https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-26-roundup-3/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:33:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-26-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-109145 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:33:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=20332#comment-109145 Presuming she is a Liberal, does the esteemed Jan Schakowsky consider that making most homes accessible in this fashion could increase the required square footage of these homes, thus increasing their (gasp) carbon footprint? Differently-abled people are already an ecological menace since they require special transportation vehicles. Now every homes must occupy more land space in order to conform to this malarkey. Now, the main floor of that modest 3 bedroom is needs an extra large full bathroom instead of the little powder room, oh, and 1 of those bedrooms is on the main floor too.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2010/11/november-26-roundup-3/comment-page-1/#comment-108979 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:46:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=20332#comment-108979 I thought the SEC hit its nadir over 20 years ago when it hauled in a bartender from Harry’s Restaurant to investigate his trades (all very modest). Someone thought his listening to his customers’ “bar boasts,” putting 2 and 2 together, and acting on his guesses amounted to illegal trading.
Thankfully cooler heads prevailed, and he was let off the hook by the supervisors in the NYC office.

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