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August 11 roundup

  • General Mills sends lawyers after local “My Dough Girl” Bakery [Consumerist via Amy Alkon]
  • But he can reapply in five years: “Lawyer Takes Plea in Case Over His Hardball Litigation Tactics, Will Be Disbarred” [ABA Journal, California]
  • “Shame on Elie Wiesel” for threatening a lawsuit over his fictionalization in a stage play [Terry Teachout]
  • State AGs dive into HIPAA and health privacy enforcement [Nicastro, Health Leaders Media]
  • More highlights from Daniel Okrent book on Prohibition [Tabarrok]
  • Denver school board investment fiasco [Popehat]
  • Russell Jackson on the Yoo-Hoo chocolate beverage class action [Consumer Class Actions and Mass Torts, earlier]
  • California court rules state’s Moscone (“little Norris-LaGuardia”) Act unconstitutional [Workplace Prof]

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2 Comments

  • Judging by the comments in the ABA Journal website, there may be a second side of the story in the “Lawyer Takes Plea in Case Over His Hardball Litigation Tactics, Will Be Disbarred” case though, of course, once you take a plea, you have to expect disbarment. I’d be curious to see Scott Greenfield’s thoughts as a criminal defense lawyer on the case.

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