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April 4 roundup

Walter Olson — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 04:05:07 +0000

“Helmet maker not to blame in football player’s injury, jury finds” [L.A. Times]
“New Corporate Survey Illustrates Burdens Of Document Preservation And Benefits Of Proposed [Rule 26 Discovery] Reform” [Mark Chenoweth/WLF, Timothy Pratt/Abnormal Use, NJLRA, earlier]
Have divorce statistics been misreported? [Kay Hymowitz, Robert VerBruggen]
“Intoxicated Man Loses Big at Casino, Wants His Money Back” [Abnormal Use]
“SCOTUS Deferred to Executive Agencies. What Happened Next Will Infuriate You!” [Ilya Shapiro, Cato on Peri & Sons Farms v. Rivera]
Overtime scheme: Obama doesn’t “worry about being held accountable for the unwelcome consequences” [Steve Chapman] Advice for small business on complying with salaried employee classification [Suzanne Lucas (“Evil HR Lady”) at Inc., earlier here and here]
Religious liberty, discrimination law and how spurious rights drive out the real [Jacob Sullum] Timely: “Harvard Hosts Conference on Religious Accommodation in the Age of Civil Rights” [TaxProf]

Tags: administrative law, compulsive gambling, discovery, divorce, football, wage and hour suits

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March 13 roundup

Walter Olson — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 04:05:40 +0000

Claimed prison guard punched him in face: “Man convicted in Chicago-area mass murder awarded $500,000” [WHAS, ABA Journal]
Ken White “immediately repulsed and enraged” by Mayer-Brown-repped suit seeking removal of Glendale, Calif. “comfort women” memorial [Popehat]
“Las Vegas: Man Sues Casino After $500k Loss ‘While Drunk'” [Sky News]
Regulators blame everyone but selves: “Drug Shortages Continue to Vex Doctors” [Sabrina Tavernese, NYT on GAO report, earlier here, here, etc., etc.]
Former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli to speak tomorrow on “dereliction of duty” of AGs who decline to defend laws deemed unconstitutional, hope someone brings up this and this [more background; and his successor Mark Herring’s view]
Oregon: “Portland State University will pay $161,500 to settle a lawsuit claiming it discriminated against disabled students who have service animals.” [AP/KOIN] Laws make it dangerous for business owners to draw line between legitimate, fake service dogs [L.A. Times]
Not The Onion: Canada telecoms regulator pushes XX cable channels to run more Canadian content [CBC, National Post]

Tags: compulsive gambling, Oregon, pharmaceuticals, prisoners, service animals, telecommunications, Virginia

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May 2 roundup

Walter Olson — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:51:47 +0000

Pigford and more: why do modern privacy laws so often redound to the benefit of those in power? [Stewart Baker]
N.H. man who lost life savings at carnival game in exchange for dreadlocked banana concedes he was “foolish” but is considering lawsuit [WBZ, BoingBoing]
The judicial humorist — I’ve got him on the list [San Antonio strip club case: MySanAntonio, Above the Law, ABA Journal]
To be for capitalism, be against crony capitalism [Tim Carney, The Atlantic]
“News Corp. Pays Itself $139 Million For Phone-Hacking Scandal — Minus Legal Fees” [Daniel Fisher]
What must they think of the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932? Brennan Center lists Wisconsin bill providing for stays of injunction pending appeal among “Attacks on Judiciary” [Brennan Center Fair Courts E-lert]
Federal Trade Commissioner Joshua Wright says it’s time to pin down commission’s vague Section 5 power [Andrea Agathoklis Murino, WLF]

Tags: competition through regulation, compulsive gambling, Federal Trade Commission, privacy, securities litigation, strippers and exotic dancers, Wisconsin

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Canadian gambler: you let me lose C$330,000

Walter Olson — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:51:43 +0000

“An admitted gambling addict claims the British Columbia Lottery and two casino companies let her gamble away hundreds of thousands of dollars after she signed a voluntary self-exclusion program for problem gamblers.” [Courthouse News via Legal Blog Watch; similar] Meanwhile, another man is claiming the government-owned lottery did finally enforce its exclusion order — and, per its rules, refused to pay him — when he won a $42,000 jackpot. [Globe and Mail]

