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Overlawyered.com commentary
[through mid-June 2003. Items after that date collected
here]:
"A tangled Mississippi web",
Jun. 16-17, 2003; "Mississippi
investigation heats up", May 7, 2003; "'High
court judge had use of condo owned by group that includes trial lawyer'",
Oct. 11-13, 2002; "Rumblings in
Mississippi", Oct. 9-10, 2002.
Sen. Edwards, 2003: "More
on Edwards' law-firm donations", May 8; "Edwards
leads in fund raising", Apr. 7-8; "'Edwards
doesn't tell whole story'", Mar. 4 (& letter
to the editor, Mar. 31). 2002: "'Bush
urges malpractice damage limits'", Jul. 29; "'Edwards'
fund raising a strong suit'", Jul. 18 (& Sept.
3-4); "'The trials of John
Edwards'", May 20-21; "What
big teeth you have, Sen. Edwards", May 1-2; "Trial
lawyer smackdown!", Feb. 20-21. 2001: "Trial
lawyer president?", Mar. 9-11. 2000: The
Veep that got away", Aug. 15.
Politicians' ATM, 2003: "'Lawyers
find gold mine in Phila. pension cases'", Mar. 21-23; "ATLA's
hidden influence", Jan. 21-22. 2002: "Some
election results", Nov. 7; "Campaign
roundup", Nov. 4-5; "Pa. statehouse
race: either way, Big Law wins", Oct. 24; "Trial
lawyers and politics: Michigan, Texas", Oct. 9-10; "Last-minute
friends in Texas politics", Jul. 22-23; "Trial
lawyer smackdown!" (Scruggs vs. Sen. Edwards), Feb. 20-21. 2001:
"Third Circuit cuts class action
fees", Sept. 25-26; "'Trial
lawyers derail Maryland small claims reform'" (Gov. Parris Glendening),
July 25; "Villaraigosa and the
litigation lobby" (Calif. assembly speaker), June 18; "Ness
monster sighted in Narragansett Bay" (Rhode Island contributions by
Ness Motley), June 7; "'Nursing
homes a gold mine for lawyers'" (Fla. lawyer said he probably gave
$1 million to politicians last election cycle), Mar. 13-14; "'Angelos
made rare donation to GOP'" (Sen. Hatch's campaign), Feb. 16-19; "Sen.
Kennedy flies the trial-lawyer skies", Jan. 8. 2000: "O'Quinn
a top Gore recount angel", Dec. 15-17; "California's
lucrative smog refunds" (Lerach and Gov. Gray Davis), Dec. 5; "Friend
to the famous" (Williams Bailey), Oct. 12; "'Money
to burn'" (Ness Motley), Oct. 6-9; "I
know [you] will give $100K when the president vetoes tort reform, but we
really need it now", Sept. 14, 2000 (& more coverage: Sept.
15-17,
Sept. 19); "Clinton's
trial-lawyer speech, cont'd", Aug. 1; "Trial
lawyers give $500,000 as legislation heads to Senate floor", Jun. 14-15;
"Texas tobacco fees" (recycling
into party politics), May 22; "Gore
among friendly crowd (again)", April 12; "Al
Gore among friendly crowd", Mar. 30; "'Trial
Lawyers Pour Money Into Democrats' Chests", Mar. 24-26; "Bill
Clinton among friendly crowd", Feb. 14; "'Tracking
the trial lawyers': a contributions database", Jan. 21-23 (& Sept.
25-26). 1999: "Hurry
with those checks", Dec. 1; "Give,
and receive", Sept. 25-26.
Judicial elections, 2002: "Some
election results", Nov. 7; "Campaign
roundup", Nov. 4-5; "Mudslinging
in Ohio high court races", Nov. 1-3 (& Nov.
4-5); "Ohio's high-stakes
court race", Oct. 16-17; "Judicial
selection, the Gotham way", Oct. 15; "Rumblings
in Mississippi", Oct. 9-10. 2001: "Don't
try rating our judges, or else" (Phila.), Oct. 24-25; "'Philadelphia
judicial elections still linked to cash'", Oct. 12-14; "'Reflections
of a Survivor of State Judicial Election Warfare'" (Justice Robert
Young, Mich.), July 3-4. 2000: "More
election results" (Mich., Ohio), Nov. 9; "Michigan
high court races" (and earlier coverage Aug.
23-25, May 15, May
9, Jan. 31, 2000; Aug.
6, 1999); "Just had to donate"
(Mississippi), Nov. 3-5; "Ohio
high court races", Oct. 30 (and earlier coverage Aug.
18, Aug. 6, 1999); "Campaign
consultants for judges", Aug. 28.
Lobbying clout: "Florida:
'New clout of trial lawyers unnerves legislators'", Mar. 20, 2003;
"Let's go to the tape" (ATLA
lobbies Sen. Grams), Apr. 27, 2000; "House
passes liability reforms", Feb. 24, 2000; "Sixth
most powerful" (Only sixth? Trial lawyers among Washington lobbies),
Dec. 10, 1999; "Calif. state
bar improperly spent dues on politicking", Aug. 25, 1999.
RN, 2003: "'Public
deceit protects lawsuit abuse'", Mar. 15-16; "ATLA's
hidden influence", Jan. 21-22. 2002: "Nader
credibility watch" (calls fast-food restaurants "weapons of mass destruction"),
May 24-26. 2001: "Channeling
Chomsky" (Trade Center attacks), Oct. 22 (& Oct.
1); "Trial lawyers (some of
them) yank Nader funding", Feb. 16-19. 2000: "Election
special: Nader non grata", Nov. 10-12; "Coercive
capitalism?", Nov. 6; "Election
roundup" (Nader "dashboard saint" to trial lawyers), Oct. 23; "RN's
illusions", Sept. 22-24; "Bush-Lieberman
vs. Gore-Nader?", Aug. 14; "Nader
cartoon of the year", Jul. 31; "Nader,
controversial at last", Jun. 13.
"Friends in high places, cont'd"
(Kansas governor), May 5, 2003.
"Politico's law associate suspended
over 'runner' use" (Louisiana), Feb. 14-16, 2003.
"Trial lawyer's purchase of
Alabama governor's house said to be 'arm's-length'", Jan. 7-8, 2003.
"Friends in high places, cont'd",
May 5, 2003; "Gotham's trial lawyer-legislators",
Dec. 13-15, 2002; "Trial lawyers'
clout in Albany", Oct. 4, 2000.
Lawyers as candidates: "To
tame Madison County, pass the Class Action Fairness Act" (Ill. Senate
seat), Jun. 12-15, 2003; "Some
election results", Nov. 7, 2002; "Campaign
roundup", Nov. 4-5; "'Wealthy
candidates give Democrats hope'", Oct. 11-13, 2002; "Trial
lawyer candidates", Jul. 6, 2000 (& update Sept.
15-17: Ciresi defeated in primary bid); "Tort
fortune fuels $3M primary win" (House race in W.V.), May 11, 2000 (&
updates Oct. 23, Nov.
9 (lawyer defeated); "'Lawyer'
label hurts at polls", Dec. 8, 1999.
"'Morales' $1 Million Tobacco
Fee Under Fire'" (Texas), Jul. 15, 2002; "Texas
tobacco fees: Cornyn's battle", Sept. 1-3 (& May
22, 2000, June 21, 2001,
Aug.
29-30, 2001, Nov. 12, 2001).
Congress, 2003: "To
tame Madison County, pass the Class Action Fairness Act" (Ill. Senate
seat), Jun. 12-15. 2002: "Some
election results", Nov. 7; "Campaign
roundup", Nov. 4-5; "Durbin's
electability", Apr. 25. 2001: "'Angelos
made rare donation to GOP'" (Hatch), Feb. 16-19; "Philadelphia
juries pummel doctors" (Sen. Arlen Specter), Jan. 24-25; "Sen.
Kennedy flies the trial-lawyer skies", Jan. 8. 2000: "Litigation
reform: what a Democratic Congress would mean" (comments of Rep. Patrick
Kennedy (D-R.I.)), Nov. 7; "Friend
to the famous" (Williams Bailey), Oct. 12; "Owens
Corning bankrupt" (House Judiciary Democrats), Oct. 6-9; "Veeps
ATLA could love" (Durbin, D-Ill., and Cohen, R-Me.); "Trial
lawyers give $500,000 as legislation heads to Senate floor", June 14-15.
Pres. & Sen. Clinton, 2001: "Humiliation
by litigators as turning point in Clinton affair", May 24; "Push
him into a bedroom, hand him a script" (Bill's testimonial for tobacco
lawyers), March 9-11. 2000: "Friend
to the famous" (Williams Bailey & HRC), Oct. 12; "I
know [you] will give $100K when the president vetoes tort reform, but we
really need it now", Sept. 14, 2000 (& more coverage: Sept.
15-17, Sept. 19); "Clinton's
trial-lawyer speech, cont'd", Aug. 1 (& "a footnote", Aug.
2); "Clinton's date with
ATLA", Jul. 31; "Bill
Clinton among friendly crowd", Feb. 14. 1999: "Gun
litigation: a helpful in-law" (Hugh Rodham surfaces as middleman in
gun cases), Oct. 25; and see 2000 campaign.
State attorneys general, 2002: "Some
election results", Nov. 7; "Campaign
roundup", Nov. 4-5; "Spitzer
riding high" (N.Y.), Jun. 17-18; "Microsoft
case and AG contributions", Apr. 3-4; "Like
father, like daughter?" (Lisa Madigan, Ill.), Jan. 7-8. 2001:
"Vast new surveillance powers
for state AGs?" ("biggest showboaters in American politics"), Sept.
25-26. 2000: "Ness
Motley's aide-Grégoire",
July 17; "Rewarded with
the bench" (Connecticut AG Blumenthal), June 12. 1999:
"Illinois tobacco fees",
Oct. 16-17; "My dear old tobacco-fee
friends" (Kansas attorney general picks her old law firm for lucrative
contract suing tobacco firms), Oct. 11; and see state
tobacco fees.
