To: overlawyered@topica.com
Subject: Overlawyered.com Jul. 29-Aug. 28, 2002
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New on the site since the last update:
* Vancouver advocacy group demands Hollywood crews filming on
location
compensate panhandlers, drug users and sex workers for displacing them
from downtown parks and vice venues (Aug. 23-25)
* Lawyers in fury as one courageous N.Y. judge opens inquiry into
sky-high fees in tobacco settlement (Jul. 30-31, Aug. 2-4)
* "Do not read this column while water-skiing" and other warnings
from
Dave Barry (Aug. 16-18)
* After a night boozing, he lay down under an idling big-rig truck;
his
family's suit now says everyone else was at fault (Aug. 16-18)
* U.K.: door-to-door salesman for accident claims firm is sued
for
allegedly falling on potential client's six-year-old son (Aug. 16-18)
* Unkindest cut? Midwest judge rules MD can be sued for
conducting
circumcision even if parents approve and results normal (Aug. 19)
* If you can't stand our page's point of view, you may like one
law
prof's new book: "Why Lawsuits Are Good for America" (Aug. 19)
* Calif. lawyers send mass mailings to small businesses accusing
them
of violations; respond by mailing a check to our law firm, please,
or
we'll press the complaint (Aug. 20)
* NYC lawyers have fun in their softball league, but league officials
sure do have to resolve a lot of disputes (Aug. 20)
* Triumph of public health: Ala. is spending more of its tobacco-suit
bucks on tobacco farmers than on anti-smoking efforts (Aug. 22)
* Jury socks New York City with $21 million verdict in Gotham's
biggest
slip and fall case ever (Aug. 22)
* Louisiana: judge questions whether private lawyer should have
named
282 defendants in suit over mold in trailer homes (Aug. 21)
* Law prof launches dontlink.com, meant to spotlight some site
owners'
blustery "don't link to our pages" policies (Aug. 22)
* Goodbye, low car-lease rates? R.I. high court tags leasing
cos. with
unlimited vicarious liability for customers' crashes (Aug. 26)
* QuackWatch on "How to Spot a Personal Injury Mill" (Aug. 19)
* "Junk fax" suit demands $2 trillion, about 1/12 of world's GNP;
backers hope some deep-pocket cos. will share liability (Aug. 26)
* Good New York Times front-pager on dubious jury conduct in $290M
verdict against Ford, but we had the story three years ago (Aug. 27)
* Gone in a Jif: don't ban peanut butter from schools to accommodate
some kids' allergies, argues Dennis Prager (Aug. 23-25)
* Mississippi woman tells reporter she "wasn't hurt by" heartburn
drug
Propulsid, figured she'd get cash suing maker anyway (Aug. 1)
* Sic 'em on Segway: lawyers promote suits over motorized scooter
meant
to revolutionize personal transport (Aug. 1)
* Careful what you say: plaintiffs including Saudi-backed group
sue a
prominent French author for "insulting Islam" (Aug. 23-25)
* We're featured on Fox News, LexisOne "Site of the Month" (Aug.
2-4),
American Heritage mag (Jul. 29), etc.
* Lawyer wants $9500 from Delta, saying he couldn't fly comfortably
because the passenger in the next seat was so obese (Aug. 2-4)
* Recommended reading during our August hiatus: world's funniest
police
log, and three years' worth of our archives. Plus: why haven't
you
signed up yet for the Manhattan Institute's mailing list?
* Ore. high court suspends a lawyer for lying while representing
-- yes
-- the state bar (Jul. 30-31). Plus: drug co. hit with $32 million
sanction for vexatious conduct in patent litigation;
* Bush urges malpractice suit limits (Jul. 29, Aug. 1)
* Plus: parents sue youth football league over team reassignments;
OxyContin (and personal responsibility) win one in W.V.; Harvard Law's
most colorful lecturer?; Texas's Cornyn v. tobacco lawyers, cont'd;
Mark
Steyn on what's wrong with the INS; and more.
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