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26 May 2017, 3:05 am by Walter Olson
Jarrett Dieterle, City Journal] If concept of obstruction of justice is not to do injustice itself, it must be confined to a limited number of well-defined offenses [Tim Lynch, Cato] “Drug recognition experts” deployed at traffic stops have a reliability problem, and that can put innocent people behind bars [11Alive Atlanta, Ed Krayewski] Zero-tolerance THC: Unimpaired driver gets six months for fatal crash she did not cause [Jacob Sullum] New York Senate approves bill to make… [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 2:45 pm by Barbara Moreno
  New Books ADMIRALTY Irus Braverman and Elizabeth R. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 11:04 pm
Elizabeth Holland, Suffolk University Law School in Boston, for "Holder v. [read post]
11 Sep 2018, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
Others followed [PolitiFact; Glenn Kessler, Washington Post “Fact Checker” (four Pinocchios); our earlier encounters with Harris on truancy laws and the Moonlight Fire case, and see also Elizabeth Nolan Brown] Some critics charged Kavanaugh with not answering truthfully in several lines of questioning; David Lat responds with explanations regarding Judge Bill Pryor’s nomination, MemoGate, and NSA surveillance. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Down comes the pediatrician’s wall of baby pictures, another HIPAA casualty [Anemona Hartocollis/NY Times, resulting letters to the editor, earlier, NPR with somewhat different slant] Had the Washington Post stayed on story of Maryland health exchange fiasco, it might have held power to account [my Free State Notes] FDA rules requiring that certain drugs be kept out of hands of anyone but patients may inadvertently establish monopoly for some off-patent compounds [Derek Lowe via Alex… [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 3:05 am by Walter Olson
Nadine Strossen, David Forte, Michael McConnell, and David Rabban, moderated by Judge Carlos Bea; Sad day for liberal Netherlands tradition of free political opinion [CNN on conviction of Geert Wilders, leader of prominent political party] More Euro speech-throttling: France mulls ban on anti-abortion websites (only) that “mislead” or “manipulate” [Guardian] Judge grants motions to dismiss, and to strike as SLAPP, the suit in California demanding “R” ratings… [read post]
28 May 2019, 2:59 am by Walter Olson
Gershman, and Clark Neily; “Florida lawmakers just voted to create a public registry of people caught paying or attempting to pay for sex….it will certainly transfer private money to the state, give bureaucrats something to do, and provide the public with people to gawk at and judge” [Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason] Wisconsin: “County Pays $90,000 Settlement To Man After Seizing $80,000 Judgment From Him Using 24 Deputies And An Armored Vehicle”… [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
“Nassau’s top cop orders retraining of officers who write fewest tickets” [Newsday via @GoLongIsland] Maryland House passes forfeiture reform 81-54, with nearly all GOPers voting against the property rights side [my Free State Notes post, Maryland Reporter and more (Baltimore County Del. and former police officer John Cluster “said he hadn’t seen a single case of abuse in his time”), Jason Boisvert] “Quiet change expands ATF power to seize… [read post]
26 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Department of Labor will seek comment on whether employers should be liable for overtime when non-exempt employees use company-issued mobile devices after hours [Daniel Schwartz] Yes, the Gig Economy is piecework, no, there isn’t anything particularly horrible about that [Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View] House panel blasts DoL regs prescribing overtime for junior managers [Littler, House Small Business] The madness of King Andrew: Cuomo’s $15 minimum wage would amount to 90% of the… [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
His legacy on the Fourth Amendment [Jonathan Blanks, Cato] On canines in the curtilage and the Bill of Rights more generally [Jacob Sullum] Labor and employment law bloggers on his passing [Jon Hyman] Immune to internationalist argle-bargle, Scalia was actually one of SCOTUS’s more cosmopolitan members [Julian Ku/Opinio Juris] Los Angeles joins San Francisco and Boston in banning chewing tobacco in Dodger Stadium and every other park and stadium in the city, because it can [Curbed LA] … [read post]
5 Apr 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [EFF on stalled California bill to ban “fake news,” introduced by Assemblymember Ed Chau (D-Monterey Park)] “Germany approves bill curbing online hate crime, fake news” [AP/Yahoo, earlier] “Another Free Speech Win In Libel Lawsuit Disguised As A Trademark Complaint” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt; criticism of doctor’s experimental treatment methods] Punching a hole out of Section 230: new “sex trafficking” bill could have far-reaching… [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 3:02 am by Walter Olson
[Conor Friedersdorf] Neighborhood police checkpoints employed in West Baltimore for several days in November, yet in 2009 DC Circuit, via conservative Judge Sentelle, found them unconstitutional [Colin Campbell and Talia Richman, Baltimore Sun; Elizabeth Janney, Patch] What should be done to address rising crime rates? [read post]
15 Apr 2020, 3:11 am by Walter Olson
” And that was terrible news for anyone in the business of trying to build public health stockpiles — of vaccines, equipment, PPE — that might be needed in a contagious-disease emergency [John Berlau, CEI] Better than compulsory purchase orders: “Using Purchase Guarantees and Targeted Deregulation to Boost Production of Essential Medical Equipment” [Caleb Watney and Alec Stapp, Mercatus Center] Flashpoints include drive-in services, curfews, ID and quarantine of… [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 1:54 pm by LTA-Editor
Former Editor-in-Chief Evan Brown wrote the second article, “Fixed Perspectives: The Evolving Contours of the Fixation Requirement in Copyright Law. [read post]
29 Jun 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [Steven Boranian/D&DLaw, Sidley, Steve McConnell/D&DLaw (False Claims Act angle, with much background on that law generally)] “23andMe Closer to FDA Approval” [Matthew Feeney/Cato, earlier] FDA guidance could foreclose most use of tweets, Google ads and other character-limited vehicles in pharmaceutical promotion [Jeffrey Wasserstein/FDA Law Blog, Elizabeth N. [read post]
18 May 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Brown] “Longer Pub Hours, Fewer Car Accidents in England and Wales” [James Schneider, Econlib] Sally Satel on the benefits of e-cigarettes [AEI Ideas video] “The FDA Says E-Cigarettes Are Less Harmful Than Smoking” [Jason Koebler, Vice Motherboard] Tweet Tags: Michael Bloomberg, public health, tobaccoPaternalism roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Our post on the closure of California’s Westover Winery following punitive fines for letting customers volunteer continues to draw interesting comments, including one from a reader identifying himself as William Smyth, owner of the winery; FDA comes out with revised proposed FSMA rules, a preliminary look [AP] Agency only partially backs off restrictions on use of spent brewing grains as animal feed [Elizabeth Brown/Reason, WLF, earlier] “Cottage food” law… [read post]