https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/02/february-12-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/02/february-12-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-5869 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:20:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4517#comment-5869 Re-reading the Indian land case, I note that the original treaty was based in English law. Doesn’t that open up the principle of “squatters rights” to the later settlers?
It’s “old” English law so probablt relevant!

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/02/february-12-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-5868 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:15:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4517#comment-5868 The roulette wheel story raises more interesting possibilities. Medical devices are regulated by the FDA and bear a notice that they are only ‘for sale or use on the order of a physician only’. So all that antique medical gear in museums and in private hands is similarly at risk from aggressive policing. That and my collection of equipment includes mercury filled blood pressure devices, so the EPA can join the raid with moon suits.

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