Kevin Underhill at Lowering the Bar has put a lot of effort into it.
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
Overlawyered
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:16 am
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Point of Law- Campaign civility, enforced by law?The press has been full of chatter this week about the supposedly unprecedented vehemence of campaign rhetoric on the Republican side of the presidential contest -- a charge that, as my colleague John Leo has noted, may be a trifle...Walter Olson
- Parloff on Russia v. Bank of New York MellonOver the past couple of years I've repeatedly expressed fascination (here, here, here, here, and here) with the lawsuit in a Moscow commercial court in which the government of Russia is invoking the RICO law -- America's RICO law, that...Walter Olson
- Around the web, October 1025 questions you can't ask at job interviews, such as "Can you work weekends?" and "What relative should we notify in case of emergency?" [HR Daily Advisor via Ohio Employment Law Blog] "California already ranks 48th in state business...Walter Olson
- Demonization of deregulationI'm quoted on the subject, as is co-blogger Ted Frank, in this new piece by Joseph Lawler for the American Spectator. I should add that I'm not trying to speak to the ultimate merits of either specific proposal discussed (a...Walter Olson
- U.K. class action proposals: don't worry about Americanization?Pending proposals in the English courts would take a large step toward American-style practice by opening up so-called "opt-out" actions, in which class members are automatically counted as plaintiffs unless they go to the trouble of withdrawing their names. In...Walter Olson
- Campaign civility, enforced by law?
- Volokh
- Fraudulent Registrations No Threat:The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports on the investigation into fraudulent and duplicate voter registrations submitted by ACORN, and notes that neither Democrats nor Republicans on the county's election board believes...Jonathan Adler
- Good Advice for John McCain, and More:Jennifer Rubin has some. I suspect that no matter how good a campaign McCain runs from now on, he's doomed unless the economic news suddenly takes a turn for the...David Bernstein
- "Troopergate" Report Released:The Alaska legislature's report on Gov. Palin's "Troopergate" scandal was released yesterday. According to the Anchorage Daily News, Palin "abused her power in pushing for the firing of an Alaska...Jonathan Adler
- So Where DoesThis David Post Guy Teach, Anyway?During the brouhaha over some of my recent "Sarah Palin is an embarrassment" postings — I'm quite certain we set the Volokh Conspiracy record for number of comments on a single...David Post
- Sixth Circuit Sides with Ohio SoS; Vacates Injunction:Last night, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 2-1, vacated the district court's injunction requiring Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to make efforts to verify voter registration...Jonathan Adler
- Fraudulent Registrations No Threat: