Overlawyered » Twitter 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 Reminder: “like” Overlawyered on Facebook http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/reminder-like-overlawyered-on-facebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reminder-like-overlawyered-on-facebook http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/reminder-like-overlawyered-on-facebook/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:53:06 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=29345 You can do that here (and if you’re on Twitter, follow the site as well as @walterolson) Tweet Tags: Facebook, Twitter

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/reminder-like-overlawyered-on-facebook/feed/ 2 Finally, like and tweet buttons http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/finally-like-and-tweet-buttons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finally-like-and-tweet-buttons http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/finally-like-and-tweet-buttons/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:13:44 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=28964 Spread the happy news: I’ve finally installed share buttons so that you can “Like” Overlawyered posts on Facebook as well as share them on Twitter and Google Plus. And if you’re a Facebook user, please remember to “Like” the entire page here. Tweet Tags: about the site, Facebook, Twitter

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/finally-like-and-tweet-buttons/feed/ 0 U.K. man jailed over racially offensive tweeting http://overlawyered.com/2012/03/u-k-man-jailed-over-racially-offensive-tweeting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-k-man-jailed-over-racially-offensive-tweeting http://overlawyered.com/2012/03/u-k-man-jailed-over-racially-offensive-tweeting/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:36:40 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=28600 Life without a First Amendment: a student in Swansea, Wales, is jailed for posting racially offensive comments on Twitter while drunk [Nick Cohen, Spectator] Tweet Tags: hate speech, Twitter, United Kingdom

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/03/u-k-man-jailed-over-racially-offensive-tweeting/feed/ 16 “Suspect in MTSU player’s death sues apartment complex for not intervening” http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/suspect-in-mtsu-players-death-sues-apartment-complex-for-not-intervening/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=suspect-in-mtsu-players-death-sues-apartment-complex-for-not-intervening http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/suspect-in-mtsu-players-death-sues-apartment-complex-for-not-intervening/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 13:33:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27820 Murfreesboro: “A former MTSU student accused of stabbing a Lady Raider basketball player to death at Raiders Crossing Apartments in 2011 is suing the complex and its management company for failing to separate the two despite knowing they had problems with one another. … The attorney [Joe Brandon Jr.] included Twitter postings by Stewart as [...]

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]]> Murfreesboro: “A former MTSU student accused of stabbing a Lady Raider basketball player to death at Raiders Crossing Apartments in 2011 is suing the complex and its management company for failing to separate the two despite knowing they had problems with one another. … The attorney [Joe Brandon Jr.] included Twitter postings by Stewart as supporting evidence of a negative and deteriorating relationship between the two women.” [The Tennessean]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/suspect-in-mtsu-players-death-sues-apartment-complex-for-not-intervening/feed/ 4 Zip that beak http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/zip-that-beak/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zip-that-beak http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/zip-that-beak/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:39:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27762 Twitter has been sued in Australia for defamation, based on a user’s allegedly defamatory tweet [WSJ Law Blog] Tweet Tags: Australia, libel slander and defamation, Twitter

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/zip-that-beak/feed/ 0 February 14 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-14-roundup-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-14-roundup-2 http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-14-roundup-2/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:08:05 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27567 “Brazil Sues Twitter in Bid to Ban Speed Trap and Roadblock Warnings” [ABA Journal] Obama nominates Michigan trial lawyer Marietta Robinson to vacancy on Consumer Product Safety Commission, ensuring aggressively pro-regulatory majority [Bluey, Heritage] “AMA reports show high cost of malpractice suits” [HCFN] “Average expense to defend against a medical liability claim in 2010 was [...]

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  • “Brazil Sues Twitter in Bid to Ban Speed Trap and Roadblock Warnings” [ABA Journal]
  • Obama nominates Michigan trial lawyer Marietta Robinson to vacancy on Consumer Product Safety Commission, ensuring aggressively pro-regulatory majority [Bluey, Heritage]
  • “AMA reports show high cost of malpractice suits” [HCFN] “Average expense to defend against a medical liability claim in 2010 was $47,158″ [American Medical News, more] Survey of 1,200 orthopedic surgeons finds defensive medicine rife, at cost of billions, accounting for 7 percent of all hospital admissions [MedPageToday]
  • “Sue us only in Delaware” bylaws would kill off forum-shopping and what fun is that? [Bainbridge, Reuters]
  • Trial by media: Lefty “SourceWatch” posts, then deletes, docs from Madison County pesticide suit [Madison County Record]
  • Think you’ve beaten FCPA rap? Meet the obscure “Travel Act” [Mike Emmick, Reuters] Federal court expands “honest services fraud” in lobbying case [Paul Enzinna, Point of Law]
  • “On the horrors of getting approval for an ice-cream parlour in San Francisco” [NYT via Doctorow/BoingBoing]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-14-roundup-2/feed/ 1     Long-arm blasphemy prosecution http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/long-arm-blasphemy-prosecution/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=long-arm-blasphemy-prosecution http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/long-arm-blasphemy-prosecution/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:03:36 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27533 Islamists are demanding the execution of Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari over tweets, since retracted, that they say are blasphemous toward their religion. Malaysia has detained Kashgari and may extradite him to face the charges; according to reports, the international police organization had put out an order for his arrest at the behest of the Saudi [...]

