January 30 roundup
Vioxx settlement is good for Merck and the trial lawyers suing it, the price being paid in legal ethics [Gryphon/City Journal] Australia: will-contest lawyers “will have their fees capped after a...
View ArticleThe Jonathan Lee Riches docket
We’ve covered the litigious inmate fantasist before, but this is still a striking statistic: “Thirty-nine percent of the 491 cases filed so far this month in U.S. District Court for the Northern...
View ArticleLosing patience with Jonathan Lee Riches
The federal judges in the Northern District of Georgia decided to place curbs on the famously litigious inmate who’s filed more than 1,000 lawsuits nationwide naming celebrities and politicians as...
View ArticleJuly 16 roundup
Another compilation of the hundred best law blogs, with a familiar name among the nine “general” picks, so thanks for that ["Criminal Justice Degrees Guide" via ABA Journal] Europe has a transnational...
View ArticleMicroblog 2008-11-05
“Friend named superlawyer five years after she quit practice” [@vpynchon] # Unreality meets unreality: inmate Jonathan Lee Riches files third-party brief in World of Warcraft case [Duranske, Virtually...
View ArticleNames in the news
Ultralitigious inmate Jonathan Lee Riches has filed a motion attempting to insert himself into the Bernard Madoff legal quagmire, but a federal court has rebuffed his efforts. That may make Riches the...
View ArticleApril 20 roundup
Boy fatally shoots stepbrother at home, mom sues school district as well as shooter’s family [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] Problem gambler sues Ontario lottery for C$3.5 billion [Toronto Star] Cop...
View ArticleJonathan Lee Riches sues Guinness Book of World Records
The notoriously litigious inmate has sued the records book for calling him the world’s most litigious guy; he also “objects to the names Guinness intends to call him”, including: “Johnny Sue-nami,”...
View ArticleOctober 11 roundup
“Feds seek to halt inmate’s frequent lawsuits” [AP; J.L. Riches] “SeaWorld Blasts ‘Improper’ Suit Over Trainer’s Death” [OnPoint News, earlier] Does new NY law serve as road map for charities that...
View ArticleJuly 5 roundup
“After drunken driver kills son, mother billed for cleanup” [Greenville News, S.C.] Cities, states and school districts in California will be among losers if Sacramento lawmakers pass bill authorizing...
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