“A year after ‘Kung Fu’ actor David Carradine died from a dangerous sex practice, his wife has filed suit, claiming he would still be alive if he hadn’t been left alone in a hotel that night.” California attorney and Overlawyered favorite Mark Geragos is representing Anne Carradine. [ABC News]
Author Archive
“Are Canadian Law Schools ‘Psychotic Kindergartens?'”
An emeritus University of Western Ontario law professor by the name of Robert Martin is nothing if not outspoken about his view “that Canadian law schools are far too focused on teaching niche legal issues and being politically correct.” [Brian Baxter, AmLaw Daily]
“Milberg Argues Its Use of Subsequently Discredited Witnesses Was in Good Faith”
We were as surprised as anyone else by the turn of events in our class action suit over allegedly defective televisions, says the big plaintiff’s firm. Sorry we drove into your window, no need for anything drastic like fee shifting under Rule 11, right? [NYLJ]
The cry of “cyber-bullying”
Watch out, warns Eric Scheie: it can be a cover for legal efforts to silence online critics, as with a religious group leader’s nastygram aimed at blogger Joy McCann (Little Miss Attila).
June 8 roundup
- Bay City, Mich. business finds itself the target of frequent litigant [Faces of Lawsuit Abuse (auto-plays video) via NJLRA]
- An “all-Taco-Bell future”: government nutrition guidelines press restaurants toward “standardization of recipes and methods of preparation” [Suderman, Reason “Hit and Run”]
- Class actions: thoughts on “professional objectors” [Ted at CCAF]
- Report on business influence on California politics smuggles in trial lawyers as “business” [Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee via CJAC]
- Those local homeowners protesting Wal-Mart may be getting support from a supermarket chain [WSJ via Coyote, Dan Mitchell]
- “Medicare soon to go after liability settlements” [Korris, LNL]
- “Use Your Law Deferment to Work for Liberty!” [Shapiro, Cato] And Cato’s also hiring for some video and new media positions;
- U.K.: “Drivers could be over limit after less than a pint under new law” [Daily Mail]
Forklift design defect case
The manufacturer would more than likely have found it cheaper to settle the case, but decided to stand its ground instead. [Abnormal Use]
“More Attorneys Exploring Third-Party Litigation Funding”
Get ready for the rise of firms whose business plan is to bankroll lawsuits. [NYLJ]
“Everyone on TV reads the same newspaper”
Do studio lawyers think it’s too dangerous to use real newspapers because they haven’t been rights-cleared? [Doctorow, BoingBoing]
When judges sue
In perhaps a gingerly manner, the Boston Globe profiles Howard M. Cooper, who has established a busy niche as the go-to lawyer for judges who want to sue news outlets for alleged defamation, after getting good results for Judge Ernest Murphy.
“Lawyering up”
John Steele takes a look at this interestingly pejorative phrase, which President Obama used in criticizing BP over its spill response. [Legal Ethics Forum]