The phrase “looks forward to his day in court”, notes Christopher Fountain, yields 74,500 Google hits [For What It’s Worth]
Archive for November, 2009
“Rothstein got top national rating for ethics”
Scott Rothstein, the Florida lawyer at the center of the biggest fraud investigation since, oh, Marc Dreier’s, got an “AV Preeminent” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which says its ratings “serve as an objective indicator that a lawyer has the highest ethical standards and professional ability and are used by buyers of legal services to justify their hiring decision.” [Buddy Nevins, BrowardBeat via John Darer]
P.S. Related, from Worcester, Mass.: “‘Lawyer You Can Trust’ Gets Prison for Theft” [Ambrogi, Legal Blog Watch]
Harrisburg mayor-elect traumatized out of pumping gas, suit says
“In a 2000 civil lawsuit filed in Bucks County, Linda Thompson claimed a faulty pump sprayed her with gasoline, leaving her in damaged clothing and with a lingering fear of filling up her cars with gasoline. … ‘(Thompson) is unable to psychologically pump her own gas,’ the suit states. It also notes that ‘(Thompson) becomes ill upon the smell of gas and will not seek to obtain gas until absolutely necessary as a result of this incident.'” Earlier this month Thompson was elected mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s capital. [Harrisburg Patriot-News on still-pending lawsuit and election]
Mississippi: Judge DeLaughter sentenced to 18 months
Bringing to a close another chapter in the Scruggs scandals. [WSJ Law Blog]
“Yeah, I like Overlawyered! You got a problem with that?”
That nice Ronald Coleman of Likelihood of Confusion nominates us for a 2009 Weblog Award.
Another Craigslist housing-ad crackdown
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley nails twenty property owners and real estate agents over “no kids”, “no Section 8” language in Craigslist ads [Legal NewsLine]
Snow globe menace averted
The Transportation Security Administration is vigilant against those who would imperil national security by trying to carry the desktop amusements through airport checkpoints. [Boing Boing, Lowering the Bar]
“I had a lot of opponents, but I never had any supporters like that.”
Justice Alito wittily defends Justice Sotomayor. [BLT/NLJ]
CPSIA, big and small business, cont’d
Rick Woldenberg casts a skeptical eye on the Toy Safety Certification Program (TSCP), a voluntary toy-safety program promoted by both the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Toy Industries Association that in some respects goes beyond even the requirements of the CPSIA. His contention: “the TSCP significantly favors mass market companies in an almost shameless way.”
“The Supreme Court v. Patent Absurdity”
“No, you shouldn’t be able to patent a ‘method of speed dating.'” [Gordon Crovitz, WSJ]