Tags: Canada, compulsive gambling

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July 13 roundup

Walter Olson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:18:35 +0000

Wal-Mart spending millions to fight $7,000 OSHA fine? Not so paradoxical when you think about it [Coyote]
Proliferation of product recalls, as with warnings, can result in consumer fatigue and inattention [WaPo via PoL]
Settlement said to be near between casino and gambler who lost $127 million [WSJ, UPI, earlier]
“Think Globally, Sue Locally: Out-of-Court Tactics Employed by Plaintiffs, Their Lawyers, and Their Advocates in Transnational Tort Cases” [study, PDF and press release; Jonathan Drimmer for US Chamber, related WSJ]
“End of an Era? Another Crunch Berries Case Dismissed” [Lowering the Bar, California Civil Justice, earlier on “froot” cases here, here, etc.]
New Jersey: “School legal costs are a killer” [Rayner, Daily Record]
ABA Journal profiles Ted Frank;
We’re the ones who write the laws around here, not you legislators: Washington Supreme Court strikes down med-mal notice law [SeattlePI.com]

Tags: advertising, Alien Tort Claims Act, class actions, compulsive gambling, CPSC, forum shopping, medical malpractice, New Jersey, OSHA, schools, Ted Frank, Wal-Mart, Washington state

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“Proposed Changes to Psychiatric Manual Stir Lawsuit Fears”

Walter Olson — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:04:27 +0000

“The American Psychiatric Association wants binge eating and excess gambling to be considered psychiatric disorders. … Lawyers have plenty to say about the proposed disorders, which, some argue, could open up the door for yet more disability suits in the workplace.” [Tresa Baldas, NLJ]

Tags: compulsive gambling, disabled rights, obesity, workplace

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“Loto-Quebec reaches out-of-court settlement with thousands of addicted gamblers”

Walter Olson — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:03:26 +0000

A boost from Canada for compulsive-gambling litigation: “Quebec’s lottery commission confirmed Thursday that it has reached a tentative multimillion-dollar agreement to compensate thousands of addicted gamblers, in a case with national implications. … Similar lawsuits are underway in Ontario, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland-Labrador.” [Canadian Press, CBC, CTV, earlier here and here]

Tags: Canada, compulsive gambling

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Casino allowed him to gamble away $127 million

Walter Olson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:07:29 +0000

And now the heir to a Nebraska party-favor fortune has a lawyer. [WSJ] More: Above the Law.

Tags: compulsive gambling

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Update: “Gambler’s $20M lawsuit against casinos tossed”

Walter Olson — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:57:32 +0000

Arelia Margarita Taveras, a lawyer who gambled away client funds at New Jersey tables and then proceeded to sue the casinos, was thrown out of court by a federal judge. We covered the case Mar. 9. (AP/PhillyBurbs, Sept. 22).

Tags: compulsive gambling, New Jersey

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August 20 roundup

Walter Olson — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:32:48 +0000

Lawyers’ contingency fee is temptation to ethical corner-cutting in consumer debt collection, too [Miami Daily Business Review, Popehat; Orlando’s Palmer Reifler & Associates, mass mailing of demand letters to accused shoplifters]
Discussion continues on loser-pays with me and many others at NewTalk, and note comment from Ontario lawyer [through today]
Age bias suit by Hollywood writers gains traction. Next, actors? [Ink Slingers via Class Action Blawg weekly review]
Class action against Quebec lottery on behalf of problem gamblers finally set for trial [CP/Yahoo, Lee Distad via Class Action Blawg, earlier]
Should we and other commentators avoid mentioning litigants’ real names so as not to intrude on their Google legacy? [comments at Ron Miller/Md. Injury]
California lawmakers OK feel-good “Donda West Law” but it won’t do much to keep impulsive clients from rushing into plastic surgery [GruntDoc, Cameron Turner/EURWeb, Truth in Cosmetic Surgery Blog]
Probably not a swift career move for lawyer to tell bar disciplinary panel “Go to hell.” [ABA Journal]
Class action forces HUD to allocate more to some Indian recipients, so it cuts other programs, bad news for North Carolina’s Lumbee tribe [Fayetteville, N.C. Observer courtesy US Chamber]
Environmental authorities won’t press charges against man who shot protected rattlesnake that had just attacked and bitten him [eight years ago on Overlawyered]

Tags: age discrimination, California, Canada, compulsive gambling, contingent fee, debtor-creditor law, endangered species, Indian tribes, legal discipline, medical, movies film and videos, North Carolina

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