http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/the-high-costs-of-our-broken-ipo-market/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/the-high-costs-of-our-broken-ipo-market/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:39:40 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21881 Marc Hodak traces the consequences of legal dysfunction for successful start-ups hoping to unlock value for their contributing talents.

Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Securities and Exchange Commission

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Many of the best New Jersey sledding slopes are off limits now: “Litigators ruin pretty much everything” [Bainbridge]

Granola bar trans-fat lawsuit leaves Russell Jackson unimpressed;

“Criminal barbering”: license lapse gets 82-year-old Oregon hair-cutter in legal trouble [Perry]

Tomorrow’s economy won’t thrive if municipal authorities strangle innovative businesses where they incubate [Conor Friedersdorf, City Journal]

Need to bring property taxes under control? Try litigation reform [NJLRA]

Convicted at height of 90s child-abuse prosecution fever, Ohio pair seek to reopen case [Briefcase] More: Balko.

Here’s an idea: “Let the shareholders decide if SOX is worth the costs.” [Ribstein]

Retired Massachusetts attorney found in possession of stolen art trove [five years ago on Overlawyered] Updates courtesy reader Ronald Stimbert: Legal Blog Watch 2008 (attorney convicted); Cape Cod Times 2010 (paintings returned to owner).

Tags: child abuse, New Jersey, Ohio, recreation, Sarbanes-Oxley, small business, taxpayers, trans-fats

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/february-2-roundup/feed/ 7 http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/a-tidal-wave-of-regulations-to-hit-it-shores/ http://overlawyered.com/2009/04/a-tidal-wave-of-regulations-to-hit-it-shores/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:02:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=10572 If enterprise IT departments and data managers thought the compliance burdens of Sarbanes-Oxley were tough, they’d better brace themselves for an even bigger wave of regulation to come, brought on as part of Washington’s reaction to the financial crisis. [Paul Rubens, ServerWatch] More: Jeff Nolan, Venture Chronicles, to whom thanks also for the kind words.

Tags: accolades, Sarbanes-Oxley, technology

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