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20 May 2011, 11:14 am by Tom Smith
In the Yale Alumni Magazine, as far as I know the only alumni magazine worth reading qua magazine. [read post]
20 May 2011, 5:23 am by Jon Hyman
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 2011, 7:07 am by Ted Frank
Walter Olson reports on one such effort in Texas. [read post]
14 May 2011, 3:49 am by SHG
   H/T Walter Olson and Orin Kerr© 2011 Simple Justice NY LLC. [read post]
10 May 2011, 7:15 am by Ted Frank
For some reason, the media is taking Donald Trump's supposed presidential campaign seriously, so it's worth reviewing why his track record with women will cost him many independent voters and Walter Olson's summary of his record as a litigation bully, which deserves more scrutiny. [read post]
9 May 2011, 9:05 am by Larry Ribstein
Walter Olson cites Neumann’s talk as more evidence for his conclusion in Schools for Misrule that “in part through accreditation rules, law schools are artificially pressured to channel faculty energy into published scholarly work, despite evidence that much of it will be little read or consulted. [read post]
6 May 2011, 12:47 pm by Walter Olson
“If he’s taken seriously as a candidate it’s going to be appropriate to look at his record of litigation,” conservative legal scholar Walter Olson of the Cato Institute told iWatch News . [read post]
5 May 2011, 7:37 am by Walter Olson
Walter Olson’s new book, Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America, covers the matter so well that I don’t see much to add. [read post]
5 May 2011, 2:33 am by SHG
Walter Olson has a post at Overlawyered about a proposed law before the New York Legislature to ban the wearing of neckties by physicians in hospitals. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 5:35 am by Jon Hyman
Appearance Discrimination in the Workplace – from Screw You Guys, I’m Going Home Transgender Man Challenges Firing From Male-Only Job – from LE Blog Legality of Wellness Programs Under the ADA: A Good Development – from Labor & Employment Law Navigator Questions About the ADA Amendments Answered by EEOC Associate Legal Counsel – from Michigan Employment Law Advisor ADAAA: The true cost of disability accommodation under the new law – from HR… [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 7:41 am by Walter Olson
Tags: on TV and radio Related posts Young Walter Olson (1) Why Toyota stock rose after yesterday’s recall (0) Wherein I become a three-continent pundit (0) Westwood One’s “Jim Bohannon show” tonight (0) Welcome WTIC listeners (0) [read post]
21 Apr 2011, 6:13 am by Amanda Rice
” Alice Kaswan discusses the displacement argument at CPRBlog, while Walter Olson defends the political question argument at Cato @ Liberty,. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 5:38 am by Jon Hyman
A Testy Bloomberg Emerges in Discrimination Case – from The New York Times Seventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Certification in Equal Pay Act/Title VII Gender Case – from Employment Class Action Blog Kobe Shows his True Color – from Rob Schwartz’s Fairness Matters Wal-Mart Could Face Major Unanticipated Problems in Historic Class Action – from Richard Levick’s The Communicators Blog (at Forbes.com) Wage & Hour Class action demands pay for… [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 4:55 pm by David Bernstein
(David Bernstein) I highly recommend my friend Walter Olson’s new book, Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 5:24 am by Jon Hyman
– 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]
1 Apr 2011, 5:45 am by Jon Hyman
– from The Juggle (WSJ) The USERRA does not provide a claim for hostile work environment – from Employment Law Matters 5 Ways Employers Make Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Very, Very Happy – from Employment and Labor Insider “Grace Period for ADA Modifications Proposed in Congress” – from Walter Olson’s Overlawyered Employment Nondiscrimination Act Back in Play – from Southwest Florida HR Law & Solutions I Reported Harassment and… [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 11:11 pm by Steve Bainbridge
Walter Olson's Schools for Misrule: Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America: The latest book from Olson (The Excuse Factory) is part historical overview and part cutting-edge commentary examining corporate case studies and public and tort law with a sharp analysis of the academic system and the internal and external forces shaping its agenda. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 5:47 am by Larry Ribstein
Walter Olson has been posting on a Colorado plan to give bonuses to prosecutors based on conviction rates. [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 10:20 am by Stephen Gillers
I went to a talk by Walter Olson, author most recently of "Schools of Misrule," about the many deficiencies of legal education today (too liberal), and of the blog Overlawyered, which manages to find every example of a complaint seeking a trillion dollars for a hangnail and to use these complaints as evidence of...something terribly wrong in America. [read post]