January 8 roundup

Walter Olson — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:03:43 +0000

“You’ve got to be alive to be inconvenienced”: some thoughts on the withdrawal of an emergency battlefield therapy [GruntDoc]
Yes, let’s all have a nice scare over “third-hand” tobacco smoke, or actually let’s not [Sullum, Siegel, Greenfield] And you knew they were coming: “smokeasies” [Tuccille, Examiner]
“We are fully cooperating with the government in its investigations” (Hey, I never said “we” included my client) [WSJ Law Blog on Madoff case]
Speech so precious it must be rationed: Yale Law Journal author proposes “Tort Liability on Websites for Cyber-Harassment” [via TortsProf]
Rick Hills on Richardson probe: federally criminalizing state-level pay-to-play is a bad idea [Prawfs]
Paul Alan Levy: Martin Luther King Jr. estate, much criticized for its aggressive trademark assertions in the past, deserves due credit for its handling of a case where free speech was implicated [CL&P]
Lawyers on Craigslist: “If you practice as well as you spell, we’re golden” [Nicole Black, Legal Antics]
Yes, I’m overhauling Overlawyered’s look and feel with the aid of Thesis, a powerful “theme” (way of changing presentation) for WordPress. Expect my tinkering to go on for a while.

“We cannot allow our brand to be abused”

Walter Olson — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:38:07 +0000

The “brand” in question is that of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Likelihood of Confusion, Nov. 13).