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28 Jun 2012, 4:30 am
Quite some time ago, friend of the blog Walter Olson of Overlawered opined on the proposed revisions to the DSM-IV, soon to be the DSM-5, which will apparently include some brand new mental disorders therein. [read post]
28 Jun 2012, 4:30 am
Quite some time ago, friend of the blog Walter Olson of Overlawered opined on the proposed revisions to the DSM-IV, soon to be the DSM-5, which will apparently include some brand new mental disorders therein. [read post]
22 Jun 2012, 4:39 am
— from Mike Haberman’s Omega HR Solutions “The new workplace revolution: wage and hour suits” — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Function Over Form: The Supreme Court’s Realistic View of the FLSA — from Michael Fox’s Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer Do Hours Worked On A Second Job Count Toward Overtime? [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 4:38 am
Here’s the rest of what I read this week (and last week): Discrimination “Discrimination lawsuits double as definition of ‘disability’ expands” — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered TSA Screener May Wear Religious Bracelet While on Duty — from Joe’s HR and Benefits Blog Be Careful What You Wish For: Walmart Faces Thousands of Lawsuits as Result of Class Action Victory — from Chris McKinney’s Texas… [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 8:12 pm
Walter Olson of Cato responds, observing that libertarians have been out front in opposing state impositions on religion, but pointing out that there are limitations to co-operation between libertarians and social conservatives to the extent that the latter support state intervention as an instrument of the culture war. [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]
1 Jun 2012, 7:02 am
Echo-Hawk, Walter. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 7:02 am
Echo-Hawk, Walter. [read post]
1 Jun 2012, 5:14 am
Here’s the rest of what I read this week: Discrimination Employee “loses track of time” due to disability — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Up in smoke: Hopes of ADA protection for medical marijuana use are dashed … for now, anyway — from Robin Shea’s Employment and Labor Insider The ADA does not protect medical-marijuana use, but… — from Eric Meyer’s The Employer Handbook Blog … [read post]
26 May 2012, 2:33 pm
“Top Ten Reasons Why Companies Are Leaving California” by Walter Olson on May 23, 2012 The hassle, the tax complications, the legal risks, the permitting difficulties just go on and on. [read post]
24 May 2012, 2:14 pm
UPDATE: Walter Olson finds himself magnetically drawn to this display of Likelihood of Attraction. [read post]
21 May 2012, 9:10 pm
[Bedard, DC Examiner; earlier; recent Heritage Foundation work; reworded to reflect comment from "Density Duck," below] Contributors to new “Privatization Blog” include friend of this blog Coyote, e.g. here and here; “Big Government Causes Hyper-Partisanship in the Judicial Appointment Process” [Ilya Shapiro] Fuels Culture War, too: “The faster the state expands, the more likely it is to violate your values” [Matt Welch] Demagogy on expatriates:… [read post]
21 May 2012, 3:31 pm
Walter E. [read post]
21 May 2012, 3:54 am
That column was met with a furious retort by Walter Olson (senior fellow at the libertarian oriented Cato Institute and founder of Overlawyered) in a column at Reason, ripping Kristof for being “insufferably moralistic,” among other things. [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]
16 May 2012, 6:07 am
WALTER OLSON ON A CURE THAT'S WORSE THAN THE DISEASE. [read post]
13 May 2012, 8:55 pm
by Julian Ku Walter Olson at Cato has a sharp observation here at the Daily Caller, on the revolving door between U.S. international law professoriate and various UN bodies. [read post]
12 May 2012, 2:34 am
Add to this Walter Olson's beef, from Schools for Misrule, that the focus of most clinical programs reflects the political bias of academia (why should students be indoctrinated to believe that people suing large corporations are inherently more righteous and entitled to clinical love than the corporations being sued, or that "victims" of domestic violence are invariably honest and good while defendants are necessarily guilty and evil?) [read post]
11 May 2012, 5:03 am
— from CareerDiva, Eve Tahmincioglu How Employee Performance Reviews Can Help or Hurt an Employment Discrimination Claim — from Jason Shinn’s Michigan Employment Law Advisor Law and Order: Human Resources Unit — from HR idiot FMLA leave meets ADA “reasonable accommodation” — from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Joint Evaluations Reduce Implicit Bias — from Stephanie Thomas at Compensation Cafe Social Media &… [read post]
11 May 2012, 4:30 am
(Hat tip: Walter Olson). [read post]