“A spouse can legally conceal the GPS in the glove compartment or seat pocket, and depending upon the model of the GPS, track his or her partner’s whereabouts in real time.” [Legal Blog Watch; Chicago Sun-Times]
At Forbes.com: Sonia Sotomayor nomination
[Bumped May 27 to reflect added material] I’ve written a piece for Forbes.com on President Obama’s nomination of the Second Circuit judge to the Supreme Court. In addition, expect coverage of the nomination from multiple voices over the next week at Point of Law; Marie Gryphon has already started off with a post on Sotomayor’s controversial ruling on a Second Amendment issue (Heller incorporation, for those who follow that area). More: SCOTUSBlog has a four-part series on Sotomayor’s rulings in civil litigation: first, second, third, fourth. Michael Fox catalogues her rulings in labor and employment cases, to which Daniel Schwartz adds analysis. And thanks to Instapundit, Eugene Volokh, Carter Wood/ShopFloor, Joe Weisenthal, Carolyn Elefant/Legal Blog Watch, Henry Stern/Yonkers Tribune, and Jonathan Adler at both Volokh.com and NRO “Corner” for the links.
“Rocks are too dangerous for kids to touch”
CPSIA makes itself felt in the science education market.
Wrongs without remedies dept.
The New Jersey Supreme Court denies recourse to victims of meritless lawsuits.
400-page securities class action complaint
Lawyers labored so hard to produce this marvel, only to find the judge dismissing it as “verbose and disordered”. [California Civil Justice]
Real estate “nondisclosure of tragedy” claims
Seldom do the fact situations get this bad: not for the squeamish [Ask MetaFilter]
NY Times on libel tourism
The Times covers the problem of the British courts’ open door to international libel plaintiffs, and in a follow-on editorial sums up the contrasting view that prevails in America:
If authors believe they are too vulnerable, they may be discouraged from taking on difficult and important topics, like terrorism financing, or from writing about wealthy and litigious people. That would not only be bad for writers, it would be bad for everyone.
On the radio
I was a guest today on three radio shows to discuss the Sonia Sotomayor nomination: Air Talk with Larry Mantle (KPCC, Southern California public radio), Vicki McKenna (WISN Milwaukee), and Portland, Oregon-based Lars Larson. Tomorrow morning I’ll be a guest on Preston Scott’s program in Tallahassee, Florida, at about 8:05 a.m.
Did Sotomayor “save baseball”?
I’ve been added to the contributors at NRO’s Bench Memos discussing the Sotomayor nomination, and my first post skeptically looks at the talking point that she “saved baseball” in 1995.
Pull over, sir, we’re checking those socks for lead
More on CPSIA’s costs: “Even though there is no evidence that his company’s hosiery contains lead, his company will be forced to pay more than $500,000 on lead testing over the next year,” said David McCubbin of Oklahoma’s McCubbin Hosiery. And so long, giraffe teethers:
Suzanne Lang, owner of Starbright Baby Teething Giraffes in Boalsburg, Pa., created 36 patterns of giraffes last year. To test each of these items for lead and phthalates would cost up to $81,000, she said. She only grossed $4,500 last year.
Unless the law is changed, “thousands of small businesses and crafters will be put out of business in this already tough economic climate,” Lang said.
Last month the office of Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), a co-sponsor of the measure, “said the bill is doing exactly what it is meant to do“.