Litigation

Around the web, June 3

By Ted Frank

• Criticism of SG office brief in Chamber of Commerce v. Candelaria. [Baker @ Volokh]
• Big-firm patent lawyer John Desmarais opens up shop to litigate on behalf of his own patent portfolio. [BusinessWeek]
• Foreclosure lawyer makes $1500/client for six hours work delaying legitimate foreclosures for months. [OL]
• Empirical study provides partial support for Sunstein/Winter theory that standing doctrine arose to "insulate" New Deal from challenge. [Ho & Ross @ Stanford L. Rev. via @walterolson]
• When is e-discovery too much of a burden? Courts wildly disagree. [law.com]
• Effect of civil rights law on firefighting testing. [Marginal Revolution]
• Roger Clegg on "stereotype threat." [MTC]
• Federal court shuts down spammer-ridden web company. [Oregon Business Report via @roncoleman]
• Gloria Allred complains that porn star's reservation at Ritz-Carlton was canceled. No comment from Rand Paul about Title II implications. [TMZ]

Full post as published by Point of Law on June 03, 2010 (boomark / email).