That sum, demanded by a Las Vegas man in a suit against three Utah attorneys, is far in excess of all the money in the world, so there may be collectibility problems. [Provo Daily Herald]
Archive for 2010
Worker’s comp in California
The state’s onetime crisis abated after Gov. Schwarzenegger presided over serious reforms in 2004, but now rates are on the rise again following court decisions that have let lawyers bypass medical-eligibility guidelines. [Orange County Register]
Credit card agreements now average 31 pages long
Elizabeth Warren denounces the proliferation of fine print, but does she understand why it’s happened? [Ted at PoL]
Illinois candidate “wants to shutter law schools”
The idea from the Green Party candidate for state treasurer has people talking. “[Candidate Scott] Summers would board up the windows at the law schools of both Northern Illinois and Southern Illinois Universities. Did we mention Summers graduated from NIU Law?” [Legal Blog Watch]
Louisiana fishing license applications jump rather than drop
That’s despite the BP/Transocean spill. A danger sign of compensation fraud? [Daily Caller]
P.S. Another spill-compensation angle, with a hint of me too-ism: “Realtors Press Feinberg for BP Fund to Compensate Their Losses” [Bloomberg]
“Hello, I’m with the government and I’m here to help you eat”
San Francisco considers following Santa Clara County’s ban on most Happy Meals [Ken at Popehat] There’s also a new protest website entitled Free To Choose Our Meals.
“Teen Claims School Violated ADA by Barring Basketball with Service Dog”
“A Chicago area teen claims in a lawsuit that her high school violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it barred her from playing basketball with the help of her service dog.” The president of Special Olympics Illinois, which sponsors the team that turned down Jenny Youngwith’s request, “said the group has to make decisions based on the safety of all the athletes.” [ABA Journal]
August 23 roundup
- Lawsuit alleging failure to warn of addictiveness of online game Lineage II survives motion to dismiss [Kravets/Wired, Mystal/AtL]
- Research: outcome of job-bias claims hard to predict, smaller and legally unsophisticated employers at higher risk of adverse outcome [Schwartz]
- UK survey sheds light on decline of outdoor and neighborhood kids’ play [BBC via Free-Range Kids]
- “The Music-Copyright Enforcers” [John Bowe, NY Times Magazine via Carton, Legal Blog Watch]
- Did an early-offer/full-disclosure system reduce medical malpractice costs at University of Michigan hospitals? [Ted at PoL]
- Here’s a professor who might become very popular with the class action bar [Vanderbilt Law School, SSRN] P.S. Andrew Trask responds to Prof. Brian Fitzpatrick.
- Nevada: “Process Server & Office Manager Are Criminally Charged re Alleged False Filings for Debt Collector” [Neil, ABA Journal]
- 1-800-PIT-BULL: not an urban legend [six years ago on Overlawyered]
BlackBerry use as overtime, cont’d
An update on lawsuits claiming employees should be on the books for pay and overtime purposes if the employer asks them to carry a BlackBerry [Workplace Prof, NPR, earlier]
Newly discovered jazz treasures
Locked up by unwise copyright law [David Post/Volokh]