nancy Bowman, “Piqua lottery winners sued by co-workers”. Dayton Daily News, Dec. 23).

Tags: lottery, Ohio

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Tags: class actions, Indiana, lottery

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2008/07/indiana-lottery-class-action-certified/feed/ 8 http://overlawyered.com/2008/05/no-honey-nothing-special-happened-today-ii/ http://overlawyered.com/2008/05/no-honey-nothing-special-happened-today-ii/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 04:49:50 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=6838 Airline mechanic Arnim Ramdass, 52, allegedly “disconnected the phone line at home and forbade his stay-at-home wife, Donna Campbell, 48, to watch television, Campbell claims in a lawsuit. Eventually, however, she learned the truth: Ramdass, along with 16 other mechanics at Miami International Airport, had won a $19 million lottery jackpot.” (Martha Neil, “Wife Sues Husband for Share of Secret $600K Lottery Win”, ABA Journal, May 13). See Nov. 20-21, 1999 (similar case from California).

Tags: divorce, family law, lottery

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