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Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-01
We are pleased to offer some Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly happy endings at year’s end ... and best wishes for a less-litigious New Year! Nice Guys ... (read more)
We are pleased to offer some Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly happy endings at year’s end ... and best wishes for a less-litigious New Year! Nice Guys ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-02
Dogged Determination A monogrammed polyester dog chew toy shaped something like a purse does not infringe the trademarked monogram featured on Louis Vuitton’s ... (read more)
Dogged Determination A monogrammed polyester dog chew toy shaped something like a purse does not infringe the trademarked monogram featured on Louis Vuitton’s ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-03
Tough Question One of Sam Zell’s first official acts after purchasing the Chicago Tribune last year was to rewrite the employee handbook in his characteristic ... (read more)
Tough Question One of Sam Zell’s first official acts after purchasing the Chicago Tribune last year was to rewrite the employee handbook in his characteristic ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-04
Whatever Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Fatter ... Egged on by obesity lawsuit aficionados such as Prof. John Banzhaf of George Washington University ... (read more)
Whatever Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Fatter ... Egged on by obesity lawsuit aficionados such as Prof. John Banzhaf of George Washington University ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-05
Flight Risk A man prevented from parachuting off the Empire State Building last year by the building’s security guards is suing the building owners ... (read more)
Flight Risk A man prevented from parachuting off the Empire State Building last year by the building’s security guards is suing the building owners ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-06
I Feel Your Pain ... Now Sign Here The practice of signing up clients for potentially lucrative contingent fee lawsuits when they’re traumatized ... (read more)
I Feel Your Pain ... Now Sign Here The practice of signing up clients for potentially lucrative contingent fee lawsuits when they’re traumatized ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-07
Warning: Lawyers Prowling Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch is on the job again, handing out awards in its 11th annual Wacky Warning Label Contest. First prize ... (read more)
Warning: Lawyers Prowling Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch is on the job again, handing out awards in its 11th annual Wacky Warning Label Contest. First prize ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-08
Plunder Road A Philadelphia traffic court judge is charged with bringing his office into “disrepute,” but not because he’s piled up 55 ... (read more)
Plunder Road A Philadelphia traffic court judge is charged with bringing his office into “disrepute,” but not because he’s piled up 55 ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-09
Hard to Swallow An Illinois prison inmate who sued prison officials for refusing to feed him vegetarian meals won his lawsuit in a court ruling last month. ... (read more)
Hard to Swallow An Illinois prison inmate who sued prison officials for refusing to feed him vegetarian meals won his lawsuit in a court ruling last month. ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-10
When Your Aluminum Foil Hat Just Isn’t Enough ... Litigation may be in the air in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where several “electro-sensitive” ... (read more)
When Your Aluminum Foil Hat Just Isn’t Enough ... Litigation may be in the air in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where several “electro-sensitive” ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-11
Impure Legal Thoughts Legal bloggers and law professors have been knocking themselves out debating the ethical implications of a raunchy Web site maintained ... (read more)
Impure Legal Thoughts Legal bloggers and law professors have been knocking themselves out debating the ethical implications of a raunchy Web site maintained ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-12
Vulture Capitalist Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer earned his legal spurs as state attorney general by prosecuting greedy capitalists. Now he’s ... (read more)
Vulture Capitalist Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer earned his legal spurs as state attorney general by prosecuting greedy capitalists. Now he’s ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-13
Everyone’s a Critic A Durham, North Carolina lawyer sued his local newspaper in June for breach of contract because it fired 70 staffers. “By ... (read more)
Everyone’s a Critic A Durham, North Carolina lawyer sued his local newspaper in June for breach of contract because it fired 70 staffers. “By ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-14
The Needle and the Damage Done An Ohio prison inmate is suing prison officials alleging he’s too fat to be executed. The inmate is 5 feet 7 inches ... (read more)
The Needle and the Damage Done An Ohio prison inmate is suing prison officials alleging he’s too fat to be executed. The inmate is 5 feet 7 inches ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-15
Fighting Fire with Firing An Erie, Pennsylvania firefighter who lost her job after she admitted setting her father’s house on fire two years ago ... (read more)
Fighting Fire with Firing An Erie, Pennsylvania firefighter who lost her job after she admitted setting her father’s house on fire two years ago ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-16
Increasing Access--to Lawsuits A freight train of frivolous litigation may be en route to America’s small businesses. The U.S. Department of Justice ... (read more)
Increasing Access--to Lawsuits A freight train of frivolous litigation may be en route to America’s small businesses. The U.S. Department of Justice ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-17
Let’s Sue It Again Another lawyer has visions of dollar signs dancing in his head over a lost pair of pants. Last year a Washington, DC administrative ... (read more)
Let’s Sue It Again Another lawyer has visions of dollar signs dancing in his head over a lost pair of pants. Last year a Washington, DC administrative ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-18
Party Poopers Children’s birthday parties are the latest target for plaintiff’s lawyers, according to a column written by--of all people--a ... (read more)
Party Poopers Children’s birthday parties are the latest target for plaintiff’s lawyers, according to a column written by--of all people--a ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-19
Running Roughshod Over Budget A Canadian prison inmate serving time for murdering four people in Minnesota and Canada has been awarded $6,000 in damages ... (read more)
Running Roughshod Over Budget A Canadian prison inmate serving time for murdering four people in Minnesota and Canada has been awarded $6,000 in damages ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-20
A Good Name Is Hard to Find Many states ban lawyers from doing business under assumed names such as “Barracuda” or “Shark.” Now ... (read more)
A Good Name Is Hard to Find Many states ban lawyers from doing business under assumed names such as “Barracuda” or “Shark.” Now ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-21
Good for the Soul? The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and one of its priests is being sued by a New York woman who alleges the priest seduced her immediately ... (read more)
Good for the Soul? The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and one of its priests is being sued by a New York woman who alleges the priest seduced her immediately ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-22
It’s Hard to be Humble “We are the most important people in America,” plaintiffs’ lawyer Gerry Spence told a California lawyers’ ... (read more)
It’s Hard to be Humble “We are the most important people in America,” plaintiffs’ lawyer Gerry Spence told a California lawyers’ ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-23
Wide Implications Obese and disabled passengers in Canada who can’t fit into a single airline seat will get two seats for the price of one beginning ... (read more)
Wide Implications Obese and disabled passengers in Canada who can’t fit into a single airline seat will get two seats for the price of one beginning ... (read more)
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #7-24
Legal Damages Get rid of lawyers altogether, urges Philip Howard, chairman of the legal reform organization Common Good, in his new book, Life Without ... (read more)
Legal Damages Get rid of lawyers altogether, urges Philip Howard, chairman of the legal reform organization Common Good, in his new book, Life Without ... (read more)
