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13 Sep 5:32 pm
No one is complaining and far be it from me to do so, but purely as an (um) academic matter, is there anything improper in the fact that as solicitor general Ted Olson successfully defended McCain-Feingold against constitutional challenge, and now in Citizens United, he's claiming at least part of it is not
constitutional? Is this possible because as SG he did not argue about this part specifically but the broader bill?
30 Nov, 2007 9:05 pm
The high-profile Los Angeles attorney, who's made frequent appearances in these pages, is headed to federal prison following his conviction for tax evasion, money laundering and
bankruptcy fraud (see Jun. 24). U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson chided Yagman for testimony "so transparently untrue in so many areas."
(Scott Glover, "Attorney Yagman sentenced to 3 years for tax evasion, fraud", Los Angeles Times, Nov. 28). Best known for his lawsuits against police departments, the much- ...
6 Sep 6:27 am
... and Corrupt Organizations violations". Kramer, a self-styled "tester", has been plaintiff in more than 100 actions under the ADA. [Andrew Longstreth, American Lawyer] More on
"Disabled Patriots of America" group: Charlie Deitch, Pittsburgh City Paper. Tags: ADA filing mills, Cleveland, Pittsburgh Related posts January 2001 archives, part 1 (0) January 2000
archives, part 1 (0) Wisconsin ADA suits, cont'd (0) Welcome Financial Week readers (0) Update: Stephen Yagman draws three-year sentence (0)
9 Nov 10:55 am
... to charges that he aided a scheme in which other defendants allegedly 'busted out' small businesses by pretending to buy them, then draining their assets before the deals were
completed." [Louisville Courier-Journal via ABA Journal] Tags: bankruptcy, ethics, Kentucky Related posts Lawyer: guess maybe we burned that fee documentation (3) Update:
Stephen Yagman draws three-year sentence (0) Update: Calif. ADA lawyer suspended (0) Putnam County Hospital update (0) October 2000 archives,
part 3 (0)
23 Jun, 2007 10:14 pm
A jury has convicted prominent attorney Stephen Yagman, who's prospered greatly filing police-misconduct and civil-rights lawsuits in Los
Angeles, of 19 counts of attempted tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors said Yagman led a lavish lifestyle while declaring bankruptcy, hiding assets from
creditors, and failing to pay payroll tax. ("Famed SoCal civil rights attorney found guilty of tax fraud", AP/Riverside Press-Enterprise, Jun. 22; Patterico, Jun. 22 and Jun. 23 ( ...
24 Sep, 2007 10:52 pm
... on greeting card, he wants $7.5 million [Roanoke Times; earlier] More class actions filed over Apple iPhone [Ars Technica on roaming and battery claims, O'Grady's PowerPage,
iPhoneWorld; earlier] L.A. Times quotes attorney Stephen Yagman on prison overcrowding, but forgets to mention that he was lately convicted of
thirteen felonies [Patterico] Bad idea watch: compulsory national service [Somin @ Volokh] Doing well representing the little guy: Gerry Spence lists his Wyoming residence for sale ...
6 Oct, 2007 10:13 pm
... 22 item: Madison County, Ill. Circuit Judge Andy Matoesian has dismissed without prejudice a racketeering suit brought by class action lawyers against outside class members and
lawyers who'd raised objections to the alleged inadequacy of a settlement. Attorneys Stephen Swedlow and Stephen Tillery, who'd reached a $63.8 million settlement with GlaxoSmithKline over its marketing of the drug Paxil, claimed the objections of lawyers N.
Albert Bacharach, Jr. and Paul S. Rothstein and citizen Lillian ...
1 Dec, 2006 9:04 pm
From his syndicated column ("Obliging the Entertainment Industry Poobahs", Newhouse, Nov. 29): Think of all the unauthorized copyrighted material you have in your head right now:
Beatles tunes, Stephen King plots, images of Mickey Mouse. Thief! Well, you're not exactly a criminal -- but give it time. The Digital
Millennium Copyright Act has just been amended again, and if the changes make the entertainment industry happy, that does not bode well for your future. Tomorrow the law may be amended
...