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    ]]>     Islamists are demanding the execution of Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari over tweets, since retracted, that they say are blasphemous toward their religion. Malaysia has detained Kashgari and may extradite him to face the charges; according to reports, the international police organization had put out an order for his arrest at the behest of the Saudi government [Guardian, Nina Shea/NRO, Daily Beast, Reason, Facebook support page, blog, #FreeHamza]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/long-arm-blasphemy-prosecution/feed/ 2     February 8 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-8-roundup-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-8-roundup-4 http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-8-roundup-4/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:15:22 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=27202 Popular proposal to curb Congressional insider trading (“STOCK Act”) could have disturbing unintended consequences [John Berlau, CEI "Open Market"] A contrary view: Bainbridge. Here’s Joe’s number, he’ll do a good job of suing us: “Some Maryland hospitals recommend lawyers to patients” [Baltimore Sun, Ron Miller] Bribing the states to spend: follies of our fiscal federalism, [...]

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  • Popular proposal to curb Congressional insider trading (“STOCK Act”) could have disturbing unintended consequences [John Berlau, CEI "Open Market"] A contrary view: Bainbridge.
  • Here’s Joe’s number, he’ll do a good job of suing us: “Some Maryland hospitals recommend lawyers to patients” [Baltimore Sun, Ron Miller]
  • Bribing the states to spend: follies of our fiscal federalism, and other themes from Michael Greve’s new book The Upside-Down Constitution [LLL, more, yet more] “Atlas Croaks, Supreme Court Shrugs” [Greve, Charleston Law Review; related, Ted Frank]
  • “… Daubert Relevancy is the Sentry That Guards Against the Tyranny of Experts” [David Oliver on new First Circuit opinion or scroll to Jan. 23]
  • Goodbye old political tweets, Eric Turkewitz is off to trial;
  • State laws squelch election speech, and political class shrugs (or secretly smiles) [George Will]
  • Too bad Carlyle Group got scared off promising experiment to revamp corporate governance to curb role of litigation [Ted Frank, Gordon Smith] AAJ should try harder to use people’s quotes in context [Bainbridge]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/02/february-8-roundup-4/feed/ 3     “80 Great Twitter Feeds for Law Students” http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/80-great-twitter-feeds-for-law-students/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=80-great-twitter-feeds-for-law-students http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/80-great-twitter-feeds-for-law-students/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:01:44 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26832 OnlineCollege.org has compiled this list which prominently includes @overlawyered. Why not join more than 3,500 other Twitter users and follow us today? For even more engagement, follow my personal account @walterolson where you’ll find both law and non-law content, including an advance peek at many stories and links destined to make their way to this [...]

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    ]]>     OnlineCollege.org has compiled this list which prominently includes @overlawyered. Why not join more than 3,500 other Twitter users and follow us today? For even more engagement, follow my personal account @walterolson where you’ll find both law and non-law content, including an advance peek at many stories and links destined to make their way to this site.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/80-great-twitter-feeds-for-law-students/feed/ 2     June 2 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-2-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=june-2-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/june-2-roundup/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:17:02 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23209 “Italian Seismologists Charged With Manslaughter for Not Predicting 2009 Quake” [Fox, earlier] “With context in place, it appears the WHO isn’t saying cell phones are dangerous” [BoingBoing, Atlantic Wire, Orac] Wrongful convictions and how they happen — new book “Convicting the Innocent” by Brandon Garrett [Jeff Rosen, NY Times] SEC to Dodd-Frank whistleblowers: no need [...]

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  • “Italian Seismologists Charged With Manslaughter for Not Predicting 2009 Quake” [Fox, earlier]
  • “With context in place, it appears the WHO isn’t saying cell phones are dangerous” [BoingBoing, Atlantic Wire, Orac]
  • Wrongful convictions and how they happen — new book “Convicting the Innocent” by Brandon Garrett [Jeff Rosen, NY Times]
  • SEC to Dodd-Frank whistleblowers: no need to go through company’s internal complaint route [D&O Diary, WSJ Law Blog]
  • “British Press Laws Facing Twitter Challenge” [AW]
  • Despite legislated damages cap, jackpot awards continue in Mississippi [Jackson Clarion-Ledger] More problems with that $322 million Mississippi asbestosis verdict [PoL, earlier]
  • Golf club erects large net to comply with legal demands to prevent escape of errant balls, is promptly sued by neighbors who consider net too ugly [five years ago on Overlawyered]
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