Broadcast appearances
I’m scheduled to join a reporter and anchor in the studios of New York’s WCBS-Channel 2 this afternoon to discuss the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor; look for me sometime in the 5-to-6 p.m....
View ArticleParty like you’re a tobacco lawyer
To celebrate Beaumont tobacco/asbestos lawyer Walter Umphrey’s seventieth birthday, fellow Texas Tobacco Five member John Eddie Williams took over a private aircraft hangar — Umphrey’s own, in fact —...
View ArticleJohn O’Quinn update
Judge Denise Page Hood has issued an order to show cause why the O’Quinn law firm (many entries; also POL Jul. 15, 2005, POL Jul. 10, and POL Aug. 3) should not be held in contempt for improperly...
View ArticleApril 24 roundup
Update: Jarek Molski‘s appeal of his “vexatious litigant” status [On Point] Watch what you say dept.: Beaumont plaintiffs’ lawyers subpoena newspaper. [Beaumont Enterprise; Southeast Texas Record;...
View ArticleAnd more May 17 updates
Google beats Perfect 10 in Ninth Circuit appeal over copyright suit over thumbnail images. (Earlier: Feb. 06, Jul. 05, Nov. 04.) [LA Times; WaPo; Bashman; Perfect 10 v. Amazon (9th Cir. 2007)] Judge...
View ArticleFree market magic
You can make these things up — economists do it all the time — but it’s a lot more compelling when they really happen (link added): An influx of doctors lured to Texas by new limits on malpractice...
View Article“US says it’s blowing whistle on lawyer’s fee”
For reporting on unlawful dumping of sludge into US waters, twelve ship workers are getting whistleblower payments of $437,500 apiece, in what one of their lawyers describes as an “amazing and...
View Article“Halliburton”, gang rape, and fear of arbitration: the Jamie Leigh Jones case
(Update, December 16: And welcome, Consumerist readers. For more on the anti-consumer campaign against arbitration, see the Overlawyered arbitration section. Consumerist’s headline “Mandatory Binding...
View ArticleFebruary 11 roundup
Remember those class actions against tech manufacturers for allegedly misstating the capacity of hard drives? Another one just settled, with buyers in for coupons and discounts, lawyers for $1.78...
View ArticleSeptember 15 roundup
Saying fashion model broke his very fancy umbrella, N.Y. restaurant owner Nello Balan sues her for $1 million, but instead gets fined $500 for wasting court’s time [AP/FoxNews.com, NY Times] Spokesman...
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