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The Lawyering Emmys

Posted on July 17, 2008
Why do people like legal tv shows so much? It's because each case, like every crime, disease, or wannabe model, has a story. Drumroll please...here's a list of legal shows nominated for Emmys: Outstanding Director, Comedy: The Office, "Goodbye, Toby," Paul Feig...

Can Law School Be Fun? W&L Welcomes New Asst. Dean

Posted on July 14, 2008
Did you have any fun whatsoever in law school, did you learn how to bring more to the party, or did you just break out in hives? We're here to tell you that law school can be fun, enjoyable, and useful not only to students but to members of the community...

A Tale of Two Cold Cases

Posted on July 14, 2008
No, it's not a double-feature on tv. Two notorious unsolved cases have come to the forefront of the media (if nothing else) recently. One is the JonBenet Ramsey case. While no alternative suspects seem to have been found, and while the parents were always under the unofficial microscope of public shame, the father has been exonerated by science, at least...

Belated Blog of the Week(end): Grits for Breakfast

Posted on July 14, 2008
Like orange juice or O.J., grits are not just for breakfast anymore! There are two things true about Texans: 1) they tell great stories, and 2) they make for great stories. That's why Molly Ivins was so good at writing about W. Had they both been from, say Indiana, it might not have been quite so entertaining...

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Frank Talk About Punitive Damages

Posted on July 10, 2008
In today's WSJ, Ted Frank (whom we seem to remember as the guy who posted flyers all around Hyde Park that one time...we still wonder whether it worked!) paraphrases Walter Olson as saying about those nasty outliers "that's like saying that Californians don't have to worry about earthquakes because the median quake is barely noticeable...

Nurses, Stand Up to Malpractice

Posted on July 10, 2008
Heparin, forgotten sponge, wrong leg...what can be done about medical mistakes? There's a person close to the doctor, present during procedures and available during much of the recovery process. Yet, this person may live in the shadow of fear. If only nurses could speak up! Being in the room (as a patient, no less) while a doctor berates a nurse is awkward, to say the least...

Now and Later: Michigan Reform Group Puts Changes on Ballot

Posted on July 08, 2008
Remember those chewy candies that must have been invented by dentists? They were called Now & Laters (but everyone called them Now Or Laters, and don't think there weren't fierce debates over the proper name!). They sort of tasted like cardboard at first...

Speculation: NY's New Chief

Posted on July 08, 2008
Normally, we leave speculation and news about all things NY to the bloggers who live and work there: David "Sweathog" Giacalone of f/k/a, Scott Greenfield of Simple Justice, and Eric Turkewitz of the NY Personal Injury Law Blog. But when it comes to judicial selection, we just can't be quiet! Chief Justice Kaye is retiring, a new Chief is needed, and so the hunt is on...

New: New Talk

Posted on July 08, 2008
Straight from our inbox, an announcement from a Common Good subsidary, New Talk, about this week's conversation: "What is the Role of the Courts in Making Social Policy?" We want a nickel every time someone utters the phrase "activist judge!" We want a dime every time someone types "legislating from the bench!" Panelists include Walter Dellinger; Michael Traynor, ALI President; Lord Hoffmann, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary; Ted Frank; Bob Joffee of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP; Stuart Taylor of the National Journal; and Philip K...

Now How Much Would You Save? The Cost Savings of Ending Civil Unions in Kern County

Posted on July 07, 2008
Recall that Kern County, California, had decided to stop all civil weddings *not* as a protest against the state supreme court's decision on gay marriage, mind you, but to save taxpayer money. Now a report says the total cost savings would amount to (drumroll, please): $171...

Five to Four in Utah and Elsewhere

Posted on July 07, 2008
If it were non-employed us, the four-day workweek would be a quadruple threat. But for most people, one less day of the week spent commuting, drinking horrific coffee, and working -- even if the remaining four days last ten hours each -- would be a tremendous time- and money-saver...

Your Day in Court, According to Doug

Posted on July 07, 2008
Earlier we promised we'd keep looking high and low for one of our favorite law review articles. It has been found! Thanks to the author, Doug Van Epps, of the Michigan Supreme Court, we now have our very own copy. The rest of you will have to go to a library or Hein or Lexis or something, because we cannot find a complete version online for linking purposes...

Blog of the Week(End): Torts Prof Blog

Posted on July 06, 2008
Salmonella in produce, bad beef, dangerous amusement park rides, lead paint -- Torts Prof Blog will make you afraid to get out of bed in the morning! If there's anything that gets our dander up, it's the public's misunderstanding of the legal system...

Cell Fine

Posted on July 05, 2008
Even if you have a Matlock ring tone, your ringing cell could mean a fine in some (if not all) courtrooms. The latest: two men were held in contempt of court and fined when their phones rang during in the courtroom. Apologies and excuses were no excuse...

Warrant-Free

Posted on July 05, 2008
Do hard times require warrant amnesty? The Fairborn Municipal Court in Greene County, Ohio, is letting citizens declare their independence from warrants. What to do: come to court, pay $50, and sign a payment plan. In exchange, the court will recall the warrant...

