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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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. ... (
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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” ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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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’ ... (
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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 ... (
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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 ... (
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