Phoenix – Overlawyered https://www.overlawyered.com/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:19:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Protecting (and hiding the ball on) cops gone wrong https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/10/protecting-and-hiding-the-ball-on-cops-gone-wrong/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/10/protecting-and-hiding-the-ball-on-cops-gone-wrong/#comments Tue, 29 Oct 2019 16:16:27 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=73696 The city of Phoenix quietly erases police misconduct records: “The practice, which the Department refers to as ‘purging,’ has been standard for more than two decades under the police union’s contract, but the public has been unaware of it.” [Justin Price, Arizona Republic; Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Although the Supreme Court’s Brady doctrine requires prosecutors to […]

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]]> The city of Phoenix quietly erases police misconduct records: “The practice, which the Department refers to as ‘purging,’ has been standard for more than two decades under the police union’s contract, but the public has been unaware of it.” [Justin Price, Arizona Republic; Tim Cushing, TechDirt]

Although the Supreme Court’s Brady doctrine requires prosecutors to inform defense counsel of evidence undermining the credibility of police witnesses, the right can amount to little if matters are so arranged that past instances of officer dishonesty never come to their attention in the first place [Steve Reilly and Mark Nichols, USA Today] In Baltimore, following the conviction of several officers in the notorious Gun Trace Task Force scandal, the state’s attorney has begun throwing out nearly 800 convictions tainted by the wrongdoers’ testimony [my Free State Notes post]

Meanwhile: “The former New York police officer who was fired in August for using a chokehold during Eric Garner’s deadly arrest five years ago is suing to be reinstated.” [Doha Madani, NBC News] Earlier, New York’s Police Benevolent Association said the city’s police commissioner would “lose his police department” if he followed a judge’s recommendation and fired Daniel Pantaleo [Jonathan Blanks, Cato; Joel Mathis, The Week]

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]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2019/10/protecting-and-hiding-the-ball-on-cops-gone-wrong/feed/ 1 Environment roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/05/environment-roundup-33/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/05/environment-roundup-33/#comments Mon, 16 May 2016 04:05:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=58924 Clarifying Penn Central: does a government taking property violate Fifth Amendment when it groups together commonly owned parcels in such a way as to avoid an obligation to provide just compensation? [Ilya Shapiro, Ilya Somin on Supreme Court case of Murr v. Wisconsin] How to win NYC real estate cleverest-deal-of-year award: sacrifice floor space to […]

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  • Clarifying Penn Central: does a government taking property violate Fifth Amendment when it groups together commonly owned parcels in such a way as to avoid an obligation to provide just compensation? [Ilya Shapiro, Ilya Somin on Supreme Court case of Murr v. Wisconsin]
  • How to win NYC real estate cleverest-deal-of-year award: sacrifice floor space to outwit regulation [Alex Tabarrok]
  • Desert delirium: “Phoenix has the cheapest water in the country” [Coyote]
  • If you ban low-quality housing you might discover it was the only housing low-income people could afford [Emily Washington, Market Urbanism]
  • Who’s cheering on/gloating over climate-speech subpoenas? Media Matters, of course, and some others too;
  • “Exhibiting Bias: how politics hijacks science at some museums” [John Tierney, City Journal]
  • Hadn’t realized Karen Hinton, of Chevron-Ecuador suit PR fame, was (now-exiting) flack for NYC Mayor De Blasio [New York Post; Jack Fowler/NRO]
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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/05/environment-roundup-33/feed/ 3     Because bad things keep happening to her https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/arizona-ada-complaints/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/arizona-ada-complaints/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2016 05:15:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=57648 “Since the beginning of 2015, three plaintiffs have brought more than 200 lawsuits against Arizona hotels, retailers and restaurants alleging American with Disabilities Act accessibility violations. One of the three, Theresa Brooke, has filed 151 of the 237 total ADA lawsuits that aren’t related to employment. These suits, brought mainly in Arizona by two law […]

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    ]]>     “Since the beginning of 2015, three plaintiffs have brought more than 200 lawsuits against Arizona hotels, retailers and restaurants alleging American with Disabilities Act accessibility violations. One of the three, Theresa Brooke, has filed 151 of the 237 total ADA lawsuits that aren’t related to employment. These suits, brought mainly in Arizona by two law firms, allege the defendants’ premises aren’t in compliance with ADA standards.” She is represented by Phoenix attorney Peter Strojnik. [Laura Wilcoxen, Legal NewsLine]

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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2016/02/arizona-ada-complaints/feed/ 1     May 6 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/05/may-6-roundup-3/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/05/may-6-roundup-3/#comments Wed, 06 May 2015 04:05:27 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=52637 Investigate the federal judge’s wife? Pretty much the sort of stunt you’d expect from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio [Arizona Republic, Phoenix New Times, ABA Journal, Coyote, our coverage of Arpaio over the years] “State ‘Competitor Veto’ Laws and the Right to Earn a Living” [Tim Sandefur, Mercatus] Mississippi lawyer Dickie Scruggs gives first post-prison […]

