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Law School Dean Takes Offense to Stories Targeting Law Schools

ABA Journal: Replying to a Sunday New York Times article on law school economics that obviously hit a nerve, the dean of New York Law School today said that prospective students are not, as the article seemingly implies, “sheep who do not know that we live in challenging economic times.”

Many read the Times, writes Dean Richard Matasar in a lengthy response posted on the New York Law School website. Plus, they get realistic advice not only from the law school but from family, friends and others who point out the risk of taking on likely six-figure educational debt, especially given the uncertainty of a challenging legal job market.

Why You Should Delay Retirement

U.S. News & World Report:  Increasingly, Americans are pushing back their ideal retirement age. The age workers expect to retire rose from an average of 60 in 1995 to 66 in 2011, according to a recent Gallup poll. And a Harris Interactive survey released last week found that Americans age 55 and older plan to work until they’re 69, up from age 64 in 2001. Working longer has a variety of economic and social benefits. “At the bottom end of the socioeconomic scale, people need the money and the insurance to make ends meet, and at the upper-end people are working because they want to,” says Joseph Quinn, a Boston College economics professor. Here are 10 reasons you may want to consider delaying retirement…

Maricopa County Sued For Access to Records

AZCentral: A law firm embroiled in a lawsuit and other disputes with Maricopa County filed a special action against the county, claiming officials refused to properly respond to numerous requests for information sought under the state’s public records law.

An attorney representing the firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart P.C. filed the special action July 11 in Maricopa County Superior Court, specifically naming county Clerk of the Board Fran McCarroll and county spokeswoman Cari Gerchick.

Is Gun Ownership Relevant to Healthcare?

From the ABA Journal:

Physicians fighting a Florida law that restricts them from asking all patients about guns or dropping a patient simply because he or she has a firearm could be facing an uphill legal battle.

During a court hearing today on a lawsuit filed by several physician groups, an assistant attorney general said the doctors are misreading the statute and a federal judge expressed skepticism about their case, reports the Associated Press.

The physicians say asking about guns, as a number of standard questionnaires do, is a legitimate inquiry about patient health.

“What’s relevant about asking about my gun when I came in with a cold?” said U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke. “Maybe it’s the other way around. Maybe the questionnaire is overbroad and not the statute.”

 This article can be found on the ABA Journal’s website by clicking here.

Twittersquatter Suit Dropped

ABA Journal:   A company that sued a so-called Twittersquatter for using its name to post sarcastic tweets has dropped its legal effort.

Coventry First dropped the suit late Tuesday, according to Public Citizen’s Consumer Law & Policy Blog. Public Citizen had defended the anonymous person who used the @coventryfirst handle. (The author later changed the handle to @coventryfirstin and added disclaimers.)

Coventry First buys life insurance policies and resells them to investors who cover the premiums until the insured dies. The Twitter author had applauded early deaths (which lead to greater investor profits) in veiled criticism of the industry. Coventry First’s suit against the writer had alleged trademark infringement and violations of cybersquatting laws.

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