Class action lawyering is nothing if not an active culture. [California Civil Justice Blog]
Archive for 2010
Lawyer business card Hall of Fame
Actually, a pair of them, showcased at Above the Law.
Update: perfume-sensitivity-as-disability case
Through a records request, OnPoint News has established that the City of Detroit agreed to pay $100,000 and promised a change in policies to settle Susan McBride’s case claiming sensitivity to co-worker’s scents. Earlier here, etc.
Bronx: False rape accuser sentenced to 1-3 years behind bars
GM to reinstate 600+ unwanted dealerships
Marc Hodak sees post-office-ization at work.
Swiss vote down lawyers-for-animals proposal
By a 70-30 margin [Telegraph] Earlier coverage is here, and the Wall Street Journal profiled the one cantonal animal public defender in an article last week.
P.S. Ann Althouse, on reading about the “lawyers-for-pets plan”: “I thought: What? Do you turn in your lawyer and get a pet in exchange?”
From the “oh dear” files
“IRS Suspends One of Boston’s ‘Most Highly Regarded’ Tax Lawyers for 48 Months for Failing to File Tax Returns” [Paul Caron, TaxProf]
“Middle school student suspended for touching drug”
Because touching is tantamount to taking, or something of that sort. “The girl did not bring the prescription drug to her Jeffersonville, IN school, nor did she take it, but she admits that she touched it and in Greater Clark County Schools that is drug possession.” [WAVE3.com]
March 6 roundup
- France: Scholar faces criminal libel charge over mildly negative book review [Steven Landsburg/The Big Questions; more, Citizen Media Law] U.K. atheist convicted of religious harassment for leaving cartoon leaflets in prayer room [Media Watch Watch and earlier via Secular Right]
- Classic New Yorker writer of 1940s: “St. Clair McKelway on insurance, embezzlement, arson, and counterfeiting” [Freeland, North Mississippi Commentor]
- Bulletin: In hiring new editors, New York Times will stop preferring those with scores of 89 over those who score 65. Oh wait;
- “If I can drive a motorcycle, why can’t I drive a marginally more dangerous car concept? Because Detroit and its lobbyists have built it into the system, that’s why.” [reader at Andrew Sullivan]
- “Jersey Shore Victim Wants DVDs Suppressed” [Above the Law]
- Class action suit against Yelp.com alleges “extortion” [NY Times “Bits”, TechCrunch]
- “Some Employers Complain Law Barring Genetic Bias Hurts Wellness Efforts” [ABA Journal]
- “The Criminalization of Almost Everything” [Harvey Silverglate and Tim Lynch, Cato Policy Report]
Federal anti-SLAPP legislation proposed
Scott Greenfield, Eric Goldman and Marc Randazza/Citizen Media Law have details of a bill introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)