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  • Investigate the federal judge’s wife? Pretty much the sort of stunt you’d expect from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio [Arizona Republic, Phoenix New Times, ABA Journal, Coyote, our coverage of Arpaio over the years]
  • “State ‘Competitor Veto’ Laws and the Right to Earn a Living” [Tim Sandefur, Mercatus]
  • Mississippi lawyer Dickie Scruggs gives first post-prison interview [Jackson Clarion-Ledger]
  • New book by Judge and former Senator James Buckley makes case for eliminating federal grants to states [George Leef, Jonathan Adler; podcast interview, Liberty and Law]
  • Neo-prohibitionists having conniptions over prospect of beer/Ben-&-Jerry’s combo [Baylen Linnekin]
  • Priceless comment thread on value-of-law-school debate with Orin Kerr trying to talk patient off ledge [PrawfsBlawg]
  • Big D.C. plaintiff’s injury firm can’t collect on insurance after not disclosing potential claim [Judy Greenwald, Business Insurance]
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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/05/may-6-roundup-3/feed/ 1     Feds to Arpaio: give back that Pentagon gear https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/09/feds-arpaio-give-back-pentagon-gear/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/09/feds-arpaio-give-back-pentagon-gear/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:32:30 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=48268 Maricopa County (Phoenix) Sheriff and longtime Overlawyered mentionee Joe Arpaio did not keep close track of the military-grade gear the Pentagon gave him — in fact, his office seems to have lost some of it — and now the feds are lowering the boom: “Because of the agency’s continued failure to locate nine missing weapons […]

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    ]]>     Maricopa County (Phoenix) Sheriff and longtime Overlawyered mentionee Joe Arpaio did not keep close track of the military-grade gear the Pentagon gave him — in fact, his office seems to have lost some of it — and now the feds are lowering the boom: “Because of the agency’s continued failure to locate nine missing weapons issued by the Pentagon’s 1033 program, the Sheriff’s Office was terminated from the military-­surplus program, effective immediately. The agency is required to return its cache of issued firearms, helicopters and other gear within 120 days.” Arizona Republic reporter Megan Cassidy quotes me regarding the interesting timing of the announcement, following closely after events in Ferguson, Mo. helped stir a nationwide furor over the 1033 program. It’s not specified (h/t Lauren Galik) whether they’ll have to give back the hot dog machine and $3,500 popcorn machine.

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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2014/09/feds-arpaio-give-back-pentagon-gear/feed/ 9     Public employment roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/public-employment-roundup-4/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/public-employment-roundup-4/#comments Fri, 13 Dec 2013 04:05:33 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=42553 Detroit: pension trustees’ sins come home to roost [Steve Malanga, City Journal; Aaron Renn/Urbanophile; Steven Greenhut (CALPERS next?)] Role of binding arbitration [Malanga, IBD] Since declaring bankruptcy San Bernardino has given police $2 million in raises [Scott Shackford] Twenty-eight members of Santa Monica police force made more than $200K last year [Ira Stoll, Future of […]

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  • Detroit: pension trustees’ sins come home to roost [Steve Malanga, City Journal; Aaron Renn/Urbanophile; Steven Greenhut (CALPERS next?)] Role of binding arbitration [Malanga, IBD]
  • Since declaring bankruptcy San Bernardino has given police $2 million in raises [Scott Shackford] Twenty-eight members of Santa Monica police force made more than $200K last year [Ira Stoll, Future of Capitalism] “Do other big city balance sheets resemble Detroit’s?” [Public Sector Inc.]
  • Phoenix firefighters sue insurance company over workers’ comp denials [ABC 15]
  • Under new California law, county worker who stole $360,000 may forfeit pension [San Diego Union-Tribune]
  • “Crime Rate in Camden, NJ Going Down After Unionized Police Force Sacked” [Ed Krayewski, Reason (“On any given day, 30 percent of the force was absent because of the liberal sick policies.”)]
  • Trying to drop one’s membership in the Michigan Education Association can be a long-drawn business [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner]
  • Lawrence Harmon, Boston Globe; Police unions fight to protect even worst of bad apples [Greenhut, City Journal on California and use of “Brady lists”]
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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2013/12/public-employment-roundup-4/feed/ 1     August 23 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/08/july-7-roundup-2/ Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:08:12 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=30917 Cross-examination could be awkward: “Top Nevada Court Says Attorney Son Can Represent Dad in Divorce From Mom” [ABA Journal] “Phoenix Woman Ordered to Not Give Out Water in 112 Degree Heat Because She Lacked a Permit” [Doherty, Reason] Admitting no guilt, Yale capitulates to feds’ Title IX probe, promises crackdown on sexual “climate” [YAM, earlier […]

