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Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-3

Published April 30, 2004

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Lottery Lunacy For years a Cleveland man purchased between 40 and 55 lottery tickets four times a week at the same convenience store trying to win the Ohio Buckeye Five lottery. He played the same five numbers on each and every ticket he bought.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-2

Published April 16, 2004

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“Binding Arbitration” Brings Down Soft-Core Film-Maker The female star of such cinematic bondage masterpieces as “Asses in the Air” successfully sued her employer, Slave Labor Productions, for injuries she suffered while bound and hanging from ropes
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #3-1

Published February 20, 2004

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Goody, Now I Can Go Buy a Stick of Gum Citibank recently settled a class-action lawsuit dealing with the manner in which the company assessed late fees on its credit cards.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-13

Published November 21, 2003

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Biting the Hand that Spins the WheelIn October 2000, a contestant on the Wheel of Fortune TV game show won $48,500 – nearly a year’s salary. Host Pat Sajak enthusiastically jumped on the man to help celebrate his victory.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-14

Published November 20, 2003

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Trial Lawyers Pick Pockets of Panhandlers In the face of a lawsuit claiming the civil rights of panhandlers had been violated, Chicago stopped ticketing, and in some cases arresting, beggars.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-12

Published October 27, 2003

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Bigger Than Microsoft, Intel, or Coca-Cola If you add up all the money trial lawyers in the U.S. "earn" each year, how would it compare to, say, Microsoft – the giant software company – or other megacorporations?
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-11

Published September 22, 2003

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Texans Gun Down Plaintiffs Bar In one of the most highly anticipated referendum votes in recent years, on September 12 Texas voters narrowly approved Proposition 12, a constitutional amendment limiting medical malpractice awards.
Northern Trust Hosts Reception on Behalf of The New Coalition

Published September 12, 2003

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As part of the DreamMakers initiative to reach affluent individuals who value a multicultural perspective, Northern Trust recently hosted a reception on behalf of The New Coalition.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-10

Published September 1, 2003

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It Couldn’t Have Happened to a Nicer Bunch of Guys We have chronicled the wrangling over money that led to the break-up last year of the powerful plaintiffs law firm Ness Motley.
Supreme Court Fails to Protect Commercial Speech

Published August 1, 2003

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Nike v. Kasky, the most important commercial speech case in two decades, afforded an opportunity for the U.S.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-9

Published July 30, 2003

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It Was Only a Matter of Time Lawyers representing twelve Scottish alcoholics between the ages of 18 and 60 have announced their intention to file suit in Edinburgh against the liquor companies they claim destroyed their clients’ lives.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-8

Published July 15, 2003

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Happy Birthday, Daubert! This year marks the tenth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Daubert v. Merrell-Dow requiring federal judges to act as gatekeepers to prevent junk science from being introduced in the courtroom.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-7

Published June 27, 2003

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Lawyers Rank Last in American Confidence The June 1 issue of American Enterprise magazine carried the results of a Harris Interactive poll that asked people how much confidence they have in various American institutions. Not surprisingly, the U.S.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-6

Published June 5, 2003

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Guess $2,500/Hour Just Isn’t Enough The U.S. Senate recently defeated a tax bill amendment that would have limited the amount of money plaintiffs’ attorneys could receive out of the $200+ billion 1998 national tobacco settlement.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-5

Published April 22, 2003

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Even Dogs Aren’t Safe From Lawsuit Abuse ... A bill has been introduced in the Colorado legislature that would allow cat and dog owners to sue animal abusers and veterinarians and seek damage awards for “loss of companionship” up to $100,000.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-4

Published April 11, 2003

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Victory for Common Sense In a major victory for common sense, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 7 issued a ruling saying a $145 million punitive damages award against State Farm Insurance Cos. was excessive and violated constitutional principles.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-3

Published March 15, 2003

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Send the Disability Checks c/o Leavenworth A Los Angeles jury has ordered two insurance companies to pay a 66-year-old Beverly Hills lawyer $371,000 for stopping the man’s $8,200-a-month disability payments in 1999.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-2

Published February 15, 2003

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Lawbreakers Can Sue Too . . . And Win Syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock describes the case of a deranged New Yorker who shot and wounded his parents and himself in a June 1995 incident.
Reflections on the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Published January 15, 2003

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Delivered to a luncheon audience organized by Northwestern University and the Chicago Campus Dream Committee Northwestern University School of Law Chicago, Illinois January 15, 2003 click here to download PDF version Good morning.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-1

Published January 1, 2003

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FIRST, SOME HOLIDAY CHEER! Victory #1: Car Not Guilty of Fireworks Explosion The search for deep pockets in litigation is never-ending.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-12

Published November 4, 2002

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An Enormous Victory . . . for Consumers On November 1, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly upheld the settlement between Microsoft, the U.S.
Conservative Black Leader and Free-Market Think Tank Join Forces

Published November 3, 2002

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CHICAGO: Lee H. Walker, a leading mainstream conservative black spokesperson, has joined forces with The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank based in Chicago, to launch The New Coalition at The Heartland Institute.
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #1-11

Published October 15, 2002

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Take that, Mississippi! Mississippi may rank last among the 50 states in per-capita income, but it ranks first in lawsuit abuse. Since 1995, Mississippi courts have awarded plaintiffs some $1.
Testimony on Affirmative Action by Jonathan Bean

Published October 1, 2002

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October 1, 2002 Study on Faculty Diversity Illinois Board of Higher Education 431 East Adams Street Springfield, IL 62701 Dear Board Members: I strongly protest the IBHE’s campaign to promote faculty “diversity,” which it falsely equates with

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