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5 Apr 2008, 8:46 pm
Walter Olson rounds up blogosphere reaction to the now-famous “Seidel subpoena,” which kind of underwhelmed me but evidently has everyone else up in arms. [read post]
18 Jun 2007, 5:09 am
(Walter Olson, "The Great American Pants Suit", WSJ, Jun. 18;... [read post]
8 Oct 2009, 1:40 pm
  Walter Olson comments and rounds up some other reactions from the blogosphere. [read post]
20 Feb 2013, 11:00 am by Ron Coleman
  Walter Olson: The patenting of software, in contrast to the patenting of chemical and pharmaceutical compounds, generates relatively high litigation costs and low benefits . . . [read post]
12 Jul 2009, 5:01 pm
Let's kill all the lawyers.Blawg Review #220, by Walter Olson at Overlawyered, the oldest law blog in the blawgosphere. [read post]
10 Oct 2008, 10:15 pm
In kindly linking to my earlier post that mocked NPR's unquestioning acceptance of a plaintiff's claim that her lawsuit was "not about the money," Overlawyered's Walter Olson reveals his archive of "not-about-the-money" claims by plaintiffs. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 6:52 am by Ron Coleman
Now Walter Olson reports that now the RIAA might have to pay attorneys’ fees for going overboard in one of its “sue the phone book” copyright blunderbuss suits. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 5:58 pm by Peter
Overlawyered has published an interesting post written by Walter Olson titled Acrophobic bridge worker protected by ADA: The Seventh Circuit said a bridge worker with fear of heights can proceed with his suit contending the Illinois Department of Transportation should have done more to accommodate his wish to work only on those bridge maintenance tasks that [...] [read post]
19 Jul 2023, 3:05 pm by Dan Tokaji
Walter Olson, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, has this comment on the Arlington (VA) county board’s recent decision not to use ranked-choice voting in its upcoming general election. [read post]
13 Nov 2008, 6:14 am
Here are some blog posts from the (2) weeks that were that might be of interest to class action practitioners: Responses to the October 29 CABWR "Lay Down the Gauntlet" Challenge of the Week Many thanks to Walter Olson at  Point of Law for posting a link to  the “Lay Down the Gauntlet” Challenge of the Week  from the last [...] [read post]
31 Jul 2009, 11:27 am
Walter Olson of PointofLaw.Com writes about a  tax break that is in the works for trial lawyers: [T]he litigation lobby is quietly preparing to push through a $1.6 billion (with a “b”) tax break for contingent-fee lawyers that would let them deduct expenses as made, rather than in the year of settling a suit. [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 12:04 pm
Now Walter Olson reports that now the RIAA might have to pay attorneys’ fees for going overboard in one of its “sue the phone book” copyright blunderbuss suits. [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 3:21 pm
Panelists included Walter Olson of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Prof. [read post]
23 Sep 2023, 2:51 pm by Rick Hasen
Walter Olson at Cato: A more systematic benefit is that campaigns can save money and target their resources more effectively if supporters vote early. [read post]
16 Mar 2007, 7:59 am
I recently read Walter Olson's (Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute) op-ed in Times of London. [read post]
8 Jul 2018, 11:50 am by Jonathan H. Adler
In tomorrow's WSJ, the Cato Institute's Walter Olson explains why the Supreme Court's landmark decision in OBergefell v. [read post]
18 May 2010, 9:48 am by Eric Turkewitz
Walter Olson, long time tort “reformer” and my occasional sparring partner, has moved from the Manhattan Institute (and his home base at Point of Law) to the Cato Institute. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 4:51 am by Jon Hyman
That should make for a start at least. https://t.co/g0QKura7op — Walter Olson (@walterolson) February 21, 2017 Walter did not pull any punches in his book chapter. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 4:51 am by Jon Hyman
That should make for a start at least. https://t.co/g0QKura7op — Walter Olson (@walterolson) February 21, 2017 Walter did not pull any punches in his book chapter. [read post]
3 Sep 2010, 5:32 am by Eric Turkewitz
In a post at Overlawyered, Walter Olson notes an article that says swings sets have been removed from a playground “in part because of lawsuits over injuries. [read post]