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22 Nov 2006, 5:48 am
So says Newsweek, which reports on the victims' families' attempts to find out more about the deal Simpson made with Fox and Reganbooks.... [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 4:02 pm
Embodiment of evil TV host Nancy Grace has been sued by the parents of Melinda Duckett, the mother of a missing boy. [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 7:52 am
Via Overlawyered, a Washington Post story noting (outside the litigation context) the concept of warning dilution, though it also notes some strategies for avoiding warnings becoming part of the background:Regularly changing the look and sound of public announcements and billboards... [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 6:18 am
A couple of years ago, after my first go-round of grading Torts exams, I wrote a piece for Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground. [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 4:54 am
The first article addressing Murphy v. [read post]
20 Nov 2006, 11:13 am
Okay, no, it's not. [read post]
20 Nov 2006, 5:30 am
As TortsProfs Blog pointed out, " I didn't see a single exit poll that included litigation reform as a common (or even uncommon) response to open-ended questions: ‘Asked which issues were extremely important to their vote, 42 percent said corruption and ethics; 40 percent, terrorism; 39 percent, the economy; 37 percent, Iraq; 36 percent, values; and 29 percent, illegal immigration.'" (CNN; see also Gallup's Top Ten, which does include healthcare… [read post]
19 Nov 2006, 12:15 pm
TaxProf has one possible answer to my earlier questions about OJ Simpson's new book and his efforts to avoid payments to the Goldman family.... [read post]
16 Nov 2006, 5:23 pm
This morning, I read this USA Today story (hey, I'm in a hotel) about the execrable forthcoming OJ Simpson book If I Did It, and noticed this:Simpson has failed to pay the $33.5 million judgment against him in the civil... [read post]
15 Nov 2006, 4:33 am
Julie Hilden has a Writ column criticizing the dismissal of Britney Spears's complaint against Us Weekly; if you get to defamation in your Torts class, (a) I'm jealous, and (b) it's worth reading. [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 7:41 am
Thanks to AboveTheLaw: I almost wish I could teach Evidence, just to use that video.... [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 3:59 am
The National Law Journal has another take (h/t Overlawyered).... [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 12:55 pm
TortsProf Blog: Loaded, Meet Question An interesting, but ultimately pretty empty, poll released by the Institute for Legal Reform (via Overlawyered.) [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 9:47 am
A ways back, I posted a link to a YouTube video of Joe Jamail taking a deposition that got a bit out of hand. [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 9:21 am
Couple of updates: Stephanie Mencimer (of The Tortellini) has an article, inspired at least in part by the Chamber of Commerce poll I posted about last week, discussing the prospects for various litigation reforms in the new Congress. [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 6:28 am
Check out this post at the Law School Innovations blog.... [read post]
12 Nov 2006, 9:50 am
Dan Zegart at The Nation has a piece [sub. req.] about the FDA in the 11/20 issue. [read post]
11 Nov 2006, 1:25 pm
David Hyman (Illinois) and Charles Silver (Texas) have a new SSRN paper reflecting their Vanderbilt Law Review article, Medical Malpractice Litigation and Tort Reform: It's the Incentives, Stupid. [read post]
10 Nov 2006, 11:45 am
BP has settled the claim that was on the verge of going to trial relating to the tragedy at their Texas City refinery. [read post]
9 Nov 2006, 8:06 pm
The Smoking Gun tells you why and has the complaint:In a Court of Common Pleas lawsuit, Robert and Angela Stokes charge that they were driving last May (Mother's Day, to be exact) on I-75 in Toledo when Greyhound Bus No.... [read post]
