I’ve been trying to understand changes over time in the California state budget, though the data are presented in a way that makes that extremely difficult to do. I did spend enough time to discover one component of the budget that seems to have grown at a pretty healthy pace if you look at the last decade as a whole.
Category Archives: tort law
Patent abuse
Nattering Naybob condemns the injustice in the Vonage court decisions.
Patent protection and technological innovation
There is a potential conflict between the two that we ought to revisit as the nature of technological advance itself undergoes profound changes.
Environmental totalitarianism
What do Russia and California have in common?
That’s one way to raise those campaign dollars
A California lawyer tells doctors that they should not expect to be asked to testify in workers’ compensation trials unless they contribute $2,500 to Phil Angelides’ campaign for governor.
An open letter to the Honorable Judge Carl J. West
My two cents worth on the multimillion dollar class-action lawsuit that was filed on my behalf against Ralphs Grocery Company.
Rockfall lawsuit
When I expressed dismay this fall about a lawsuit against the National Park Service on behalf of a rock climber killed by a rock slide, several readers told me not to worry, the case would be dismissed. Well, you were right.
Blind leading the blind
Score another one for the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Lawsuit abuse
Two more examples of why I think America’s lawyers are out of control.
Murky future for Merck
So what’s the big deal? We’ll just get some other company to take its place in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.