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27 May 2011, 4:38 am
Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination Court dismisses the age bias claims of a pistol-packin’ old cripple – from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog 9 signs that you’ll lose your age discrimination case – from Employment and Labor Insider “Ex-Colts cheerleader sues team over nude body-paint photos” – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Another EEOC Lawsuit Is Rejected – from… [read post]
12 Jan 2022, 4:11 am
“We have to keep in mind that whatever tools we create are going to be used by people whose cases are not quite as strong,” Walter Olson, a litigation expert at the Cato Institute, told me. [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 3:46 am
As Walter Olson notes in Schools of Misrule, though in relation to the dreaded liberal causes, the heads of future leaders are being filled with political crap masquerading as law in order to satisfy the personal agendas of lawprofs. [read post]
9 Aug 2017, 4:36 am
” As Walter Olson explained, there is a regulatory regime that compels companies to take a defensive posture when exposed to claims of a hostile work environment. [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 9:44 pm
From the standpoint of use of social media in courts, I think Walter Olson sums it up best - people probably post stuff on the internet about ongoing legal matters because they think their "personal thoughts" are not discoverable or usable as evidence: I think this really highlights what catches many lawyers and clients by surprise as far as social media: the legal system allows for the use of the personal thoughts of opponents and third parties as… [read post]
10 Oct 2014, 3:09 am
But as Walter Olson notes at Overlawyered, none has been more controversial than gravity knife. [read post]
8 Jan 2008, 2:14 pm
Recent LexBlog Q & A posts: Tom Mighell [1.7.08] Bob Ambrogi [1.4.08] Colette Vogele [1.3.08] Denise Howell [12.21.07] Walter Olson [12.20.07]Or, see our full list of legal blog interviews. [read post]
9 Aug 2022, 5:01 am
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2 Mar 2017, 4:13 am
” Commentary comes from Walter Olson at Cato at Liberty, Ruthann Robson at the Constitutional Law Prof Blog, and Rick Hasen at the Election Law Blog, who argues that the opinion “is more of a punt than a major decision. [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 4:22 am
Two posts from Andrew Bluestone's New York Attorney Malpractice Blog on legal fees when the first hired attorney is discharged, in Attorney Fees and Termination, and More Fee Issues;Legal fees come up in another context, as Walter Olson discusses at Point of Law, this being the issue of government hiring private sector counsel on contingency, setting up a conflict between the neutrality a government attorney must have, and the zealous advocacy that private counsel is… [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 3:45 am
H/T Walter Olson Copyright © 2015 Simple Justice NY, LLC This feed is for personal, non-commercial and Newstex use only. [read post]
26 Oct 2007, 6:03 am
Overlawyered's Walter Olson explains how Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson squared off against each other;And since we're on the subject, tort "reformers" like to blame lawyers for "defensive medicine" that increases health care costs, and sometimes the media picks up their talking points. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 5:55 am
It depends on where they’re located (for now) – from Overtime Advisor Picking off FLSA Plaintiffs – from Employment Class Action Blog Uh-oh: “Telecommuting: The Next Wave of Wage and Hour Litigation” – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Overtime Pay Violations Occur Each Time You Receive A Paycheck Without The Pay You Deserve – from Overtime Lawyer Blog The Use Of Independent Contractors and Immigration – from Rush… [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 2:48 am
Walter Olson lays out the basics: Proponents say the time limit written into the original ERA shouldn’t count because it appeared in the measure’s preamble rather than its main text, and argue that some combination of Congress and the courts are free if they like to count as valid all extensions (whether assented to by a supermajority or by a bare majority), revival measures, and ratification votes taking place at later times, while not counting as… [read post]
8 Jun 2007, 9:18 am
For some other links on this subject from the skeptical side, head over to Walter Olson at Overlawyered;Former SCOTUS nominee, and conservative leader Robert Bork, brought a trip and fall case against the Yale Club, claiming "in excess of $1,000,000," plus punitive damages, plus a couple things he couldn't get no matter how bad the alleged wrongdoing was. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 5:52 am
Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination & Litigation Bad Math = Bad Policy – from Stephanie Thomas’s The Proactive Employer A SAD Story In So Many Very Different Ways – from Michael Fox’s Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer Why Men Matter in the Work-Life Debate – from The Glass Hammer Complaints about management style are not protected activity, per Sixth Circuit – from Sindy Warren at the… [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 5:59 am
– from Suzanne Lucas at BNET The Arizona shootings and your workplace – from Sindy Warren at the Warren & Hays Employment Law Blog Brits to make it easier to hire/fire workers – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Britain to Relax Employment Laws in Effort to Increase Employment – from Workplace Prof Blog Will Your Company’s Non-Competition Agreement Be Enforceable When You Need It? [read post]
6 Oct 2007, 3:55 pm
Walter Olson provides an obit for a lawsuit against "Extreme Makeover" in Overlawyered; Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground offers links to classic (and scary) posts by The Machiavellian Lawyer; and Charon QC describes a striking instance of judicial disdain. [read post]
8 Sep 2012, 2:57 am
In a Cato video, Walter Olson gives a good overview of some of the more outrageous uses of forfeiture. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 5:24 am
– from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog Soft Porn in the Workplace can be Sexual Harassment – from Maryland Employment Law Developments Damning Gay Co-Workers to Hell – from Philip Miles’s Lawffice Space Real Men Don’t Harass Other Men — And If They Do, the Employer Pays the Damages – from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog EEOC’s “Shoot-First, Aim Later” Tactics Result In $751,942 Sanction – from Workplace… [read post]