"Judicializing politics (cont'd)",
Jun. 19-20, 2002; "Unlikely critic
of litigation" (Larry Klayman, Judicial Watch), Apr. 16-17, 2002.
"'"Little" done for firm, Rendell
says'" (law firms provide no-show jobs for politicians), May 9, 2002.
"Texas trial lawyers back GOP
PAC", Mar. 12, 2002.
"Third Circuit cuts class
action fees", Sept. 25-26, 2001; "ABA
thinks it can discourage pay-to-play", Aug. 11, 1999.
"Update: Alabama high court
reverses convction in campaign-tactics case", Jul. 7, 2001; "Update:
Alabama campaign-tactics case", Aug. 31, 2000; "'Bama
bucks", Nov. 16, 1999; "Alabama
story goes national", Sept. 1; "Playing
rough in Alabama", Aug. 26, 1999.
"Chapman, Broder, Kinsley
on patients' rights" (Kinsley: "pretty true" that Democratic Party
in lawyers' pocket), Jun. 28.
"'Lender hit with $71M verdict'"
(Mississippi legislators), Jun. 15-17, 2001.
"'The last tycoon'" (Peter
Angelos), April 12, 2001; "Czar
of Annapolis, and buddy of Fidel", Dec. 9, 1999; "Maryland's
kingmaker", Oct. 19, 1999.
"Trial lawyer heads Family
Research Council", Mar. 2-4, 2001.
Recount battles, 2002: "Campaign
roundup", Nov. 4-5. 2000: "O'Quinn
a top Gore recount angel", Dec. 15-17 (& letters, Dec.
20); "Supreme Court: forget
that recount", Dec. 13-14; "What
was the Florida court thinking?" (Boies-submitted affidavit), Dec.
11-12; "Florida lawyers' day
jobs, cont'd", Dec. 11-12; "Florida's
legal talent, before the Chad War", Dec. 8-10; "Welcome
Mother
Jones readers", Nov. 30; "Follow
instructions, please", Nov. 27; "Votes
only lawyers can see", Nov. 26; "Gore
lawyers mishandled Illinois precedent", Nov. 24-26; "Gore's
point man argued against dimples in 1996", Nov. 22-23; "Descent
into the lawyerclysm" (parody), Nov. 22-23; "The
O.J. trial of politics", Nov. 21; "Flow
control", Nov. 20; "Punch-outs,
Florida style", Nov. 17-19; "Palm
Beach County 'under control'", Nov. 16; "Foreign
press on election mess", Nov. 15; "Election
hangs by a chad", Nov. 13; "Elections
special: litigating our way into a constitutional crisis?", Nov. 10-12;
"Lawyers descend on Florida",
Nov. 9.
White House 2000, campaign: "Mickey
Kaus on constitutional activism", Nov. 10-12; "Election
roundup", Oct. 23; "George
W. Bush on lawsuit reform", Oct. 16-17; "Presidential
debate", Oct. 4; "I
know [you] will give $100K when the president vetoes tort reform, but we
really need it now", Sept. 14, 2000 (& more coverage of call-sheet
affair: Sept. 15-17, Sept.
19, Sept. 27-28); "The
Veep that got away" (Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C.), Aug. 15; "Bush-Lieberman
vs. Gore-Nader?", Aug. 14; "Litigation
reform: the Texas experience", Aug. 11-13; "Senator
Lieberman: a sampler", Aug. 8-9; GOP convention coverage (Aug.
4-7, Aug. 3); "CSE
event in Philly" ("Sharkman"), Aug. 3; "Clinton's
trial-lawyer speech, cont'd", Aug. 1 (& "a footnote", Aug.
2); "Clinton's date with
ATLA", Jul. 31; "No diaries
for Cheney", Jul. 31; "Veeps
ATLA could love", July 7-9; "Not
with our lives you don't" (gun suits as campaign issue), May 9; "Gore
among friendly crowd (again)", April 12; "Emerging
campaign issue: 'brownfields' vs. Superfund lawyers", Apr. 4; "Al
Gore among friendly crowd", Mar. 30; "Bush
unveils legal reform plan", Feb. 18; "Bill
Clinton among friendly crowd", Feb. 14; "GQ
on Gov. Bush, Karl Rove and litigation reform", Jan. 7; and see Ralph
Nader coverage.
"Monitor vote fraud, get sued
for 'intimidation'", Oct. 24, 2000.
"New page on Overlawyered.com:
trial lawyers and politics" (this page launched), Jul. 28-30, 2000.
"Lenzner: 'I think what we
do is practice law'" (private investigator's tactics), Jul. 28-30,
2000.
"Trial lawyers' political
clout", May 8, 2000.
"Progressives' betrayal"
(Jonathan Rauch), Apr. 4, 2000; "Trial
lawyers on trial" (Reader's Digest), Dec. 23-26, 1999; "The
reign of the tort kings", Oct. 26; "Arbitrary
confiscation, from Pskov to Pascagoula" (Michael Barone), Jul. 24,
1999.
"Pro-litigation measures on
California ballot", March 6, 2000 (update Mar.
8: measures defeated).
"From the Spin-To-English
Guide" ("access to justice" rhetoric), Oct. 25, 1999.
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