The two giant sites were among the many that linked to our Blawg Review #220, posted Monday.
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Goading Mickey Kaus into blogging
Yes, I have much to answer for. Like him I’ve forgotten the exact words of our ten-year-old conversation, but his paraphrase sounds right.
White Coat’s lawsuit story, cont’d
Installments 3 and 4 of the ER doctor’s saga deal with his preparation for being deposed, and the deposition itself (earlier).
Outing anonymous bloggers
I share my views on the Edward Whelan/Obsidian Wings/”Publius” affair at Point of Law.
“Crunchberries” lawsuit, cont’d
Now it’s hit the big blogs: Boing Boing, Althouse, Volokh. RiskProf picks his favorite BoingBoing comments. And at our earlier post, Hal Hewell of Hewell Law Firm, which filed the suit, writes in comments that neither the plaintiff “nor her first amended complaint stated that she believed ‘crunchberries’ was a real fruit,” and I respond.
Blogging his own malpractice trial
White Coat’s trial is in fact concluded, so he’s not liveblogging it, but recounting it after the fact; posting while the trial was in progress was what got Boston pediatrician “Flea” into so much trouble a couple of years ago after the posts came to the attention of opposing lawyers. [first, second posts] Some reactions: Eric Turkewitz, MedicineThink.
Blogging without burning out
Could “excitability” be a plus? [Patrick @ Popehat, and see comments]
May 26 roundup
- U.K.: Disciplinary complaints against lawyers may be thrown open to public and press [Times Online]
- U.S. Chamber adds three new stories to its “Faces of Lawsuit Abuse” series, among them the 7-year-old sued over a ski accident, and the family-owned California restaurant sued for putting a mirror two inches too high. [Chamber mag, Yankee Philip]
- Real estate agent couple: producers of CSI show defamed us in pre-final script [Los Angeles Times]
- Idea of “suburban general store” walkable from homes would require zoning law fix in many localities [Metropolis]
- Gov. Schwarzenegger these days is scourge of violent entertainment, at least when in videogame form [Elizabeth Jacobson, OpenMarket]
- Critique of federal hate crimes bill [Gail Heriot for the Federalist Society]
- Many prosecutors resist potentially exculpatory DNA test matches [NYT, Greenfield, Balko/Reason “Hit and Run”]
- Blogger “Evil HR Lady” is unmasked! (and names some of her favorite health blogs) [linking to Blogs.com]
March 23 roundup
- Probate court in Connecticut: bad enough when they hold you improperly in conservatorship, but worse when they bill you for the favor [Hartford Courant]
- Does “Patent Troll” in World of Warcraft count as a character type or a monster type? [Broken Toys]
- 102-year-old Italian woman wins decade-long legal dispute, but is told appeal could take 10 years more [Telegraph]
- “This Cartoon Could Be Illegal, If Two Iowa Legislators Have Their Way” [Eugene Volokh]
- David Giacalone, nonpareil commentator on attorneys’ fee ethics (and haiku), has decided to end his blog f/k/a. He signs off with a four-part series on lawyer billing and fairness to consumers/clients: parts one, two, three, four, plus a final “Understanding and Reducing Attorney Fees“. He’s keeping the site as archives, though, and let’s hope that as such it goes on shedding its light for as long as there are lawyers and vulnerable clients. More: Scott Greenfield.
- Even they can’t manage to comply? Politically active union SEIU faces unfair labor practice charges from its own employees [WaPo]
- Judge in Austin awards $3 million from couple’s estate to their divorce lawyers [Austin American-Statesman]
- “Keywords With Highest Cost Per Click”, lawyers and financial services dominate [SpyFu]
CPSIA Blog Day #6: Wrap-up
Links and angles that didn’t fit anywhere else:
- Just in time to be too late? Per activist Kathleen Fasanella, NPR “Marketplace” is said to be planning a show on CPSIA for Feb. 6, by which time shelves will be emptying;
- Community of independent artists squabble amid anguish of “discovering piece by piece they can’t comply” [Electric Boogaloo, strong language]
- Obama’s decorator better hurry and furnish girls’ rooms before Feb. 10 [Vicki Piippo, Calico Closet]
- Consumer Reports sticks to its profoundly benighted view that there’s nothing wrong with the law, and gets an earful from visiting readers. Relatedly, the once-independent blog Consumerist was recently bought by CR’s parent Consumers’ Union, and likewise parrots the organization’s misleading line on thrift shops and other applications of the law;
- My call for past bloggers to revisit CPSIA today was even more successful than I hoped. Posts from Amy Alkon at Advice Goddess, Patrick at Popehat, John Schwenkler, Mark Thompson at the wonderfully named League of Ordinary Gentlemen, and Eve Tushnet at Ladyblog.
Also, I contributed two posts at my other site, Point of Law, on the law’s testing costs and its impact on the amusement park/attractions business. And excellent business/econ blogger Marc Hodak (Hodak Value) posted today as well.
- Darn. This place had some cute stuff, too.
- In today’s New York Post, Jeff Stier (American Council on Science and Health) points out that the law will deal a blow to NYC’s garment trade. Help, Mayor Bloomberg!
- Canadian web-based book seller: we’ll have to decide whether to go on shipping kids’ books to U.S. customers;
- Resources: A great big assemblage of videos on the cause; nice collection of resources on the law from Karen Clark; info and action kit from Etsy (PDF), print it out for reference.
