Overlawyered » public health 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 NYC issues $300 tickets for ornamental birdbaths http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/nyc-issues-300-tickets-for-ornamental-birdbaths/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nyc-issues-300-tickets-for-ornamental-birdbaths http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/nyc-issues-300-tickets-for-ornamental-birdbaths/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:14:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=29349 The premise is that they are a public health menace since standing water in them might afford a haven for mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus. [Gideon Kanner] Tweet Tags: animals, Michael Bloomberg, NYC, public health

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]]> The premise is that they are a public health menace since standing water in them might afford a haven for mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus. [Gideon Kanner]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/nyc-issues-300-tickets-for-ornamental-birdbaths/feed/ 8 “It’s just bad public policy to allow unfettered access to all kinds of food.” http://overlawyered.com/2012/03/its-just-bad-public-policy-to-allow-unfettered-access-to-all-kinds-of-food/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-just-bad-public-policy-to-allow-unfettered-access-to-all-kinds-of-food http://overlawyered.com/2012/03/its-just-bad-public-policy-to-allow-unfettered-access-to-all-kinds-of-food/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:42:17 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=28602 Meet the meddlers: officials from California to Gotham to London who believe that so long as we remain free to smoke, drink and consume potato chips in the privacy of our home, “government isn’t doing its job.” [Gene Healy, Examiner] P.S. As readers rightly point out, the post should have noted that the speaker quoted [...]

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]]> Meet the meddlers: officials from California to Gotham to London who believe that so long as we remain free to smoke, drink and consume potato chips in the privacy of our home, “government isn’t doing its job.” [Gene Healy, Examiner]

P.S. As readers rightly point out, the post should have noted that the speaker quoted in the headline was referring to the subsidized food stamp program, not the same thing as restricting consumer access to foods generally (though some “food policy” buffs certainly do favor the latter.)

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/03/its-just-bad-public-policy-to-allow-unfettered-access-to-all-kinds-of-food/feed/ 14 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 December 4 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/december-4-roundup-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=december-4-roundup-2 http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/december-4-roundup-2/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:17:29 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20476 Will they get group discounts on lawyers? Groupon vs. MobGob patent brawl [TechCrunch] Why American courts should sometimes recognize Islamic law [series of Eugene Volokh posts] No, it’s not a “public health issue”: “The Case Against Motorcycle Helmet Laws” [Steve Chapman, syndicated/RCP] Failed system of justice on some Indian reservations [McClelland, Mother Jones] Ten years [...]

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  • Will they get group discounts on lawyers? Groupon vs. MobGob patent brawl [TechCrunch]
  • Why American courts should sometimes recognize Islamic law [series of Eugene Volokh posts]
  • No, it’s not a “public health issue”: “The Case Against Motorcycle Helmet Laws” [Steve Chapman, syndicated/RCP]
  • Failed system of justice on some Indian reservations [McClelland, Mother Jones]
  • Ten years ago: Morgan Lewis & Bockius handed mlb.com domain over to its client Major League Baseball [Ross Davies, SSRN]
  • City of Boston adds insult to injury after employee runs into building [TJIC, Popehat]
  • Citing fans’ drug use, feds seek forfeiture of farm used for Grateful Dead tribute concerts [Greenfield]
  • Johann Sebastian Bach, serial copyright violator [Cavanaugh, Reason]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/december-4-roundup-2/feed/ 0     Booze-laced whipped cream http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/booze-laced-whipped-cream/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=booze-laced-whipped-cream http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/booze-laced-whipped-cream/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:29:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20446 Alcohol and obesity risk, together: Jacob Sullum may have identified the next target of ire for the disapprovers of fun. [Reason "Hit and Run"] Related: “The Case Against Health” [Richard Klein, Chronicle of Higher Education] Tweet Tags: alcohol, nanny state, obesity, public health

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    ]]>     Alcohol and obesity risk, together: Jacob Sullum may have identified the next target of ire for the disapprovers of fun. [Reason "Hit and Run"] Related: “The Case Against Health” [Richard Klein, Chronicle of Higher Education]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/12/booze-laced-whipped-cream/feed/ 1     November 23 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-23-roundup-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=november-23-roundup-3 http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-23-roundup-3/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:18:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20256 Growth of regulatory state makes lobbying more attractive path than innovation [Morris Panner, WaPo] Long-awaited Norma Zager book flays Erin Brockovich role in Beverly Hills High School controversy [CJAC] Colorado high court: no need to limit medical fee awards to sums plaintiffs actually paid [CCJL, Law Week Colorado] Please, law firm marketers, don’t assume we’re [...]

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  • Growth of regulatory state makes lobbying more attractive path than innovation [Morris Panner, WaPo]
  • Long-awaited Norma Zager book flays Erin Brockovich role in Beverly Hills High School controversy [CJAC]
  • Colorado high court: no need to limit medical fee awards to sums plaintiffs actually paid [CCJL, Law Week Colorado]
  • Please, law firm marketers, don’t assume we’re in need of your services [Popehat]
  • Updates on prosecutorial silencing of pain treatment activist Siobhan Reynolds [Sullum, more, yet more, Balko]
  • Comments of NTSB official notwithstanding, riding motorcycle without helmet is no “public health issue” [Boaz, Cato] Watch out for more paternalism premised on government health care expenditures [Coyote]
  • No contracting out? Can California really be this screwed up? [Coyote]
  • Claim: railroad should have warned against walking on the right-of-way [six years ago on Overlawyered]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-23-roundup-3/feed/ 0     September 1 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/09/september-1-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=september-1-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/09/september-1-roundup/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:28:25 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19056 Florida AG probes foreclosure lawyers [Neil, ABA Journal; related, Mother Jones] “ABA Ponders Accrediting Offshore Law Schools” [Mystal, AtL] DC pressured states to mount those signs heralding stimulus projects [Tad DeHaven, Cato "Downsizing the Federal Government"] “Epidemiologist Fired for Reporting Unhelpful Results” [Sullum, Reason "Hit and Run", update] Critique of barber licensing crosses ideological lines [...]

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  • Florida AG probes foreclosure lawyers [Neil, ABA Journal; related, Mother Jones]
  • “ABA Ponders Accrediting Offshore Law Schools” [Mystal, AtL]
  • DC pressured states to mount those signs heralding stimulus projects [Tad DeHaven, Cato "Downsizing the Federal Government"]
  • “Epidemiologist Fired for Reporting Unhelpful Results” [Sullum, Reason "Hit and Run", update]
  • Critique of barber licensing crosses ideological lines [Tabarrok]
  • “Oops! Cheerleader sued wrong company” [Fox Sports]
  • “Trial Lawyer: Raise an ‘Army’ to Pressure Ecuadorian Court” in Chevron case [ShopFloor] Parallels between Chevron-Ecuador & Dole-Nicaragua litigation episodes [California Civil Justice channeling sub-only Recorder]
  • “Access suit closes landmark California eatery” [105-year-old On Lock Sam in Stockton; seven years ago on Overlawyered]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/09/september-1-roundup/feed/ 3     “Public health” imperialism http://overlawyered.com/2006/03/public-health-imperialism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-health-imperialism http://overlawyered.com/2006/03/public-health-imperialism/#comments Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:02:10 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3233

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    ]]>     Once upon a time, the main mission of “public health” was to prevent the spread of contagious illnesses, and handing the members of that profession a lot of coercive power may have seemed like a sound idea. But now many of the profession’s members are demanding that government intervene against unhealthy individual lifestyle choices. Keep your laws off our bodies, please (Ronald Bailey, “Is Diabetes a Plague?”, Reason, Mar. 17).

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