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16 May 2009, 4:35 am
An important study in favor was released recently by The Manhattan Institute's Marie Gryphon, supported by many including, of course, her think tank colleague Walter Olson of Overlawyered fame. [read post]
2 Apr 2010, 5:06 am
I applaud the efforts of my co-conspirators, Patrick at Popehat, Orin Kerr at Volokh Conspiracy (obviously, Kerr is a much more experienced conspirator than the rest of us), David Lat and Kash at Above the Law , Doug Mataconis at Below the Beltway, and Walter Olson at Overlawyered, who was there in reserve. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 12:01 am
As an example, Walter Olson on PointofLaw.com noted this headline: "High Profile Plaintiffs Attorneys Start to Beat War Drums Over AIG Bonuses".Even settlement negotiations can partake of the regalia of war, as when Victoria Pynchon of the Settle It Now Negotiation Blog considers the pros and cons of Calabresi on Preemption.Intellectual property is not the sole property of intellectuals, but it can easily sow confusion among those who are not among its… [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 4:43 am
At Overlawyered, Walter Olson points out the clash: * “During a meeting about commissions, minimum wage, and employee breaks [at a Yuma, Ariz. car dealership], an employee lost his temper, angrily calling his supervisors words such as [obscenities omitted]. [read post]
4 Jul 2010, 1:39 pm
Mayor Bloomberg and many others were upset when the verdict was announced last year (as mentioned in my earlier post on this case) and are pleased with the new decision to overturn it (as noted by Walter Olson at Overlawyered). [read post]
24 May 2012, 2:14 pm
UPDATE: Walter Olson finds himself magnetically drawn to this display of Likelihood of Attraction. [read post]
20 May 2011, 5:23 am
Employment Law Update Labor Relations Members of Congress Issue Spanking to NLRB Acting General Counsel – from Labor Relations Institute Senator Alexander (R-TN) and 33 Republican Co-Sponsors Introduce Bill to Clarify Interplay Between NLRA and State Right to Work Laws – from Seth Borden’s Labor Relations Today “NLRB’s Boeing attack is a strike against economic reality” – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Senate Ups… [read post]
19 May 2012, 6:00 am
by An Hertogen This week on Opinio Juris, Chris Borgen posted about Peter Watts’ short story on the legal and ethical questions relating to the use of autonomous aerial combat drones; Julian Ku shared Cato Institute’s Walter Olson’s observations on the revolving door between the UN and the US legal academy; Kevin Heller gave an account of his PhD viva at Leiden; and Roger Alford made us guess which six countries were the focus of the AP Comparative Government… [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 5:08 am
No doubt too, this case will bring up anew discussions among leading writers, academics and think-tankers who, such as Walter Olson, blogging at Overlawyered, often grapple with issues of personal responsibility and comparative fault in injury cases. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 4:58 am
– from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog Attorneys Dancing Around Impact of Gender Identity Discrimination Law – from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Disparate Impact and the Non-Traditional Plaintiff – from Michael Fox’s Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer Supreme Court Weighs Rights Of Parochial-School Teachers – from NPR EEOC vs. the ministerial exception – from Walter Olson’s… [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 9:04 am
If you'd like to see a collection of such outrages, you likely already know where to go -- Walter Olson's Overlawyered where suits against McDonalds for obesity and the like can regularly be found. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 7:38 am
” In an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, David Olson argues that in the wake of Golan v. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 4:29 pm
At dinner, I was seated with Professor Jonathan Alder, of Case Western and the Volokh Conspiracy; his fabulous wife, Christina Adler (also a lawyer turned blogger); Walter Olson, of the Cato Institute and Overlawyered; and Gene Healy, also of Cato, and the author of The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 4:49 pm
Lamenting this type of all too frequent lawsuit, Walter Olson at Overlawyered declares: "This time in Iowa. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 6:54 am
As Walter Olson noted at the time on Overlawyered, the measure enjoyed “widespread support from among both defense interests … and the plaintiffs’ bar, which is perennially embarrassed by news items…” That law was amended because it is, most often, impossible to know the extent of an actual injury soon after it occurs, because the injury has not stabilized and it is too difficult to predict the future at that early point in time. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 3:44 am
At the Cato Institute’s Cato at Liberty blog, Walter Olson discusses TC Heartland LLC v. [read post]
16 May 2009, 4:35 am
An important study in favor was released recently by The Manhattan Institute's Marie Gryphon, supported by many including, of course, her think tank colleague Walter Olson of Overlawyered fame. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 5:15 am
— from Phil Miles’s Lawffice Space “Religious employers must cover pill, Feds say” — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Company's “100% healed” policy does not create per se disability discrimination — from Employment Law Matters Employee Suffering from IBS Allowed to Proceed with Retaliation Claim — from SmartHR Discrimination Claims At EEOC Hit Record Level — from Laconic Law Blog Can you be… [read post]
15 Oct 2010, 6:08 am
Employment Law Update Obesity - Physical characteristic or physical impairment – from GT LE Blog $2 Million Jury Verdict Against a Wisconsin School District For Violating the ADAAA – from Minnesota Labor & Employment Law Blog Record ADA claims should wake up employers – from Jane Lewis Volk at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Litigation Sleight of hand and litigation statistics – from Walter Olson’s… [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 5:30 am
” – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered If Labor Law is so Unfair, Why Then.... [read post]
