“Musician suing for age bias says his 88-year-old judge is too old to preside, ‘unable to function'” [New York Daily News headline]
Connecticut: court-appointed probate lawyers seek immunity
The Connecticut Supreme Court is being asked to rule that lawyers and conservators appointed by probate judges are immune from being sued by those they represent. The case arose “because of the abuse that Daniel Gross, an elderly New York man, suffered during 2005 and 2006 at the hands of a Waterbury probate court after he became sick while visiting his daughter.” Gross was placed in a nursing home on conservator’s orders, a decision eventually reversed by a court. [Rick Green, Hartford Courant]
“Swan song for swings?”
“The state inspectors strongly advised us against it,” said the director of a New Jersey preschool. [Greg Olear at Free-Range Kids]
Economics of NYC taxi medallions
Medallion prices have surged to the $1 million level. If that’s not enough to get the city to consider letting in more operators, whatever would be? [Mark Perry, Felix Salmon]
Libertarians and medical malpractice
What kind of medical liability market would emerge if courts decided to begin upholding freedom of contract? I take up that question — and explain some of my misgivings about efforts to portray today’s medical malpractice sector as somehow a free-market arrangement — at Cato at Liberty (& welcome Elie Mystal/Above the Law, GruntDoc, Ramesh Ponnuru readers).
“Byzantium was far less complicated than any modern government.”
So maybe it’s time to find a new way of expressing the idea of our Byzantine tax code, the Byzantine regulations of federal agencies, and so forth. [Brian Palmer, Slate; link fixed now, thanks reader Bob]
Supposed hiring bias against unemployed applicants
Although the plaintiff’s-oriented National Employment Law Project has been campaigning on the issue, “Michael Saltsman with the Employment Policies Institute says the claims of unemployment discrimination are overblown.” [Fox News; Iain Murray; earlier here, here, and here]
Annals of expensive divorce
“After racking up more than $20 million in legal bills, the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers has reportedly reached a $130 million settlement in his divorce case.” [Martha Neil, ABA Journal]
Regulators vs. regular ‘taters
Maine and Colorado senators are in the forefront as the U.S. Senate vindicates the ongoing presence of potatoes in the federal school lunch program [Caroline May, Daily Caller]
FBI not responsible for totaling detained Ferrari
Because accidents will happen, after all. And, no, you wouldn’t be excused for totaling the FBI’s Ferrari were the sides reversed [Scott Greenfield]