“An Iraqi immigrant who stabbed two doctors to death has won the right to stay in Britain after a judge ruled that he would pose a danger to the public in his homeland. … The Home Office wanted to deport him on his release to protect the British public,” but a tribunal ruled that a violation of international human rights because Laith Alani would pose a danger to the Iraqi public and himself. Presumably it’s better for the British public to face the dangers. [Telegraph]
Archive for 2010
Jack Litman, 1943-2010
I met the noted criminal defense lawyer once when we appeared on the same talk show. Somehow I didn’t realize he was the one who defended Oliver Jovanovic, target of a dubious (to say the least) sex-crime prosecution in the 1990s. [Gillers, Legal Ethics Forum]
Update: Kindle not helpful enough to blind users
“Two organizations representing the blind have settled a discrimination lawsuit against Arizona State University over its use of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader device. … The university, which denies the pilot program violates any law, agreed that if it does decide to use e-book readers in future classes over the next two years, ‘it will strive to use devices that are accessible to the blind,’ according to their joint statement.” [AP/ABC News; earlier] Related: Berin Szoka, “An Internet for everyone” [L.A. Times/City Journal]
Let’s all panic over cadmium in kids’ products
Or actually let’s not, since there’s no indication anyone has been hurt [Washington Post “The Checkup” via AmendTheCPSIA, more; earlier]
Florida bar probing at least 35 senior lawyers in Rothstein firm
Does this set some sort of record? The bar confirmed that it is examining whether nearly three dozen “members of the former firm — Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler — lied about the amount of money in client trust accounts and whether they stole any of it. … Several of Rothstein’s former partners have said they were unaware of his scam.” [Miami Herald]
Warning: your life-saving drug may cause cancer in lab rats
Bruce Nye at Cal Biz Lit has the latest from the California Prop 65 front.
January 22 roundup
- Early reactions to Supreme Court’s blockbuster Citizens United ruling striking down ban on independent election advocacy [Point of Law, more, yet more]
- Vision Media Television Group continues its legal push against online critics, Section 230 or no [Consumer Law & Policy, earlier]
- Big FBI sting operation could leave firearms business “wounded”, some say [Point of Law]
- Runaway’s suit against McKeesport, Pa. school district dismissed on statute of limitations grounds [AP/Law.com]
- “Sandra Day O’Connor Backs Campaign to End Judicial Elections” [Schwartz, NY Times, my two cents]
- “Sheriff Joe’s Enabler” [Radley Balko on Maricopa County D.A. Andrew Peyton Thomas; earlier here, here, etc.]
- Why some D.C. lawyers make so much money year in, year out [Hill & Lat, Washingtonian, quotes Ted; Ribstein and more]
- “Hampshire woman jailed for false rape claim” [BBC]
- P.S. At this point, politically, Dems almost have to pass something labeled health care reform whether or not the resulting legislation makes any sense [my comment in National Journal blogger’s poll, more]
Large coal firm threatens critic’s site
Peabody Energy, by way of St. Louis law firm Senniger Powers, has sent a nastygram (PDF) demanding the takedown of an enviro-activist website that critically mimics the “Consortium for ‘Clean Coal’ Utilization,” of which Peabody is a part. Along with trademark infringement claims, the letter advances a congeries of other legal theories (defamation, tortious interference with contracts) and insists on the total removal of the site. [Citizen Media Law, EFF, Riverfront Times]
Profitable ways of owing money
A Texas man has developed a lucrative sideline in suing debt collectors who come after him. [Kimberly Thorpe, Dallas Observer]
Penn & Teller on the ADA
A 2007 show, with discussion of a mass ADA filing operation at about the 4:45 mark:
More via Twitter: “I had a client lose their business partly due to an ADA claim.” (Julian, California, near San Diego).