Overlawyered » wacky warnings 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 September 7 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/september-7-roundup-2/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/09/september-7-roundup-2/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:10:17 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24436
  • Truth through intimidation? U.K.: “Chronic fatigue syndrome researchers face death threats from militants” [Guardian] Nanotechnologists are target of Unabomber copycat [Chronicle of Higher Education]
  • Blogger (and frequent Overlawyered commenter) Amy Alkon criticizes intrusive TSA agent by name, agent threatens $500K libel suit [Mike Masnick/TechDirt, Mark Bennett]
  • NYT fans “pill mill” hysteria, heedless of the costs [Sullum]
  • Patent litigant “pursued baseless infringement allegations in bad faith and for an improper purpose.” More loser-pays, please [NLJ, PoL]
  • Great moments in link solicitation [Scott Greenfield] Quality bar at feminist lawprof blog may not be set terribly high [Popehat]
  • “Wow, this photo got over 475 views from being reposted on Overlawyered” [Erik Magraken]
  • “Popular Comic Strip Has Fun With Wacky Warnings” [Bob Dorigo Jones]
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  • Wild hypotheticals were grist for complaint: “Widener law professor cleared of harassment charges” [NLJ, earlier here, here, here]
  • Ninth Circuit: Facebook didn’t breach user’s right to accommodation of mental disability [Volokh]
  • House Judiciary hearing on litigation and economic prosperity [Wajert]
  • “University of Michigan to stop worrying about lawsuits, start releasing orphan works” [Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing]
  • PBS airs “The Story Behind Wacky Warning Labels” [Bob Dorigo Jones]
  • Fifth Circuit “candy cane” religion-in-schools case controversial among conservatives [David Upham, NR Bench Memos]
  • Great moments in public records law [Cleveland Plain Dealer, earlier related]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/july-28-roundup-2/feed/ 4     Keeping tabs on wacky warnings http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/keeping-tabs-on-wacky-warnings/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/keeping-tabs-on-wacky-warnings/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:07:54 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23903 Abnormal Use interviews Bob Dorigo Jones, founder of the ever-popular Wacky Warning Labels contest.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/keeping-tabs-on-wacky-warnings/feed/ 6     “Wacky warnings” finalists: don’t swallow your ballpoint pen cap http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/wacky-warnings-finalists-dont-swallow-your-ballpoint-pen-cap/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/wacky-warnings-finalists-dont-swallow-your-ballpoint-pen-cap/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 05:16:25 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23027 Also, your dust mask “does not supply oxygen,” and do not neglect to remove the safety cover from your spa before using it or you might drown. [UPI] Are English-speakers actually more likely to choke on pen caps than speakers of other languages? Nah, it’s our law [PoL]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/05/wacky-warnings-finalists-dont-swallow-your-ballpoint-pen-cap/feed/ 1     “SAFETY NOTICE: this heater will get hot” http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/safety-notice-this-heater-will-get-hot/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/safety-notice-this-heater-will-get-hot/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:29:29 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21909 Sign spotted at Yarmouth station, UK [via @TimMontgomerie @wallaceme]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/03/safety-notice-this-heater-will-get-hot/feed/ 3     “Japanese Anime Pokes Fun at America’s Legal System” http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/japanese-anime-pokes-fun-at-america%e2%80%99s-legal-system/ http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/japanese-anime-pokes-fun-at-america%e2%80%99s-legal-system/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:06:35 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=21418 A recent anime (Japanese cartoon) portrays America as a land where pretty much any misadventure can be turned into grounds for a lawsuit. Siouxsie Law has the (funny? horrifying?) video clip, the plot line of which involves the catastrophic misuse of a microwave oven and its fictional legal consequences.

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/02/japanese-anime-pokes-fun-at-america%e2%80%99s-legal-system/feed/ 5     November 12 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-12-roundup-3/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-12-roundup-3/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:42:54 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=20109
  • By reader acclaim: “Rules in Chandler restrooms: Don’t drink from toilets” [Arizona Republic]
  • Arbitration and class actions before the Supreme Court: “Misconceptions about Concepcion” [Andrew Trask]
  • County commissioner candidate sues county employees, rival over election flyer [Whidbey Island, Wash. News-Times]
  • Fannie’s Tammany: MacLean, Nocera on the politicized world of the mortgage GSEs [Tabarrok]
  • $56 million obstetrics verdict against Westchester County, N.Y. hospital [Hochfelder]
  • Legal Ethics Forum is looking for guest bloggers;
  • New Federalist Society white papers on Ohio and North Carolina supreme courts;
  • “When Art Imitates Life: Suing for Defamation in Fiction” [Jane Kleiner, Citizen Media Law]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-12-roundup-3/feed/ 1     “Warning: Open Windows Can Be Hazardous” http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/warning-open-windows-can-be-hazardous/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/warning-open-windows-can-be-hazardous/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:37:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=19628 In case you didn’t know. [California Civil Justice]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/10/warning-open-windows-can-be-hazardous/feed/ 0     Warning: “This Machine Has No Brain” http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/warning-this-machine-has-no-brain/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/warning-this-machine-has-no-brain/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:09:41 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17772 “…Use Your Own” [Maggie Koerth-Baker, BoingBoing, seen on a hardwood floor sander, with picture]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/warning-this-machine-has-no-brain/feed/ 2     “Any idea that’s 100 years old will probably offend someone or other” http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/any-idea-that%e2%80%99s-100-years-old-will-probably-offend-someone-or-other/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/any-idea-that%e2%80%99s-100-years-old-will-probably-offend-someone-or-other/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:19:13 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=17730 I have a bit more to say about the “warning label on the U.S. Constitution” story in Diane Macedo’s FoxNews.com report today, which is getting a lot of readership. Original posts here and here (& welcome KTRH, Lars Larson listeners). Update: statement from Wilder Publications courtesy Distaff View of the World.

    Speaking of warnings, Bob Dorigo Jones has picked the finalists for his 13th annual Wacky Warning Labels Contest (on a go-cart: “This product moves when used”) and I’ve got a post on that at Cato at Liberty.

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