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  • Cross-examination could be awkward: “Top Nevada Court Says Attorney Son Can Represent Dad in Divorce From Mom” [ABA Journal]
  • “Phoenix Woman Ordered to Not Give Out Water in 112 Degree Heat Because She Lacked a Permit” [Doherty, Reason]
  • Admitting no guilt, Yale capitulates to feds’ Title IX probe, promises crackdown on sexual “climate” [YAM, earlier here, here, etc.]
  • Citing “egregious” ethics lapse, judge denies McGuireWoods fees in BarBri antitrust case [NLJ]
  • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act probe of retailers? [Reuters, FCPA Professor] FCPA piggyback shareholder suits falter [D&O Diary]
  • Obama has postponed a slew of new regulations until after November, and they’re a costly lot [Rob Portman, WSJ]
  • Fifth Circuit rejects challenge to sentencing in Paul Minor case [YallPolitics, background]
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    ]]>         January 5 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/january-5-roundup-3/ https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/january-5-roundup-3/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:57:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=26560 Big business vs. free markets again: light bulb makers “fuming” over GOP effort to restore consumer choice [Sullum] Large grocery chains like DC’s bag tax [Tim Carney] Eeeuw! Bystander can sue train fatality victim whose body part flew through air and hit her [Chicago Tribune] “Recommended Cell-Phone Ban Comes as ‘Shocking,’ ‘Heavy-Handed’ To Some” [Josh […]

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  • Big business vs. free markets again: light bulb makers “fuming” over GOP effort to restore consumer choice [Sullum] Large grocery chains like DC’s bag tax [Tim Carney]
  • Eeeuw! Bystander can sue train fatality victim whose body part flew through air and hit her [Chicago Tribune]
  • “Recommended Cell-Phone Ban Comes as ‘Shocking,’ ‘Heavy-Handed’ To Some” [Josh Long, V2M]
  • “Exploding churros are newspaper’s fault, Chilean court rules” [AP]
  • In New Jersey and North Carolina, GOP friends of trial bar block legal reform bills [Armstrong Williams, Washington Times]
  • Kozinski vs. ill-prepared lawyer in case of Sheriff Arpaio vs. newspaper that covered him [The Recorder; Phoenix New Times case]
  • Federal judges block cuts to in-home personal care services in California, Washington [Disability Law, San Francisco Chronicle, KQED]
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    ]]>     https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/01/january-5-roundup-3/feed/ 4     Fall speaking (and your chance to book): Chicago, S.C., Denver… https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/10/fall-speaking-and-your-chance-to-book-chicago-s-c-denver/ Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:02:50 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24944 I’m currently planning speaking trips that will take me to Chicago Nov. 7-8, Greenville, S.C. Dec. 7, Denver Dec. 13, and possibly Phoenix Dec. 1. If you’ve got a speaker’s series or organization that’s in one of these places or an easy travel jump away, consider saving on travel expenses by booking me for a […]

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    ]]>     I’m currently planning speaking trips that will take me to Chicago Nov. 7-8, Greenville, S.C. Dec. 7, Denver Dec. 13, and possibly Phoenix Dec. 1. If you’ve got a speaker’s series or organization that’s in one of these places or an easy travel jump away, consider saving on travel expenses by booking me for a talk around these dates. You can contact me directly at editor – [at] – overlawyered – dot – com or Diane Morris at the Cato Institute: dmorris – [at] – cato – dot – org.

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    ]]>         September 21 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/09/september-21-roundup-3/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:39:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24681 Free-Range Kids highlight roundup: Tenn. mom faces child neglect charges if she lets her 5th grader ride bike to school (more); “An Alert for an 11-y.o. Missing for 2 Hours?“; “As recently as 1979, a first-grader could…” Political crusades against chain stores are nothing new [Perry] “Are You a Surgeon? Sorry, You’re Going to Face […]

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  • Free-Range Kids highlight roundup: Tenn. mom faces child neglect charges if she lets her 5th grader ride bike to school (more); “An Alert for an 11-y.o. Missing for 2 Hours?“; “As recently as 1979, a first-grader could…”
  • Political crusades against chain stores are nothing new [Perry]
  • “Are You a Surgeon? Sorry, You’re Going to Face a Malpractice Claim By Age 65” [WSJ Health Blog] Was patient an “obvious” stroke victim? [Duluth N-T via WhiteCoat] Malpractice risks with special needs patients [KevinMD]
  • Ethics trial begins for former Maricopa County attorney and Overlawyered favorite Andrew Thomas [ABA Journal]
  • Has defense lawyer in Connecticut home invasion case gone too far? [NYT]
  • “Reason.tv: Regulation and the Entrepreneur”
  • “A Decade After 9/11, Police Departments Are Increasingly Militarized” [Balko, Hinkle, more]
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