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Advocates tort reform by exploring 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.
By Walter Olson, Ted Frank, and David Nieporent

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Last Entry: March 22, 2008 at 11:44:01

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"What is wrong with tort law"

Posted on March 22, 2008


Rolling redesign, cont'd

Posted on March 22, 2008


Deep Pockets File: Bauer v. Nesbitt

Posted on March 22, 2008


New feature: Most recent comments

Posted on March 22, 2008


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Quoted in today's Times

Posted on March 21, 2008


Suing teachers in Canada

Posted on March 21, 2008


Hillary's Michigan do-over angels

Posted on March 21, 2008


Site search fixed

Posted on March 21, 2008


Starbucks barista tip pool

Posted on March 21, 2008



March 21 roundup

Posted on March 21, 2008


Report: Mel Weiss to plead guilty

Posted on March 20, 2008




New at Point of Law

Posted on March 20, 2008


March 19 roundup

Posted on March 19, 2008


"The five dumbest product bans"

Posted on March 19, 2008





Craigslist housing ads

Posted on March 18, 2008


Spitzer endnotes

Posted on March 17, 2008



Detroit mayoral scandal

Posted on March 16, 2008


Maintenance, software upgrade

Posted on March 16, 2008


Buell-Wilson v. Ford redux

Posted on March 15, 2008


Roundup, March 15

Posted on March 15, 2008



We've come for your BlackBerries...

Posted on March 14, 2008


Global positioning systems liability

Posted on March 14, 2008



Scruggs in guilty plea

Posted on March 14, 2008


Legal hazards of waking students

Posted on March 14, 2008


Red-light ticketing cameras, cont'd

Posted on March 14, 2008



Fled home, rode bus to end of the line

Posted on March 13, 2008


Contraband candy student reinstated

Posted on March 13, 2008


Massachusetts mulls "sexual fraud"

Posted on March 12, 2008


Whited sepulchre watch

Posted on March 12, 2008


The case of the traveling grape

Posted on March 12, 2008



Radio today

Posted on March 11, 2008


Fonza Luke v. Baptist Medical Center

Posted on March 11, 2008



Spitzer and "structuring"

Posted on March 11, 2008


Eliot Smurfer

Posted on March 11, 2008




Blind item

Posted on March 10, 2008


"They need to have equal rights"

Posted on March 10, 2008


"The Weirdest Legal Pleading Ever"

Posted on March 09, 2008



Althouse on AutoAdmit

Posted on March 08, 2008


Letter to the editor

Posted on March 08, 2008


Another giant L.A. crash-faking ring

Posted on March 08, 2008


Torkelsen Lerach scandal, cont'd

Posted on March 07, 2008


Pellicano trial begins

Posted on March 07, 2008


Anonymous jury in Scruggs trial

Posted on March 07, 2008


Charged with racial harassment...

Posted on March 07, 2008



Homeschooling ban in California?

Posted on March 06, 2008


Steep decline in carpal tunnel cases

Posted on March 06, 2008





Ending software patents

Posted on March 05, 2008





March 4 roundup

Posted on March 04, 2008



The health costs of defensive medicine

Posted on March 04, 2008



College student's fatal alcohol binge

Posted on March 03, 2008


McCain, thimerosal and autism

Posted on March 03, 2008


Annals of chutzpah?

Posted on March 03, 2008


Guestblogger thanks

Posted on March 03, 2008


Quasi-off-topic musing

Posted on March 02, 2008



March 1 roundup

Posted on March 01, 2008



Arbitration and "coercion"

Posted on February 28, 2008


Deal or Raw Deal?

Posted on February 28, 2008


My Condolences, My Card

Posted on February 28, 2008



Unclear on the concept

Posted on February 27, 2008


A New Suspect Class?

Posted on February 27, 2008


Damnum Absque Injuria?

Posted on February 27, 2008


Not Not Guilty Guilty!!

