Concerns about the pending Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) [Jeff Porten, MacWorld/MacUser] A contrary view: Ben Sheffner (via Ron Coleman).
Archive for 2009
House health care reform would discourage many state reforms
I’m quoted on the subject in Grant Bosse’s article in New Hampshire Watchdog. Earlier here and here. More at Point of Law here (Senate bill) and here (more advantages for trial lawyers).
“Testimony: Federal Judge Owed $150K on Credit Cards, Got $20K from 2 Lawyers”
Allegations of $2,000 in an envelope, constant requests for cash, false financial filings, and much else besides, figure in the House impeachment proceedings against a Louisiana jurist. [ABA Journal]
November 20 roundup
- Judge finds Army Corps of Engineers negligent in Katrina levees suit [WSJ Law Blog, Krauss/PoL]
- Feds raid the Gibson guitar factory in Nashville on an exotic-woods rap [The Tennessean] Eric Scheie has a few things to say about what turns out to be a remarkably comprehensive federal regulatory scheme on trade in wood enacted with little public discussion as part of the 2008 farm bill [Classical Values]
- In the mail: Amy Bach’s new book Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court, very favorably reviewed by Scott Greenfield not long ago (AmLaw Daily interview with author);
- Pension tension: link roundup on CALPERS mess [Reynolds]
- Maine passes very sweeping law banning marketers from collecting or using wide array of information about minors, but state acknowledges that much of the law probably wouldn’t pass constitutional muster and won’t be enforced [Valetk/Law.com, Qualters/NLJ]
- StationStops, which provides a mobile app for NYC commuter schedules, seems to have survived its legal tussle with New York’s MTA and thanks those who helped call attention to the story, with generous words for a certain “great blog”;
- Lawsuits cost Chicago taxpayers $136 million last year [Fran Spielman, Sun-Times]
- Blawg Review #238 is from Joel Rosenberg and bears the title, “Celebrating the International Day of Tolerance … and the NRA’s Birthday” [WindyPundit]
Trespasser sues railroad
She “was taking pictures on the railroad tracks in Tupelo in 2006” and things didn’t end happily. Now her lawsuit says the train was going too fast and that the BNSF Railway Company “should have posted trespassing signs to keep people away.” People like her, that is. [AP/Jackson Clarion Ledger]
U.K.: Find discarded gun, bring it in to cops, get convicted for possession
Could such a sequence of events actually happen? It seems to have happened to Paul Clerke of Merstham, England. [ThisIsSurreyToday via Coyote]
Lawyers who sleep with clients
You’d think they wouldn’t need specific rules to know not to do that. [Scott Greenfield]
“A Case in Antiquities for ‘Finders Keepers'”
John Tierney at the Times makes the case against heritage repatriation laws.
Senate panel approves David Michaels
Carter Wood at Point of Law, Hans Bader at the Examiner, and David Kopel at Opposing Views have more about the oughta-be-controversial OSHA nominee.