Overlawyered http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:32:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Shame, not law or regulation, as remedy for rudeness http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/shame-not-law-or-regulation-as-remedy-for-rudeness/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/shame-not-law-or-regulation-as-remedy-for-rudeness/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:32:19 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16533
Reason TV interviews advice columnist-author (I See Rude People), blogger and frequent Overlawyered commenter Amy Alkon.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/shame-not-law-or-regulation-as-remedy-for-rudeness/feed/ 0 Update: judge allows “giraffe attack” spoof back on web http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/update-judge-allows-giraffe-attack-spoof-back-on-web/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/update-judge-allows-giraffe-attack-spoof-back-on-web/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:05:29 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16541 “Nicholas Brilleaux, publisher of Hammond Action News, got a big victory yesterday when a Louisiana judge dissolved an order prohibiting him from posting a satirical news story about a fictional giraffe attack on his blog.” [Citizen Media Law, OnPoint News, earlier]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/update-judge-allows-giraffe-attack-spoof-back-on-web/feed/ 0 Ferran Adria, stay away? http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/ferran-adria-stay-away/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/ferran-adria-stay-away/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:33:09 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16539 The Italian government passes a law against “molecular cuisine”, barring use of liquid nitrogen and chemical additives in restaurant kitchens. It expires in less than a year, though. [Caput Mundi Cibus via Tyler Cowen]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/ferran-adria-stay-away/feed/ 0 New warnings at McDonald’s http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/new-warnings-at-mcdonalds/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/new-warnings-at-mcdonalds/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:57:26 +0000 Ted Frank http://overlawyered.com/?p=16526 Bruce Nye has a photo of a pointless new warning McDonald’s has posted in California stores to avoid litigation. The warning seems to have a side safety benefit: by the time you finish reading it, your coffee won’t be hot any more.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/new-warnings-at-mcdonalds/feed/ 0 News flash: prosecutor in celebrity case stays mum pending results http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/news-flash-prosecutor-in-celebrity-case-stays-mum-pending-results/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/news-flash-prosecutor-in-celebrity-case-stays-mum-pending-results/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:14:11 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16530 Adam Goldberg and Joshua Galper note the commendable spectacle of a prosecutor — District Attorney Fred Bright of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit in Georgia, leading the probe into charges against Pittsburgh Steeler Ben Roethlisberger — actually waiting until the results of his investigation are in before blaring them to the press. [HuffPo via Legal Ethics Forum]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/news-flash-prosecutor-in-celebrity-case-stays-mum-pending-results/feed/ 0 CCAF amicus brief in fen-phen fees case http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/ccaf-amicus-brief-in-fen-phen-fees-case/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/ccaf-amicus-brief-in-fen-phen-fees-case/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:22:22 +0000 Ted Frank http://overlawyered.com/?p=16522 Overlawyered readers are well aware of the sorry history of the fen-phen litigation; those that aren’t are advised to check out Professor Lester Brickman’s summary.

In April 2008, the Diet Drugs MDL district court awarded $567 million the class counsel in that case, basing the award in part on representations by class counsel about future class recovery. A year later, a plaintiff’s attorney requested the court reopen the question of the fee award because the class counsel had exaggerated those estimates. The district court refused, holding that the one-year delay in bringing the Rule 60(b) motion was not a “reasonable time.” There has been an appeal to the Third Circuit, and, today, the Center for Class Action Fairness filed an amicus brief in support of the appeal that itself provides a short overview of the history of the fen-phen MDL. Many thanks to Chris Arfaa for his generous help in filing the brief.

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/ccaf-amicus-brief-in-fen-phen-fees-case/feed/ 0 NYC: “Smoke-easies” under siege http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/nyc-smoke-easies-under-siege/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/nyc-smoke-easies-under-siege/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:34:24 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16519 The city moves to yank the licenses of nightclubs that it considers too tolerant of covert cigarette use. [NYT via Sullum, Reason "Hit and Run"]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/nyc-smoke-easies-under-siege/feed/ 3 U.K.: “Cheese-rolling race axed after 200 years” http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/u-k-cheese-rolling-race-axed-after-200-years/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/u-k-cheese-rolling-race-axed-after-200-years/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:12:04 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16517 It’s seen as too risky [Daily Mail, UK] Local authorities will try to bring the event back next year; we covered an earlier suspension in 2003.

P.S. Commenter Peter Eipers: “They can’t handle crowd control for a cheese race, and they are about to host the Olympics?”

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/u-k-cheese-rolling-race-axed-after-200-years/feed/ 3 Trademark recursion? http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/trademark-recursion/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/trademark-recursion/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:04:41 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16515 Citizens United menaces “Citizens United against Citizens United” [David Post, Volokh]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/trademark-recursion/feed/ 0 “Single Payer Legal” http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/single-payer-legal/ http://overlawyered.com/2010/03/single-payer-legal/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:02:33 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=16513 A parody, right? Must be a parody. (& welcome Legal Blog Watch readers).

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