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Raelyn Campbell's lawsuit against Best Buy demonstrates another problem with Apple's iTunes back-up system. Just like Best Buy's extended warranty, the iTunes back-up system is designed to fail and...

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Editorials like one appearing in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 are examples of irresponsible journalism. Just as the public tired of "liberal media" so are they sick and tired of the other extreme form of journalism that adds nothing to solving problems. The editorial board should go back to the basic foundation of good solid journalism and save their opinions for personal...

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Crawford County - Stop being mad, you make us all look bad. It's time to step into this Century. Start thinking and getting better legal advice.To set this up let's review the facts. A bike rider in RAGBRAI is allowed to ride and he hasn't signed the required waiver. He enters Crawford County, rides on their roads, hits a hole, flips and ends up dying. His widow sues Crawford County and gets a...

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Crawford County double standard. We've all said it to our children, "Take responsibility for your actions." And then there is the often quoted word to the wise normally stated after trouble has occurred, "There are consequences to your actions." We've all said it to our children, "Take responsibility for your actions." And then there is the often quoted word to the wise normally stated after...

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We've heard all about the necessity of expert witnesses using evidence based medicine to formulate opinions in law suits. Of course many of us have not bought into "evidence based medicine" as the cure for what some characterize as "fairer judicial decisions". We've been around too long and heard it previously suggested that the jury system needs to be fixed by those with a financial interest in...

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Doesn't it seem like the fox is watching the hen house? Now you have to ask yourself: Question: Who is watching out for your family? Answer: Certainly not the drug companies and absolutely not the FDA. Question: Why is the FDA allowing all of this advertising directly to the consumer? Why is this relationship between the FDA and the pharmaceutical companies so cozy?Answer: ?????According to The...

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With the continuing increase in energy prices, the demand for products from companies such as Schlumberger Ltd. has also increased. Schlumberger is the world's largest oil services company and has recently reported that its second-quarter profit rose 47%. Net profit for the Houston-based company rose to $1.26 billion, or $1.02 cents per diluted share, from $857 million, or 69 cents, a year...

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Red Sox versus the Yankees - the ultimate courtroom drama. Once again there is proof in the pudding that even God is a Red Sox fan. There is near overwhelming evidence that Pope Benedict XVI is a Red Sox fan. While the Yankees lament yet another kink in their armor, there is little disagreement that Pee-Bee is a member of the Red Sox Nation. With the Pope scheduled to say holy mass at Yankee...

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Learn how to recognize some of the more popular lending schemes that amount to nothing more than fraud. If you've got mortgage problems don't compound them by taking the bait on another flavor of financial chicanary that can lead to a worse situation. There are several short video clips on YouTube explaining various forms of fraud being perpetrated on unsuspecting home owners with mortgage...

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What's right is not always what is fair. I'm really not feeling the LOVE. Big brother is listening! Or, so warned Orwell of the society of 1984. Like the Mayor in Any Given Sunday, let me show you the love. I love the power of the LISTSERV. I would be blood brothers with a Plaintiffs' LISTSERV if it could bleed. But it can't, won't and doesn't. In Iowa our trial lawyers association is one of...

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I have to admit that this one was too good to pass on without comment. I've written previously about tort deformers and their mantra and how Madison Avenue has brilliantly fooled most of the nation into believing the sky is falling and we can only save the nation with more tort deform. But as my mother is fond of saying, "This one is a real doozy!" I have to admit that this one was too good to...

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May it please the Court? An eight year old boy was skiing; ran into another skier and the collision caused the old geezer injury. So the old geezer in turn sued for damages. One might be lead to ask if this is legal, fair or morally right. And my answer is, "Absolutely, positively, unequivocally - it is!" Why not? Children today want all of the privileges but none of the responsibilities....

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Kill the lawyers! I mean kill ALL the lawyers! What my drugs are tainted? I meant kill all the tort-deformers!Could the next recall scandal be prescription drugs from China?I pose that question and ask you, "Can we afford the same problems with drugs as we have with toys?" Take a look at this quote from We've already highlighted the New York Times story this week that exposed the frightening...

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What do drunken lemurs and a Dilbert cartoon have in common with a rotten catfish?Perhaps employees need the right to sue employers when the bosses leave common sense out of decision making and then waste tax payer resources in an attempt to punish employees exhibiting a sense of humor. Consider the following: David Steward worked on a floating gambling barge, I mean casino. His employer was the...

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And if you can't answer these questions then stop whining about all the crappy toys the Chinese are sending into our market, you have only yourself to blame. Stop wasting our time with having to listen to your drivel, call you Congressman and complain about tort deform and those deforming the system.If you are whining about the shoddy products coming in from China then stop you probably have no...

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