Overlawyered

This blawg "explores an American legal system that too often turns litigation into a weapon against guilty and innocent alike, erodes individual responsibility, rewards sharp practice, enriches its participants at the public's expense, and resists even modest efforts at reform and accountability."

Author: Walter Olson is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the author of The Rule of Lawyers, The Litigation Explosion, The Excuse Factory and Getting Away with It; Ted Frank is the founder and president of the Center for Class Action Fairness and authors its blog; and David Nieporent practices at the Coleman Law Firm in Clifton, N.J. Olson also edits and Frank also contributes to Point of Law.

Blawg Related Categories: Law Firms • Law Practice Management • Tort Law • Trials & Litigation • Solo / Small Firm • Blawg 100 • Legal Information

Recent Posts from Overlawyered

CPSIA’s ban on brass
By a 3-2 vote, the CPSC has confirmed that the absurd and inflexible Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act bans the sale of children’s products which contain components of conventional (leaded) brass. The vote drew dissents…
“Spano’s Suicide: Housing Plan Doomed County Exec”
The New York Post has now picked up a slightly shortened version of my City Journal piece on the housing lawsuit that contributed to a voter revolt in Westchester (cross-posted from Point of Law). Tags:…
November 6 roundup
Shop worker prevails in U.K.: no need to pay music royalty fees for singing while stacking shelves [BBC] Word arrives that Eric Turkewitz has been named a New York Super Lawyer, but he manages to…
Brooklyn: “Disbarred Attorney Pleads Guilty to Guardian Account Thefts”
“A former Brooklyn, N.Y., lawyer has pleaded guilty to fleecing millions of dollars from guardianship accounts he oversaw for incapacitated seniors and children. … at least 16 court examiners who oversaw Rondos [Steven T. Rondos]…
Australia mulls lip-sync concert disclosure
“Reports [Britney Spears] will lip-sync during many of [her 15 planned Australian] concerts has prompted debate on whether there should be disclaimers on tickets advising consumers whether a concert has been pre-recorded.” [ABC.net.au] Writes reader…
“Sexual Harassment: Are We Now Too Sensitive?”
I’m quoted by Ben Brody in this month’s Westchester Magazine in an article about fear of harassment charges in the workplace. Tags: harassment law Related posts Worker’s comp: trauma over visitor’s remark (0) What Elizabeth…
Careful about criticizing N.J. school board officials
Paul Levy, Consumer Law and Policy: The Freehold School Board has subpoenaed New Jersey Online to identify several citizens who chimed in to discuss stories published in the Newark Star Ledger and New Jersey Online…
John Endean, “Canadianized Labor Law?” (Forbes)
New at Forbes.com: John Endean has an important article demonstrating that while American unionists seek to use Canada’s pro-union labor laws as a model for their proposed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), they seldom mention…
“How much unnecessary testing goes on in the ER?”
“Plenty, if you ask the people most familiar with the situation, the emergency physicians themselves.” [KevinMD, Emergency Physicians Monthly, White Coat, WSJ Law Blog] Relatedly: “Just to be sure: an ER slippery slope” [MedRants, WhiteCoat]…
After a housing-suit settlement, Westchester voters rebel
I’ve got a new piece up at City Journal on Tuesday’s sensational Westchester County upset, in which GOP challenger Rob Astorino knocked off Andy Spano, the longtime Democratic incumbent county executive, by a convincing 58-42…