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30 Jan 2014, 8:15 pm
Joining me for the discussion: *Walter Olson, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies. [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 11:05 pm
#CatoSOTU — Walter Olson (@walterolson) January 29, 2014 Why $10.10? [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 5:35 am
Coverage of the Court’s decision, in which the Court held that the employees are not entitled to compensation for donning and doffing the protective gear at issue in this case, comes from Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal and Daniel Mullen of Jurist, with commentary and analysis coming from Hera Arsen at the Ogletree Deakins blog and Walter Olson at Cato at Liberty. [read post]
23 Jan 2014, 8:15 pm
Please join her and Cato’s Walter Olson for a discussion of helicopter parenting and its unfortunate policy cousin, helicopter governance. [read post]
15 Jan 2014, 4:46 am
At Cato at Liberty, Walter Olson looks at both of the decisions, asserting that “[n]either result is even remotely surprising. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 2:10 am
Walter Olson at Overlawyered reports that recent reforms tightening British libel law took effect on January 1st. - SBS [read post]
3 Jan 2014, 4:38 am
Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination Plaintiff Who Was “Pantsed” Appeals Six-Figure Verdict in His Favor — from Lowering the Bar Within Employment Discrimination, It’s a Wage-and-Hour World — from WSJ.com: Law Blog Those nice people who file ADA suits — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Checking it Twice? [read post]
18 Dec 2013, 10:30 am
I’m quoted: As Walter Olson of the Cato Institute noted to me in an e-mail, “Many of the key business decisions being sued over took place closer to Abraham Lincoln’s time than to our own, and if the companies had gone to twenty leading lawyers of the day and asked, `could this ever lead to nuisance liability under such-and-such facts’ would have been told `of course not. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 4:59 am
A Trial — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Discrimination award $27K, attorneys’ fee award nearly $700K — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Undue Hardship in the Financial Sense: A Viable Defense? [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 10:26 am
“The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal action against the U.S. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 7:26 am
At Watchdog.org, Jon Street quotes me suggesting it’s past time for the Green Mountain State to drop its ban: Walter Olson, a senior fellow for constitutional studies at The Cato Institute, a libertarian-leaning, Washington, D.C. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 1:36 pm
Acquired this year by the Cato Institute, the blog is the project of Walter Olson, a senior Cato fellow. [read post]
22 Nov 2013, 2:02 pm
Comments from my Cato Institute colleagues Roger Pilon and Ilya Shapiro, as well as CEI’s Hans Bader. [read post]
19 Nov 2013, 6:45 am
“That’s why things like mandatory auto insurance kind of work, because you’ve already got a highly functional market and it’s a matter of herding the last stragglers into it,” Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a think tank dedicated to limited government, said in an interview. [read post]
10 Nov 2013, 8:15 pm
A broad ruling to that effect would wrest a major weapon away from unions, which is one reason I’m doubtful it will happen: “Those that would like to rein in this type of union agreement, whether it be business or conservatives, shouldn’t get too overconfident,” said Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute. [read post]
8 Nov 2013, 4:30 am
— from Currents: Hot Topics in Employment Law Interviewed on ENDA — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered ENDA Clears Senate Hurdle but House Prospects Look Grim — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Senate on the brink of approving bill to improve LGBT workplace rights — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook BlogMiami Dolphins Suspend Ritchie Incognito for Bullying Teammate Can Jonathan Martin Sue the Miami Dolphins for… [read post]
8 Nov 2013, 4:30 am
— from Currents: Hot Topics in Employment Law Interviewed on ENDA — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered ENDA Clears Senate Hurdle but House Prospects Look Grim — from Dan Schwartz’s Connecticut Employment Law Blog Senate on the brink of approving bill to improve LGBT workplace rights — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook BlogMiami Dolphins Suspend Ritchie Incognito for Bullying Teammate Can Jonathan Martin Sue the Miami Dolphins for… [read post]
4 Nov 2013, 9:00 am
Walter Olson, a legal expert at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, attributes the decline of mass lawsuits to a predictable—and... [read post]
29 Oct 2013, 9:22 am
At that time Walter Olson, the founder and editor of Overlawyered, celebrated the demise of the ad damnum clause, as did his oft-times foils the lawyers themselves. [read post]
25 Oct 2013, 5:20 am
— from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Triggering the Duty of Accommodating Religion — from Workplace Prof Blog Timely Attendance Isn’t An Essential Job Function?!? [read post]
