magicians – Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Thu, 22 May 2008 18:54:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 May 8 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/05/may-8-roundup/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2007/05/may-8-roundup/#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 00:08:54 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4887 Whoops! Insurer’s lawyer backtracks and scrambles for cover after saying some Miami/Dade judges “are being paid off” [Daily Business Review; possibly related, scroll to mention of Miami near end] Climate’s different up there: Google and Wikipedia sued for libel in Canada over user-generated content [Rob Hyndman] Lawyers implicated in Ky. fen-phen scandal are owners of […]

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  • Whoops! Insurer’s lawyer backtracks and scrambles for cover after saying some Miami/Dade judges “are being paid off” [Daily Business Review; possibly related, scroll to mention of Miami near end]
  • Climate’s different up there: Google and Wikipedia sued for libel in Canada over user-generated content [Rob Hyndman]
  • Lawyers implicated in Ky. fen-phen scandal are owners of Curlin, horse that placed third in Kentucky Derby [Courier-Journal, Sun-Times, Sports Network, WSJ law blog]
  • “As a lawyer, I hear stories about lawsuit abuse all the time,” but Judge Pearson’s pants suit takes the cake [Nasty Brutish & Short; also lively discussion at Digg]
  • Ramps of gold: serial ADA-suit filers George Louie, David Gunther and others launch wave of sidewalk suits against Northern California towns [Contra Costa Times]
  • $250 fine for releasing a balloon into the air in New Hampshire? Criminalizing nearly everything [National Law Journal; also Ayn Rand]
  • Helpful, if scary: “12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Needs To Know” [Aviva Directory]
  • U.K. lawyers ordered to pay back tens of millions of pounds in excessive fees earned for representing sick miners [Times Online Apr. 16, Apr. 25, Apr. 10; Telegraph]
  • Did Rosie O’Donnell come out for loser-pays on ABC’s “The View”? Someone please get a transcript [Bill Boushka]
  • Japan doesn’t furnish us with much material, but here’s one about magicians suing TV broadcasters for revealing secrets behind coin tricks [Above the Law]
  • Sensitivity vs. sensitivity: female drummers allowed to sue over their (culturally authentic) exclusion from ritual drumming at Native American powwow [five years ago on Overlawyered]
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