Overlawyered » police 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 January 18 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/january-18-roundup-4/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/january-18-roundup-4/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:11:45 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26848
  • A federal fishing raid, the Pew Charitable Trusts and a biased Business Week account [Nils Stolpe on Gloucester, Mass. fisheries, via Stoll]
  • Intimidating the judiciary? “Group Opposing Citizens United Pushes ‘Occupy the Courts’ Protest” Jan. 20 [Debra Cassens Weiss, ABA Journal] Mob rallies at Michigan governor’s private home [Meegan Holland, MLive] “Occupy” forces Gingrich to cancel event [Daily Caller] Earlier here, here, here, etc.
  • “Paper Airplane? Late for School? Shouting Too Loud? You’re Under Arrest!” [Free-Range Kids, Texas]
  • Spielberg in “Raiders of the Lost Ark” paid homage to earlier movie sequences without sweating permissions. Oh, for those days [Joho] “Cultural gems that should be in the public domain today” [Atlantic Wire, Tabarrok]
  • UPS settlement exaggerates benefits to class members [Ted Frank; related, CCAF] “Federal Judges Have Harsh Words, Rulings for Class Action Plaintiffs’ Lawyers” [Lammi/WLF]
  • “Justice Breyer Calls Recusal Controversy a ‘Non-Issue’” [ABA Journal]
  • “Add Plaintiff-Lawyer Fees To The Cost Of Most Mergers” [Daniel Fisher, Forbes on Cornerstone Research report]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/january-18-roundup-4/feed/ 1     NYC diner owner decides to record food inspection on cellphone http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/nyc-diner-owner-decides-to-record-food-inspection-on-cellphone/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/nyc-diner-owner-decides-to-record-food-inspection-on-cellphone/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:54:22 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26875 And soon finds cause for regret [NY Post via Radley Balko, to whom congratulations are in order; related]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/nyc-diner-owner-decides-to-record-food-inspection-on-cellphone/feed/ 1     Denver mistaken-identity arrests http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/denver-mistaken-identity-arrests/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/denver-mistaken-identity-arrests/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:54:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26777 They may not be as numerous as L.A.’s, but they include some individual doozies [Denver Post via Radley Balko; earlier]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/denver-mistaken-identity-arrests/feed/ 0     If you document cops’ behavior on film… http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/if-you-document-cops-behavior-on-film/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/if-you-document-cops-behavior-on-film/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:20:27 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26754 …better get ready for the YouTube takedown demands — or for efforts to obtain the identity of you as the poster [Popehat]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/if-you-document-cops-behavior-on-film/feed/ 1     Great moments in public sector arbitration http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/great-moments-in-public-sector-arbitration/ http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/great-moments-in-public-sector-arbitration/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:11:50 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26600 “A police lieutenant, fired for covering up a hit and run crash involving a fellow officer [she] was involved in a relationship with, has been reinstated following an arbitration decision that chastised the city’s Police Commission.” Christine Burns also got six months back pay. The arbitrator found that Burns’s boyfriend had been treated leniently, drawing only a one-year unpaid suspension despite serious misconduct, which in turn deprived her of her right to be treated “evenhandedly and without discrimination.” [Connecticut Post]

    And while we’re at it: Police union defends Denver cop fired for driving drunk at 143 mph [Tina Korbe, Hot Air; The Truth About Cars]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/great-moments-in-public-sector-arbitration/feed/ 6     The wrong guy http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/the-wrong-guy/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/the-wrong-guy/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:24:18 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26519 How often does Los Angeles County throw people in jail due to mistaken identity? In some years “an average of once a day.” [L.A. Times]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/the-wrong-guy/feed/ 8     “The Police Have No Obligation To Protect You. Yes, Really.” http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/the-police-have-no-obligation-to-protect-you-yes-really/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/the-police-have-no-obligation-to-protect-you-yes-really/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:15:18 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26456 In cases such as DeShaney v. Winnebago County (1989) and Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005), the Supreme Court has declined to put police and other public authorities under any general duty to protect individuals from crime. The decisions have been broadly unpopular, but Mike McDaniel at PJ Media takes the Court’s side on policy grounds: “This [lack of a particularized duty] might seem absolutely outrageous, but it is logical, rational, and unquestionably necessary.”