Storytelling in Traffic Court

Posted on July 05, 2008
Most people get a ticket, become irate, pay up, and move on. But some people do show up in court to contest. Who are they, and what do they want? In L.A. (hardly a barometer for the rest of the world's traffic court, but interesting nonetheless), police issue about 1...

Tattoo Regret

Posted on July 05, 2008
Here's one reason to avoid getting your forehead tattooed: you might regret it later. Once upon a time, an angry young man caught up in the juvenile court system got some naughty mean anti-court words inked onto his forehead. Perhaps it seemed like a good idea at the time...

Mistakes Were Made

Posted on July 04, 2008
On the heels of the so-called "mistake" made by the SCOTUS regarding which jurisdictions bar capital punishment for child rape, the DOJ has taken responsibility for the error. See Justice Dept. Admits Error in Not Briefing Court, Linda Greenhouse, NYT (July 3, 2008)...

What Not to Do: Work Naked

Posted on July 04, 2008
It may be OK if you're a high-powered consultant working from the privacy of your own home. But if you're a public employee, it's probably not cool to walk around the building after hours in your birthday suit. It may be even less OK if you're a prosecutor...

Fen-Phen: Done-Done

Posted on July 03, 2008
Today was the dead last day. Judge Bertelsman told jurors that if they didn't decide by today, he'd declare a mistrial. And that's exactly what happened. See Mistrial in Fen-Phen Case, Jim Hannah, Cincinnati Enquirer (July 3, 2008).

No Vacancy for (Some) Documents in the Crossbar Hotel

Posted on July 03, 2008
Just how much information can inmates obtain? Do convicted felons have fewer rights than the rest of us? The answers to these questions are as follows: "not too much" and "yes" (though here we are reminded by Groot's maxim, "people go to prison AS punishment, not FOR punishment")...

Hair Today, Guilty Tomorrow

Posted on July 02, 2008
Just when you thought the Nichols trial would either a) never happen, or b) not possibly get any weirder, here we go. The defendant, accused of shooting up an Atlanta courthouse and several people in it, is contesting the use of cameras in the courtroom...

The Dead Kennedys Defense

Posted on July 02, 2008
Too drunk to conspire? That was what passed for good news for one defendant in the federal fen-phen trial taking place across the river from us. Yesterday jurors acquitted Mel Mills, Jr. on a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Lucky for Mills, his former assistant testified that by 10:00 a...

Flaws and Laws

Posted on July 01, 2008
What happens when the Supremes make a mistake? Linda Greenhouse pointed out that a military law blog caught Justice Kennedy's error when he noted in Kennedy v. Louisiana that only 6 states allow the death penalty for child rape, and that no federal court allowed it...

Virginia Attorneys Wanted for DNA Project

Posted on July 01, 2008
No, they don't want to clone you. Thank goodness for small favors. The Virginia State Bar put out a call for volunteers to help the state Department of Forensic Science (DFS) accomplish an unfunded (is there any other kind?) mandate. In 2005, then-Virginia Governor Mark "Ken Doll" Warner (not to be confused with Senator John "Mr...

One Step Away from a Chip in the Head

Posted on June 30, 2008
How much information about you is out there? Google, Dogpile, Intelius, YouTube, Zillow, IP address locators, plus our own confessions -- it's a growing body of evidence. In Harris County, Texas, it's quite a bit. Voter tracking (creepy, yeah, but apparently it's public record) is well-established; it was only a matter of time before jury consultants jumped all over the practice (or, more accurately, that the VoterHistory guy jumped into the jury business)...

Well-Preserved Women Rescue Courthouses

Posted on June 30, 2008
It's like The Full Monty (only with women and courthouses). A bridge club from Indiana had a novel idea when county commissioners voted to demolish the courthouse: pose nude (sorta) for a fund-raising calendar. They are the Courthouse Calendar Girls of Farmland, Indiana, and they're on a mission to save Indiana's historic courthouses...

New Courthouses All Around

Posted on June 30, 2008
A new federal courthouse sounds like good news for Yuma, AZ. After years of planning and wishing, several million dollars "has been found." (That must be what Bill Gates says when he cleans his couch cushions.) The new courthouse will mean safer facilities, more jobs, and -- hopefully -- redevelopment in the downtown area...

Fen-Phen Jury Ends Week with Question

Posted on June 28, 2008
"In a class action, prior to court ordered fees, is it legal to take attorneys fees on the common settlement fund once claimants have been settled and paid?" See Fen-Phen Jury Adjourns for Weekend without Verdict, Beth Musgrave, Herald-Leader (June 28, 2008), and Fen-Phen Jury Questions Law on Lawyer Fees, Jim Hannah, Cincinnati Enquirer (June 28, 2008)...

Cincinnati Looking for Business

Posted on June 28, 2008
Are business courts an evil plot? An unnecessary layer of bureaucracy? Too pro-business to be non-satanic? A "welcome" sign to commercial interests? Or all of the above? Turns out that business courts are like any other innovation -- good if done right...

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