Although the extent to which foreign legal standards should influence our own is very much a legitimate topic for debate, this particular bill is deeply misguided. [Eugene Volokh]
Author Archive
Dunning child support for a kid born when the “dad” was … 7?
Don’t assume it’s a complete fluke, says Matt Welch, these “deadbeat dads” programs really are set up to resolve every doubt in favor of collection [Reason “Hit and Run”, Amy Alkon]
“Wealthy Couple Sued For Installing Ikea Kitchen”
It “did not rise to the level of a kitchen suitable for a property located at 50 Gramercy Park North,” says the realty group that rented the apartment from the owners. P.S. New York Daily News link mistakenly omitted before (h/t Bob Montgomery).
Lawyer-unsafe short film of the year
Logorama is an Oscar-nominated 16-minute film with R-rated language and situations and as many as 2,500 possible intellectual property violations. [GarageTV, Belgian, via Nancy Friedman, who calls it “startling and hilarious”.]
Madison County class action: Blimpie subs not meaty enough
BL1Y wonders whether the numbers add up, though (via Above the Law, Courthouse News). The class action firm filing the case is Lakin Chapman; it and its predecessor firm are well-known to longtime Overlawyered readers. More: Lowering the Bar.
Welcome Above the Law readers (Sea World killer whale lawsuit?)
Reporting on possible legal angles arising from a veteran trainer’s death, the popular blog links to this post of ours from last year about how Florida amusement and theme parks appear to be aggressive and successful in defending against litigation.
Lawyers spam old blog posts about accident injuries
With unintended comic results, in the case of an old Ann Althouse post about Bob Dylan. “Instead of dashing to the scene of an accident, lawyers in need of clients dash to blog posts about accidents.”
February 25 roundup
- 1978 accident settlement: “Old check for $17,500 found in woman’s nightstand drawer” [Orlando Sentinel]
- John Tierney on the great dietary salt debate [N.Y. Times]
- U.K.: reports from chiropractor association libel case against Simon Singh [Jack of Kent, Index on Censorship, Crispian Jago, earlier here, here, here, etc.]
- Law firm marketers should employ Hitler videos with care, if at all [Greenfield] Another funny lawyer ad from NYC’s Trolman, Glaser & Lichtman [Lowering the Bar, earlier]
- Claim: to undo “blockages”, psychic needed $4,773 shopping spree at Ralph Lauren [N.Y. Daily News, h/t Siouxsie Law]
- First Amendment plaintiff wins $1,791, but Jefferson County, Colorado may be out a million in legal fees [Karen Crummy, Denver Post]
- Unanimous SCOTUS ruling could curb forum-shopping in suits against national businesses [Krauss, PoL, and more at roundup]
- Long Island: “Woman Sues ‘Babies ‘R’ Us’ Over Peanut Allergy” [WCBS]
Toyota show trials, cont’d
I’ve got a link roundup at Point of Law and have updated the earlier post as well; it seems NBC News led off its broadcast with 11 straight minutes on the carmaker.
Tweet ye not
Agency Spy: “Brands Scolded for Tweeting About Olympics”