3 Dec, 2006 9:09 pm
Ted isn't the only one who found the committee's actual policy recommendations to be rather weak tea, given the report's alarming diagnosis of flagging U.S. financial competitiveness.
(Given that Floyd Norris and Stephen Labaton at the Times are going to...
1 Jan, 2007 9:21 pm
From the United Kingdom: "A devout Christian who said an accident at work boosted his libido and wrecked his marriage as he turned to prostitutes and pornography was awarded more than 3
million pounds in damages [last month]. Stephen Tame, 29, from Suffolk, suffered severe head injuries in a fall, transforming him from a loyal
newlywed into a 'disinhibited' character who had two affairs." (Reuters, Dec. 19; Rajeev Syal, "Man whose head injury inflamed his sex drive wins £3.2m payout", Times ...
4 Jan, 2007 9:05 pm
Bill Dyer (Dec. 30), following up on Stephen Bainbridge (Dec. 28), has some thoughts about "whether Edwards' career as a lawyer who primarily
represented plaintiffs in personal injury cases is, by itself, a factor that ought to cut against his being President." Along the way, he has some kind things to say about the authors
of this site, which are much appreciated. The question of what sort of pro bono work Sen. Edwards did during his legal career has also been getting attention recently (as in ...
15 Jan, 2007 1:43 pm
Edward Whelan deems it "thoroughly scandalous":In sum, [ABA committee chair Roberta] Liebenbergs sworn testimony that This is not a process where Mr. Tober [Stephen Tober, a longtime Wallace adversary] had any role whatsoever in the evaluation or the vote, and...
25 Jan, 2007 5:47 am
Richmond, Va.: "A high school art teacher has hired the ACLU to challenge his firing after a video of him moonlighting as a 'butt-printing artist' was widely circulated among his high
school students." Stephen Murmer was fired from his job at Monacan High School. (Matt Reed, "Backside artist to challenge firing",
AP/ABCNews.com, Jan. 24).
4 May, 2007 7:55 am
Just out in The American: our own Jim Copland pokes some holes in New York Times reporter Stephen Labaton's supposed expose of lax enforcement
practices at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration:...heres the rub: under Bushs tenure, American workplaces have...
6 May, 2007 10:16 pm
According to the Madison County Record, attorney Stephen Tillery has teamed up with Judge Nicholas Byron in an attempt to revive the Price v.
Philip Morris class action arising from the marketing of "light" cigarettes, which resulted in a $10...
4 Jun, 2007 7:27 am
Class-action potentate Stephen Tillery since 2002 has been suing computer giant Dell in the courts of the famous little Illinois county,
arguing (among other things) that it's unconscionable for Dell to have put its terms and conditions of sale, which...
4 Jul, 2007 10:18 pm
Famed Texas trial lawyer Stephen Susman, in the Dallas Morning News (via WSJ law blog):Youre going to see some really serious exposure on the
part of companies that are emitting CO2. And: I cant say for sure its going to...
6 Jul, 2007 10:05 pm
Stephen Dunne, 30, flunked the Massachusetts bar exam and now says it was because he refused on principle to answer an exam question concerning
the rights of two married lesbians, their children and property. He claims the hypothetical, which concludes with the question "What are the rights of Mary and Jane?", violated his
First Amendment rights and served as a "screening device" to exclude persons like himself who disapprove on religious grounds of the state's gay marriage law. "But Boston ...
10 Aug, 2007 10:06 pm
From, among many other sites over the past week or two, the Freakonomics Blog, Stephen Bainbridge @ Andrew Sullivan's, Michelle Malkin, Dr.
Wes, and (examine the links closely) Declan McCullagh.
6 Sep, 2007 10:02 pm
In our newest featured column, UCLA law professor and Point of Law contributor (and prominent law blogger) Stephen Bainbridge says impending
lawsuits seeking to exact damages for global warming are "a classic example of why tort reform is a pressing...
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