Comments on: May 29 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/05/may-29-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:30:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Free speech roundup - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/05/may-29-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-163003 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:30:08 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29656#comment-163003 […] lend pro bono help in Montgomery County, Md. blogger prior-restraint case [Popehat; earlier here, here, here, and here] Members of Congress want “SWATting” of bloggers investigated [Arlette […]

]]> By: June 1 roundup - Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/05/may-29-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-160183 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 04:30:17 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29656#comment-160183 […] with comments from Maryland lawyer Bruce Godfrey, Patterico, Popehat, and many others; earlier here, here, and here. And Ken at Popehat, in a perhaps not unrelated development, puts out a call for a […]

]]> By: Allan https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/05/may-29-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-159741 Tue, 29 May 2012 15:08:02 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29656#comment-159741 Conception was a bad decision. I don’t so much mind the arbitration clause on a case-by-case basis. The problem is giving up class-action status. Assume a company like AT&T (very large company with millions of customers) assesses a bogus $2/month charge on its customers. This charge might result in millions for AT&T’s bottom line, and there is no effective way to get them to stop.

Either we need to allow for class actions or we need an effective government agency (an oxymoron?) to protect the consumer.

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