Both sides agree to drop litigation in Islamic Society of Boston mosque-building controversy (Herald, Globe; earlier here, etc.)

Australia’s Slater & Gordon becomes world’s first law firm to list itself on stock exchange (SMH, Ribstein; Regan/MacEwen/Ribstein; more)

Colo. bar-restitution fund strained after lawyer who “hoped to save the world” plunders $5 million from clients to fuel strip-club-enhanced lifestyle (Rocky Mountain News)

A trend? Another restaurant sues over negative review (Delmonico Grill in Port St. Lucie, Fla. against Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers and reviewer Patricia Smith; Hometown News)(earlier)

Ontario appeals court deems bite of West Nile-infected mosquito to be “accident” triggering insurance coverage [Harikari]

Nanny may I? Chicago bans actors on stage from smoking as part of theatrical performance (Lambert); Vancouver condo owner faces suit for smoking on her own patio (AHN, Vancouver Sun); Montgomery County, Md. becomes first county to vote to ban trans fats (Gillespie)

Nevada bench colleagues intervene with Judge Elizabeth Halverson: it’s just not done to call your clerk “The Antichrist” or ask court staff to give you foot rubs (Morrison, LVRJ). More: Above the Law;

Midwifery in crisis: one D.C. birthing center’s struggle to keep its doors open (WaPo)

Some advice: if you’re claiming disability benefit, you might not want to enter and win a strongman competition in which you lift the front end of a car (Telegraph, U.K.)

Judge rejects Utah lawyer’s claim that CBS should pay him $5,000 for exposing him to Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction (three years ago on Overlawyered)

2 Comments

Is Chicago’s smoking ban for plays constitutional? If the smoking in the plays is speech (this is a legitimate argument) then is this not censorship subject to a first amendment challenge? Even with a nanny state balancing test I cannot believe anyone thinks a cigarette or 12 actually causes damage secondhand, at least not enough to condone prior restraint.
- May 30, 2007 2:43 AM
- By JKoerner
The closing of midwifery practices in the Washington area hit us close to home.

My wife was a patient at the Takoma Women’s Health Center before some complications forced us to begin seeing a traditional OB/GYN. We were sad to hear that the OB practice that sponsored them cut them off due to rising malpractice insurance costs.

We have since given birth to a healthy baby boy, but I can’t help but think that midwifery is a low-cost alternative to being attended by a slew of doctors and nurses during a normal birth.
- May 30, 2007 8:54 AM
- By E-Bell