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13 Feb 2011, 6:15 am by Walter Olson
Rules for Growth: Promoting Innovation and Growth Through Legal Reform is new book from Kauffman Foundation in which “formidable” contributors including Henry Butler, George Priest, and Peter Schuck prescribe pro-growth policy changes across a variety of fields [available at Kauffman or on SSRN via contributor Larry Ribstein, Diana Furchtgott-Roth/Real Clear Markets] Nick Farr is awfully apologetic (not really) for saying those mean things about Hot Coffee, the new… [read post]
23 May 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [Nick Farr, Abnormal Use] Tags: ADA filing mills, animals, attorneys general, California, law schools, libel slander and defamation, product liability, Texas May 24 roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Sometimes defendants actually are negligent [Nick Farr/Abnormal Use, earlier here and many others] Tags: arbitration, asbestos, Chicago, class actions, discovery, forum shopping, hot coffee, Stella LiebeckLiability roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
21 Jun 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Consumer class action alleges substitution of squid for canned octopus [Nick Farr, Abnormal Use] Those who knowingly send texts that distract drivers could face liability in Pennsylvania [ABA Journal] Zach Graves, “Optometrists Push For State Laws Blocking Online Eye Exams” [TechDirt] D.C. [read post]
20 Oct 2007, 6:44 pm
Photo: Nick Farr, photographed by Technochick [read post]
11 Mar 2012, 9:01 pm by Jim Dedman
Scheine, a denizen of both the stage and screen, shares some behind the scenes memories with our own Nick Farr. [read post]
28 Jan 2011, 2:30 am by Jim Dedman
The Pop Tort's philippic, written under the pseudonym "Joe Consumer," calls our writer Nick Farr's story a "sorry attempt to slam" the film and part of "a dirty corporate disinformation campaign" all concocted by a "corporate lawyer" attempting to relitigate the famed case. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 4:30 am by Nick Farr
[Editor's note: This Dallas Cowboys lawsuit was of such great interest to us that we decided that both Steve Buckingham and Nick Farr, fine writers of this site, should comment upon it. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 4:30 am by Jim Dedman
 Our own writer Nick Farr was a guest on KUCI-FM‘s “The Docket” to discuss the legacy of My Cousin Vinny. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 4:15 am by Jim Dedman
 Rest assured that our writer Nick Farr is on the case and will be burning the midnight oil tonight to offer his commentary to you first thing tomorrow. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 9:10 pm by Walter Olson
Rauner who broke rule re: not mentioning lawyers’ campaign cash to judges [Chicago Daily Law Bulletin] “New York’s Asbestos Court Mulls Changes After Sheldon Silver Scandal” [Daniel Fisher] “‘Judicial malpractice’ not to probe court tied to Silver: Judge” [New York Post] Let’s all panic about arsenic in wine, or maybe let’s all not [Nick Farr, Abnormal Use (“The highest arsenic levels cited in the lawsuit are… [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 4:30 am by Jim Dedman
Associate Frances Zacher took the place of Dan a few months ago, and starting next week, associate Nick Farr will assume responsibility for Mary's beat on the blog. [read post]
10 Jul 2012, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Alvarez, the Stolen Valor case [Eugene Volokh] Ruling could benefit commercial speakers in cases like Nike [Richard Samp, WLF] Controversial cartoonist sends many takedown demands to critics who reproduce her work in the course of criticizing it [Rob Beschizza, BoingBoing, Popehat] Interview with Charles Brownstein, who directs the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund [Nick Farr, Abnormal Use] “Even pointing people toward that blog could constitute further defamation. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [Arnold Kling] New research (“no consensus among scientists on whether a population-wide reduction of salt was associated with better health outcomes”) could be blow to Gotham’s sodium regulation cause [Dan Goldberg, Politico New York] “Suit Halts NYC’s Misguided Restaurant Salt Warning Labels” [Linnekin] Lawyers in hot coffee suits still pushing “unreasonably high holding temperature” theories [Nick Farr, Abnormal Use,… [read post]
3 Sep 2012, 4:30 am by Jim Dedman
Rest assured that our own Nick Farr is on the case in attempting to bring together those two topics for discussion on these pages. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 4:30 am by Jim Dedman
After our own Nick Farr’s piece earlier this week on the new Dunkin’ Donuts sweet coffee lawsuit, how could we not link this story from Findlaw’s Legal Grounds blog about a group of Massachusetts robbers who inadvertently stole a bag of donuts instead of a bag of cash? [read post]
29 Oct 2010, 4:30 am by Jim Dedman
So, to celebrate the occasion, we asked two of our contributors (and our non-blogger associate Nick Farr) to share their thoughts on the movies they fear most. [read post]
5 Apr 2024, 6:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal From Pizzagate to the 2020 Election: Forcing liars to pay or apologize Las Vegas Sun – Elizabeth Williamson (New York Times) | Published: 4/2/2024 Michael Gottlieb, a partner at the firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher and a former associate counsel in the Obama White House, is at the forefront of a small but growing cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest areas of the law, as a weapon against a tide of political disinformation. [read post]
2 Dec 2011, 1:30 am by Jim Dedman
Special thanks must go out to our contributors Steve Buckingham, Nick Farr, and Frances Zacher, as well as alumni Mary Giorgi and Laura Simons. [read post]