Posted on February 27, 2008


Judge Holds Trial Firm Liable for Fees

Posted on February 26, 2008


Obama, lawyers, and taxes

Posted on February 26, 2008



FDA overwarning

Posted on February 25, 2008



Guestblogger this week

Posted on February 25, 2008


Whistle While You Work

Posted on February 25, 2008



No preferred Lies

Posted on February 25, 2008


9/11 dust

Posted on February 25, 2008


Outsourcing, With a Kicker

Posted on February 25, 2008


Don't IX

Posted on February 24, 2008


Scruggs wiretap transcripts, cont'd

Posted on February 24, 2008


$25 million for yanking hospital privileges

Posted on February 23, 2008


February 23 roundup

Posted on February 23, 2008


NFL relents on Super Bowl viewing

Posted on February 22, 2008


A blogger's disclaimer

Posted on February 22, 2008


Med-mal in the Upper Midwest

Posted on February 22, 2008


Mississippi's other legal scandal

Posted on February 22, 2008


The Patent Reform Act of 2007

Posted on February 22, 2008


"Swastikas, kangaroos, cartoon squirrels"

Posted on February 22, 2008



Jessica Simpson fitness video

Posted on February 21, 2008


"38 lacrosse players sue Duke University"

Posted on February 21, 2008


New at Point of Law

Posted on February 21, 2008




Early termination cell phone fees

Posted on February 20, 2008


A letter thus begins

Posted on February 20, 2008


Congress's latest gift to lawyers?

Posted on February 20, 2008


February 19 roundup

Posted on February 19, 2008


What liberal media bias? Part DCCXIV

Posted on February 19, 2008




BlogAds: one reader's comment

Posted on February 18, 2008



$1,500 per mesothelioma lead

Posted on February 17, 2008


Traffic-cams in the Northeast

Posted on February 16, 2008


Suit seeks $100 million for Super Bowl loss

Posted on February 16, 2008


Monkeys as kids' birthday entertainment

Posted on February 16, 2008


When Clinton and Obama agreed

Posted on February 15, 2008


"Nor have I stolen a dog..."

Posted on February 15, 2008


High cost of health privacy laws, cont'd

Posted on February 15, 2008


$6.5 million to driver not wearing seatbelt

Posted on February 15, 2008



Savannah sugar refinery blast

Posted on February 15, 2008


Long Island school-district attorneys

Posted on February 15, 2008


February 14 roundup

Posted on February 14, 2008


Scruggs: I'm the real victim here

Posted on February 14, 2008


Great moments in legal services promotion

Posted on February 14, 2008



Coaching medical witnesses

Posted on February 13, 2008


"Lawyers as Presidential Candidates"

Posted on February 13, 2008


Lost laptop = $54 million?

Posted on February 13, 2008



Hiring strippers at Duke

Posted on February 12, 2008


Lerach sentenced to two years

Posted on February 12, 2008




Harry Potter fan guides, cont'd

Posted on February 12, 2008


Scruggs: blogs deny me fair local trial

Posted on February 12, 2008


February 11 roundup

Posted on February 11, 2008



Lerach: "Everybody was paying plaintiffs"

Posted on February 11, 2008



Flu shots in supermarkets

Posted on February 10, 2008


Advice for bloggers

Posted on February 10, 2008


"Suing the Smoker Next Door"

Posted on February 09, 2008




"Overlawyeredlanche"

Posted on February 09, 2008


Palimony without cohabitation?

Posted on February 08, 2008


"Plaintiffs' bar wish list"

Posted on February 08, 2008



Bacon-wrapped hot dog

Posted on February 08, 2008


Exclusive: Grand Theft Auto deposition

Posted on February 07, 2008


Arbitration for me, but not for thee

Posted on February 07, 2008


Oops dept.

