The Library of Congress, as part of a project that aims to preserve press coverage of the 2002 campaign, has archived this site as it appeared in the fall of that year, along with dozens of other weblogs. LiveJournal user “UKSubs” pays us a nice tribute in a list of favorite sites, writing: “I am still shocked by the number of ridiculous frivolous lawsuits filed in this country and others on a daily basis. Overlawyered works by finding a nice tone that is firmly between mocking and anger. Everytime I read Overlawyered, a part of me screams, what have I gotten myself into.” And we got a great big influx of traffic from Neal Boortz’s popular site (see Mar. 1-3, 2002) when the Atlanta-based radio host linked to our Jun. 1 item on the lawyer who hopes to offer “post-traumatic slave syndrome” as an excuse for an Oregon defendant accused of murder.
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Latest newsletter
What, you still haven’t subscribed to our free periodic newsletter? The latest one went out this afternoon to its c. 2300 subscribers, covering the last three weeks’ worth of postings to the site. It’s a great way to keep up with items you may have missed. Don’t delay any longer: sign up here.
Another traffic record; welcome FARK visitors
Easily breaking our previous one-day record set in January, we drew 33,369 unique visitors yesterday, the great majority of them coming when FARK.com picked up our item on the lawyer mobile van. Our readers’ generosity (rattles tip jar) helped make it possible for us to upgrade our hosting service a couple of months ago, which makes the difference in allowing us to accommodate the added traffic. Thanks for your support!
Batch of reader letters
We’ve posted four more reader letters on our letters page. Topics this time: a lawyer who won a $50 million award over the city of Chicago’s slow response to a 911 call (later settled for less) writes to take issue with our perspective on the case; a Texan who worked for 35 years in the Social Security disability program believes that as the process has become more legally contentious it has grown both slower and less fair; Missouri employment lawyer George Lenard discusses the recent, widely publicized “popcorn butter” workplace-injury verdict; and a North Carolina lawyer shows some exasperation with us.
Latest newsletter
Our latest free newsletter, summing up the past 2 1/2 weeks’ or so worth of items on the site, went out today to its 2300 or so subscribers. If you’re not on the list, you can sign up here for future mailings and to read older newsletters. It’s a great way to keep up with items on the site you may have missed.
Latest newsletter
Our latest free newsletter, summing up the past 3 weeks’ or so worth of items on the site, went out today to its subscribers. If you’re not on the list, you can sign up here for future mailings and to read older newsletters. It’s a great way to keep up with items on the site you may have missed.
Boulder (& Orange County) publicity
Last week I took part in no fewer than eight panel discussions (these hosts work you hard) at the University of Colorado’s 56th Conference on World Affairs. The Boulder Daily Camera covered the final panel, on taxes (Matt Branaugh, “Turning Up the Heat on Taxes”, Apr. 10) while the student-run Colorado Daily ran a story on Tuesday’s session, concerning the role of the media in court proceedings (Katherine Crowell, “‘Trial by press’ unjust”, Apr. 7). Also, while I was speaking in Orange County, Calif. last month, Kyle Beckley interviewed me for the Chapman University Law School publication, the Esquirer; an excerpt appears at Beckley’s website, OneL7 (Apr. 4).
In Boulder Apr. 5-9
As previously mentioned, I’ll be at the University of Colorado Apr. 5-9 participating in the 56th Conference on World Affairs and expect to do little if any posting until next weekend (schedule of panels I’ll be on).
New batch of reader letters
We’ve posted four more entries from our still backed-up pipeline of reader letters, on our letters page. Among topics this time: the unsuccessful suit demanding that taller airline passengers get first dibs on roomy exit-row seating; big business’s enthusiasm (sometimes) for antitrust law; the now-defunct database which offered to track patients who sue doctors; and fear of volunteer plumbers.
Latest newsletter
Our latest free newsletter, summing up the past 3 weeks’ or so worth of items on the site, went out this afternoon to its 2300+ subscribers. If you didn’t receive it, you can sign up here for future mailings and to read older newsletters. It’s a great way to keep up with items on the site you may have missed.