Get ready for the rise of firms whose business plan is to bankroll lawsuits. [NYLJ]
Archive for June, 2010
“Everyone on TV reads the same newspaper”
Do studio lawyers think it’s too dangerous to use real newspapers because they haven’t been rights-cleared? [Doctorow, BoingBoing]
When judges sue
In perhaps a gingerly manner, the Boston Globe profiles Howard M. Cooper, who has established a busy niche as the go-to lawyer for judges who want to sue news outlets for alleged defamation, after getting good results for Judge Ernest Murphy.
“Lawyering up”
John Steele takes a look at this interestingly pejorative phrase, which President Obama used in criticizing BP over its spill response. [Legal Ethics Forum]
Gloria Allred, ready for her close-up
“She will hold a press conference at the drop of a panty” [Jezebel]
AT&T: No, you needn’t cease and desist from emailing our CEO
“Uninsured motorist law foils hot coffee suit”
A lawsuit over a hot coffee mishap in the fast-food drive-through lane turns out to be barred by California’s financial responsibility law, which “prohibits uninsured motorists … from collecting noneconomic damages in any action arising out of the operation or use of a motor vehicle.” [Pat Murphy, Lawyers USA “Benchmarks”]
Chrysler’s White-House-assisted bankruptcy
What a bad precedent it set. [Prof. Bainbridge] More: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, WSJ (via Stoll).
49 comments so far…
…on the item about the 13 year old in Florida whose parents have filed an age bias complaint against a community college that won’t admit her. I am regularly surprised by which posts here turn out to stir the most reader interest.
Voices of Moderation Series
I’ve got a new post up at Cato at Liberty calling attention to the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute’s unusual advice on how to handle Wall Street traders, CEOs and investment bankers.