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| Overlawyered.com outdoes itself | | Date Created: Aug 09, 2005, 11:10 PM |
 Wow.
First it was a post on Colorado 14'ers and the threat of litigation against private property owners who let climbers like me hike across their property on the way to a summit and the possibility of peaks getting closed.
Now it's a post on the lawsuit against Apple and the iPod along with a playlist posted on iTunes called the "Overlawyered iMix. (The picture is of Overlawyered.com editor, Walter Olson but the post was by Ted Frank.
Be sure to check out the "continue reading the 'Overlawyered iMix'" link where a post by Dr. Reptile gives some suggestions and an alternative playlist.
THE OVERLAWYERED IMIX
On August 25, a San Mateo County court will hold a fairness hearing over a nationwide class action settlement over iPod batteries that will provide $50 coupons for class members and $2,768,000 in fees for the attorneys. Because the lawsuit was filed before the Class Action Fairness Act took effect, the state court does not have to comply with the new federal requirement that attorneys' fees reflect the actual redeemed value of the coupons, rather than the face value, one of many sensible provisions of the Act that trial lawyers, the New York Times, and dozens of prominent Democrats (including leading 2008 presidential contenders Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and John Edwards) opposed. In honor of this fairness hearing (as well as in honor of a pending lawsuit alleging that Apple is monopolizing the music market by selling music in a proprietary format), Overlawyered presents the Overlawyered iMix:
Continue reading "The Overlawyered iMix"
Posted by Ted Frank |
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