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The US Supreme Court denied certiorari today in the fantasy baseball case of Major League Baseball Advanced Media v. CBC Distribution. That dispute had formed the basis of my April Fools Day hoax, claiming that cert had been granted but that a dispute arose when three members of the Court recused themselves due to participation in a fantasy league, and two others did not.

The suit revolved around the use of real statistics generated by players at the major league level for use in fantasy leagues, when major league baseball claimed that those that wanted to use the stats needed to pay a licensing fee, while plaintiff CBC, which runs a service for fantasy players, claimed no such fee was needed under the First Amendment. Since the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals had sided with CBC, Major League Baseball has now definitively lost the case.

The hoax, and the underlying legal and baseball issues of recusal that inspired it, was the subject of a second post: Deconstructing a Fantasy (And Who Was Duped?) The brief order did not mention anyone recusing themselves for participating in a fantasy baseball league.

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…is up, with Brooks Schuelke once again doing the hard work of putting it together.

It’s been buzzing around a couple of blogs that New York is considering funding three new law schools, to add to the 15 we already have. I haven’t seen anyone support the idea yet, except the politicians who want to bring jobs into their districts. But one part of the idea might have merit and be worth considering.

First the nuts and bolts of the proposal, then we’ll go to the naysayers, and then I’ll add my two rupees on which part might be a good. This is from a May 30th New York Law Journal article:

With no advance notice and little fanfare, the Legislature included in the budget passed April 2 money for two feasibility studies: $3 million for the State University at Binghamton and $2.25 million for St. John Fisher College, a Roman Catholic institution in Pittsford, near Rochester.

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The ad takes up a full back page in today’s New York Law Journal. And it is a thank you from the New York State Trial Lawyers Association to the almost 150 members of the organization that traveled to Albany to lobby the legislature last week to help preserve the civil justice system and increase judicial salaries. NYSTLA, for those that don’t know, is the preeminent trial lawyers group in New York.

So the questions are:

• If you have an attorney handling a personal injury matter, is the name of your lawyer on the list? Or at least someone from his/her firm?
• And if not, did s/he attend last year or the year before?
• Is s/he actively working in some way to preserve the civil justice system?
• And if they have never done anything in this regard, why not?

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That picture of Hillary Clinton to the right was shot by my photojournalist niece, with a story at the link. Will someone tell the Pulitzer people?
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A surgeon writes of seeing his father try a case, and the Perry Mason Moment (Surgeonsblog);

Blawg Review #161 is up at Patent Baristas with a Memorial Day edition;

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On May 27, 1988, after 2 1/2 years as an associate at a top medical malpractice firm in New York, I quit. Not for another job. But to pick up a backpack and travel around the world.

And so a journey began, initially lasting 10 months and including my first “blog” of sorts, a monthly travel journal I called The Turkewitz Times. But in actuality the travels lead to my own firm and the newletter to this little electronic law diary. And it lead to a few lessons in the law, the kind that might not be in our books.

When I quit that job I was already experienced, having deposed over 100 medical professionals and tried two cases at Fuchsberg & Fuchsberg. And because of that experience I was confident I could hook up with a new firm when I returned after having scratched the travel itch. This was an adventure I could never undertake once I got married and had kids, had a mortgage and an assortment of other responsibilities.

That journey took me from the exotic center of Marrakesh, to the old stone walls of Dubrovnik and Jerusalem, on a felucca down the Nile and to the otherworldly Cappadocia in Turkey. From the depths of Red Sea scuba diving to the Himalayan heights of Nepal. From the poppy fields of the Golden Triangle of Thailand to a final farewell bungee jump in New Zealand.

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It has been estimated that two in three people who are involved in road traffic collisions will end up suffering the effects of whiplash through experiencing problems in their neck and surrounding area. These symptoms usually develop within a few hours but the nature of the symptoms that they suffer can often vary.

I have been representing persons in personal injury claims for 18 years. In that time I have come up with a list of Top Ten Tips to help you get fair compensation for your injuries.

Accidents at work are costing us millions each year. Last year, accidents in Plymouth have been estimated to have cost the region 4.5 million, while in North Yorkshire, the figure is more than double at 11 million.