…it’s nearly always a good idea to let the target know who your client is.
Archive for 2009
“The poor man’s divorce investigator”
“A spouse can legally conceal the GPS in the glove compartment or seat pocket, and depending upon the model of the GPS, track his or her partner’s whereabouts in real time.” [Legal Blog Watch; Chicago Sun-Times]
At Forbes.com: Sonia Sotomayor nomination
[Bumped May 27 to reflect added material] I’ve written a piece for Forbes.com on President Obama’s nomination of the Second Circuit judge to the Supreme Court. In addition, expect coverage of the nomination from multiple voices over the next week at Point of Law; Marie Gryphon has already started off with a post on Sotomayor’s controversial ruling on a Second Amendment issue (Heller incorporation, for those who follow that area). More: SCOTUSBlog has a four-part series on Sotomayor’s rulings in civil litigation: first, second, third, fourth. Michael Fox catalogues her rulings in labor and employment cases, to which Daniel Schwartz adds analysis. And thanks to Instapundit, Eugene Volokh, Carter Wood/ShopFloor, Joe Weisenthal, Carolyn Elefant/Legal Blog Watch, Henry Stern/Yonkers Tribune, and Jonathan Adler at both Volokh.com and NRO “Corner” for the links.
“Rocks are too dangerous for kids to touch”
CPSIA makes itself felt in the science education market.
Wrongs without remedies dept.
The New Jersey Supreme Court denies recourse to victims of meritless lawsuits.
400-page securities class action complaint
Lawyers labored so hard to produce this marvel, only to find the judge dismissing it as “verbose and disordered”. [California Civil Justice]
Real estate “nondisclosure of tragedy” claims
Seldom do the fact situations get this bad: not for the squeamish [Ask MetaFilter]
NY Times on libel tourism
The Times covers the problem of the British courts’ open door to international libel plaintiffs, and in a follow-on editorial sums up the contrasting view that prevails in America:
If authors believe they are too vulnerable, they may be discouraged from taking on difficult and important topics, like terrorism financing, or from writing about wealthy and litigious people. That would not only be bad for writers, it would be bad for everyone.
On the radio
I was a guest today on three radio shows to discuss the Sonia Sotomayor nomination: Air Talk with Larry Mantle (KPCC, Southern California public radio), Vicki McKenna (WISN Milwaukee), and Portland, Oregon-based Lars Larson. Tomorrow morning I’ll be a guest on Preston Scott’s program in Tallahassee, Florida, at about 8:05 a.m.
Did Sotomayor “save baseball”?
I’ve been added to the contributors at NRO’s Bench Memos discussing the Sotomayor nomination, and my first post skeptically looks at the talking point that she “saved baseball” in 1995.