Posted on February 07, 2008


Update: U.K. man with 40 bias suits

Posted on February 07, 2008



Workplace bullying bills

Posted on February 07, 2008


Jumping on the bus

Posted on February 07, 2008


Super Tuesday thought

Posted on February 06, 2008


Update: Cates loses judicial bid

Posted on February 06, 2008


February 6 roundup

Posted on February 06, 2008


UK: pancake race canceled after 600 years

Posted on February 06, 2008



The battle for Edwards's funders, cont'd

Posted on February 05, 2008


Transgender patient's right to surgery

Posted on February 05, 2008



Scruggs scandal developments, February 5

Posted on February 05, 2008


February 5 roundup

Posted on February 05, 2008


Vioxx settlement: February 4 update

Posted on February 04, 2008


January 2008: a look back

Posted on February 04, 2008


U.K.: A one-man bias-suit industry

Posted on February 04, 2008


Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

Posted on February 04, 2008


Online prescribing

Posted on February 04, 2008


Thread-count class action

Posted on February 03, 2008



Prisoner litigation Hall of Fame

Posted on February 03, 2008


"Twelve Angry Men"

Posted on February 02, 2008


Licensing eBay resellers, cont'd

Posted on February 02, 2008


Deep Pockets File: Great White fire

Posted on February 02, 2008


Our annual Super Bowl party post

Posted on February 01, 2008


Site maintenance alert

Posted on February 01, 2008


February 1 roundup

Posted on February 01, 2008


Banning restaurants from serving the obese

Posted on February 01, 2008



"Katrina Suit Vs. Army Corps Dismissed"

Posted on January 31, 2008


An ADA right to smoke-free eateries?

Posted on January 31, 2008


Jello wrestling and assumption of risk

Posted on January 30, 2008


January 30 roundup

Posted on January 30, 2008


Neuborne dispute not over after all

Posted on January 29, 2008



Walter Dellinger as Hillary's AG?

Posted on January 29, 2008




The battle for Edwards's funders

Posted on January 28, 2008


Mustang club calendars

Posted on January 28, 2008



Why are so many politicians lawyers?

Posted on January 27, 2008


"Driver Who Killed Teen Sues for Damage"

Posted on January 27, 2008


Judith Regan settles...

Posted on January 26, 2008


Edwards to be AG in Obama administration?

Posted on January 26, 2008


Redwoods vs. solar panels

Posted on January 25, 2008




Lost ski areas

Posted on January 25, 2008



Nanny state, Virginia 1934 edition

Posted on January 25, 2008


January 24 roundup

Posted on January 24, 2008


Case workers and perverse incentives

Posted on January 24, 2008


Update: Peter "P'Ta Mon" John

Posted on January 24, 2008


Yogurt marketing class action

Posted on January 24, 2008


ABC series "Eli Stone"

Posted on January 23, 2008


Enron cert denial

Posted on January 23, 2008


Freakonomics on unintended consequences

Posted on January 23, 2008


January 22 roundup

Posted on January 22, 2008


32,000 federal employees...

Posted on January 22, 2008


Paid too much for your house?

Posted on January 22, 2008



NY Times on Scruggs, again

Posted on January 21, 2008


Martin Luther King Day... and preemption?

Posted on January 21, 2008



Harry Potter, Inc., vs. fan guides

Posted on January 19, 2008


Update: car-keying lawyer faces a judge

Posted on January 19, 2008


UK: "Pantomime gun must be registered"

Posted on January 19, 2008


Hit by stray golf ball on course

Posted on January 19, 2008


Implausible defense department

Posted on January 18, 2008


January 18 roundup

Posted on January 18, 2008



"Bush Exempts Navy From Environmental Law"

Posted on January 17, 2008


Scruggs's defense unsealed

Posted on January 17, 2008



Welcome New Zealand radio listeners

Posted on January 17, 2008


Vioxx roundup, January 15-17

Posted on January 17, 2008







"Ex-Milberg Weiss honcho to head NYC Bar"

Posted on January 15, 2008


Update: millionaire spankee verdict tossed

Posted on January 15, 2008


January 15 roundup

Posted on January 15, 2008





January 14 roundup

Posted on January 14, 2008



January 13 roundup

Posted on January 13, 2008


Sears website privacy class action

Posted on January 13, 2008



Banning health clinics

Posted on January 11, 2008




















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