Tort Reform
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Tort Reform
Getting Hit By A Train Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be
Getting hit by the subway is not an easy way to make money. -
Kids, Tort Reform
Liberal Announces War On Summer Fun
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Law Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Tort Reform
Geotropic Law Student Sues Law School Over Broken Chair
Sit, fall, sue: America's ridiculous tort system is on display.
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Contracts, Donald Trump, John Roberts, Non-Sequiturs, Nude Dancing, SCOTUS, Sex, Supreme Court, Tort Reform
Non-Sequiturs: 01.09.13
* They should teach “defending strippers” in law school. I feel like people could have a thriving practice just representing strippers against the various perils in their lives. [The Smoking Gun] * And of course, that class should be taught by Marc Randazza. [The Legal Satyricon] * Bill Maher v. Donald Trump. Offer v. Consideration. Comedian v. D-bag. This will make for a fun issue spotter for any spring term contracts classes. [Josh Blackman's Blog] * Can you prove that a getting a legal aid lawyer actually helps? Are you sure? [Boston Globe] * Birthers are now coming after Chief Justice Roberts. You know what they’re not coming after? Book learning! (zing) [Huffington Post] * Here’s a formal job application, I think, to be the new Clerk of the Supreme Court. [Prawfsblawg] * In the state of nature, this is how pizza places were kept down to the level of the rest of us. [Legal Juice] -
Fat People, Kids, Tort Reform
Lawyers Made Your Kids Fat, Fearful, And Bored
Tort laws are making our kids fat... -
Abortion, Election 2012, Election Law, Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.18.12
* For the first time in history, both major party presidential candidates are graduates of Harvard Law School. When reached for comment, Yale Law School said, “President, that’s one of those jobs that you don’t get for life, right?” [Harvard Law Bulletin] * Please tell me our election technology has at least caught up with 1996 by now. [Election Law Blog] * Uruguay legalizes abortion — subject to a panel review, a five-day waiting period, and getting the father’s opinion on the matter. Yay? [Salon] * Twitter censors a user! But it was a Nazi group, so nobody is going to freak out too much. [Slate] * If this freaking idiot makes it even harder for young, intelligent students to come here on student visas, then his thwarted attack will have caused real damage to American interests. [WSJ Law Blog] * Abraham Lincoln would have gotten tort reform done. [Futility Closet] -
Malpractice, Ridiculousness, Tort Reform
Infographic of the Day: American Litigiousness Statistics That Will Make You Angry
Exactly how over-litigious is the United States? THIS much. -
Movies, Politics, Tort Reform
InJustice: Tort Reform's High Cost Documentary Infomercial
In Above the Law’s last film review, we spoke about Hot Coffee, a documentary film about the evils of tort reform in America. The film, which received rave reviews from publications like the New York Times and the Washington Post, was produced by former trial lawyer Susan Saladoff. Now, just two weeks later, InJustice, a […] - Sponsored
The Ethical use of Generative AI
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Movies, Politics, Tort Reform
Hot Coffee: Spilling Our Way to the 'Evils' of Tort Reform
Watch Hot Coffee and decide for yourself. -
Football, Sports, Tort Reform
Is Anybody Else Sick of Disgruntled 'Seatgate' Super Bowl Fans?
In case you haven’t been following along, the National Football League has been dealing with a little controversy from 1,250 fans who went to the Super Bowl. It’s been labeled “Seatgate.” These people bought tickets to the Super Bowl, but when they arrived in Dallas, their temporary seats were not completed. It appears that Super […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Disasters / Emergencies, Litigators, Plaintiffs Firms, Tort Reform
Will the Great Blizzard of 2010 Lead to a Storm of Lawsuits?
Here in New York City, the headquarters of Above the Law, we’re still dealing with the aftermath of the Great Blizzard of 2010. Check out our slideshow for some images (like the one at right). Although the snowstorm ended on Monday, and it’s now Wednesday night, many streets remain unplowed and many sidewalks uncleared. Mayor […] -
McDonald's, Non-Sequiturs, Tort Reform, Walter Olson
Non-Sequiturs: 12.15.10
* Here’s a list of America’s Worst Bosses for 2010. Shocker: some of them are lawyers. [eBossWatch] * Is this a legal and/or fair way to get a flaking eBay auction winner to pay up? Maybe all is fair in love and war e-commerce — although that approach didn’t work out well for Vitaly Borker. […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Nauseating Things, Old People, Ridiculousness, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Tort Reform
Lawsuit of the Day: Woman Breaks Hand Trying to Wipe Bum
I don’t remember the moment I first learned how to wipe my ass without hurting myself. I don’t think I received a special present or accolade for that momentous life event. But perhaps my parents did take notice in this way: MOM: Our little boy just successfully wiped himself without incident! DAD: Good. Maybe you […]
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Education / Schools, Kids, Suicide, Tort Reform, Violence
Bullying Shouldn't Be A Crime, No Matter How Many Kids Kill Themselves Because of It
They had to set the Karate Kid remake in China. If they had set it in modern-day America, Daniel-san would have been mercilessly bullied by the kids from Cobra Kai, he would have killed himself, and the rest of the movie would have been a courtroom drama where Daniel’s parents sought to bring the evil […] -
BP, Ken Feinberg, Politics, Tort Reform
Elie on Fox Business: Do I Sound Republican to You?
Yesterday, after whining about law schools on NPR, I motored over to the Fox headquarters on Sixth Avenue. They wanted me on to to talk about a post I did a couple of weeks ago, encouraging oil-spill victims to take their BP money from the $20 billion fund being administered by Ken Feinberg, instead of […] -
Drinking, Lawsuit of the Day, Ted Frank, Tort Reform
Lawsuit of Fifteen Years Ago a Few Days Ago: Inanli v. Starbucks
Exciting news. Starbucks has just launched its new However-You-Want-It Frappuccino® product, “allowing customers to create a blended beverage that is uniquely their own…. the same way they customize their favorite Starbucks espresso beverage.” Sounds delicious! But if you order your Frappuccino with extra ice, and then experience brain freeze, don’t turn around and sue Starbucks. […] -
Tobacco / Smoking, Tort Reform
Judge to Mitigate Damages Out of Pity For Philip Morris Counsel
A Florida state court judge, Jeffrey Streitfeld, has decided that the largest individual award to a former smoker is excessive. The Daily Business Review (gavel bang: ABA Journal) reports on the good news for tobacco peddler Philip Morris: Calling the $300 million jury verdict “excessive” and “shocking,” Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld said he would determine a […] -
Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Law Professors, Old People, Robert Bork, Tort Reform
Lawsuit of the Day: Robert Bork Hearts Plaintiffs?
Who says that conservative judicial icon Robert Bork, of the famously ill-fated Supreme Court nomination, is anti-plaintiff? Judge Bork is all in favor of punitive damages — when, for example, he’s demanding them in his Complaint (PDF). The distinguished law professor and former judge has filed a slip-and-fall lawsuit against the Yale Club of New […]