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/the-police-have-no-obligation-to-protect-you-yes-really/feed/ 14     December 27 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-27-roundup/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-27-roundup/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:04:27 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26413
  • Exoneree’s ex sues him for share of state’s wrongful-imprisonment payout [Dallas Observer via Balko]
  • Gibson’s alleged crime: ebony veneer too thick [Andrew Grossman, earlier here, here]
  • About that flap over “free” lawyer representation of Wisconsin high court justice [Rick Esenberg, Shark and Shepherd]
  • Allegation: Binder & Binder, largest Social Security advocacy firm, used red stickers to flag clients’ unfavorable medical info, often withheld it from disability-claim judges [WSJ]
  • “Judge Dismisses Landmark Bribery Conviction, Rips DOJ” [WSJ Law Blog, Lindsey order, more, my Cato post] FCPA reverse for federal prosecutors in arms trade case [BLT]
  • Congress passes bill clarifying jurisdiction, venue [Howard Wasserman, Prawfs]
  • Important reason to record cop-citizen interactions: to protect police from false claims [Scott Greenfield]
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  • Too much of a stretch: US nixes copyright in yoga exercises [Bloomberg, earlier]
  • “Know your rights dealing with cops” material construed as probative of criminality [Popehat] Is Justice Scalia really an “unlikely” champion of defendants’ Constitutional rights? [LATimes, Adler] “Overcriminalization: The Legislative Side of the Problem” [Larkin/Heritage, related Meese] When feds spring false-statements trap, it won’t matter whether you committed underlying offense being investigated [Popehat] “‘Clean Up Government Act’ sparks overcriminalization concerns” [PoL]
  • Former Attorney General Mukasey on ObamaCare recusal flap [Adler]
  • American Antitrust Institute proposals might be discounted given group’s longstanding pro-plaintiff bias [Thom Lambert]
  • NYC: “The tour guide said that the way to get rich is to be a zoning lawyer.” [Arnold Kling]
  • “Obama’s Top Ten Constitutional Violations” [Ilya Shapiro, Daily Caller] In at least two major areas, “Obama has broken with precedent to curtail religious freedom” [Steve Chapman]
  • Ted Frank-Shirley Svorny med mal debate wraps up [PoL, Bader]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-19-roundup/feed/ 0     December 13 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-13-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-13-roundup-2/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:43:41 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26078
  • “The real cost of patent trolls” [Brad Feld, PoL on BU study] Survey finds patent litigation booming [Corporate Counsel, Reynolds Holding/Reuters] Company claiming patent on wi-fi-in-stores unlikely to sue retail customers “at this stage” [Patent Examiner] Retrospective on crustless-sandwich case [Peter Smith/Good, earlier]
  • Louisiana federal court holds severe obesity to be disability under ADA [Sam Bagenstos, related]
  • Florida: many cops remain on job despite evidence linking them to crimes [Balko on Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigation]
  • “FDA Regulation Could Doom Cigar Shops” [Jacob Sullum]
  • Ted Frank vs. Brian Fitzpatrick on class action fees [PoL, David Lat on Federalist Society panel]
  • Orange County keeps mum about partnerships it’s entered with plaintiff’s attorneys Robinson, Calcagnie and Thomas Girardi [Kim Stone, Fox & Hounds] Maybe like “private attorney generals”? Fannie/Freddie genre of government-sponsored enterprises called “monstrous moral hybrids” [Mark Calabria, Cato]
  • Posner: lawyers appeared more likely to run junk-fax suit for own interests than clients’ [Beck, Trask (Creative Montessori Learning Centers v. Ashford Gear LLC)]
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