Oklahoma enacts loser-pays — by mistake
Is that good news, or not? My new post at Cato at Liberty: According to news reports last week, the legislature in Oklahoma passed, and Gov. Mary Fallin then signed, a bill whose wording directs judges...
View ArticleTalked into suing gun dealer, left stranded
“Brady Campaign urges couple to file a frivolous lawsuit. Couple goes bankrupt. Brady Campaign nowhere to be found.” [@jaycaruso summarizing his National Review story, earlier on Brady Campaign] Tags:...
View ArticleFebruary 14 roundup
“One-Sided Loser Pays Is the Worst of Both Worlds” [Mark Pulliam at his new blog Misrule of Law, and thanks for mention] My first piece for Quillette debunks claims of jump in rate at which gay men...
View ArticleMark Pulliam on the origins of loser-pays
No, “loser pays” is not a vestige of feudal oppression, and no, America did not move to its different legal fee rule in order to help the poor [Mark Pulliam at Law and Liberty, parts one and two, and...
View ArticleLawyers milk Florida accident-bill law for one-way fee entitlements
A Florida law allows persons who have undergone treatment after auto mishaps to sign over to the medical provider their right to sue their insurer under so-called PIP (personal injury protection) auto...
View ArticleA reader query on Michigan fee-shifting
Reader B.B., an attorney, writes: In Michigan, the American Rule for paying attorney fees has been abolished in civil cases valued at more than $25,000 when filed. I am curious whether anyone has done...
View ArticleApril 10 roundup
Waco biker prosecutions — a dragnet affair in which many bystanders were hit with charges, kept in jail on unaffordable bail, and lost their jobs — end after four years with all charges dropped; many...
View ArticleBanking and finance roundup
Advice to Mark Calabria, newly installed as head of the Federal Housing Finance Administration, or FHFA [Arnold Kling; more on what to do with Fannie and Freddie] Bad blood between Joe Biden and...
View ArticleThe Swedish advantage in civil process
Excellent interview with Dan Klein, a George Mason economist bound by family and professional ties to Sweden, where his wife and daughter live. Among other things, confirms what I’ve been saying for...
View ArticleWin, but still lose, in defamation law
In May of last year a judge dismissed a former police officer’s defamation suit against the Carroll Times Herald, published in the small town of Carroll, Iowa. “Even though the newspaper handily won...
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