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The Girl Scouts Have To Sell How Many Cookies For What?!
The Girl Scouts celebrated their 100th anniversary this March, so I thought it would be a perfect time to share a little-known Girl Scout-related story that illustrates how much things have changed in...
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Deadline For Entering 15th Annual Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest Is May 15
Last call for your outrageous warning labels! If you have seen a funny, common sense label on a product and want to enter it in our 15th Annual Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest, you still have time. But...
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America’s Wackiest Warning Labels Selected In 15th Annual Contest
The internationally recognized Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest, now in its 15th year, has just announced the Top Five finalists. They are: An electric razor for men that warns “Never use while...
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Wacky Warning Labels Show Toll Of Frivolous Lawsuits
Thanks to the Washington Examiner for publishing my recent op-ed about this year’s Wacky Warning Label Contest. We have had a record number of requests for radio interviews since it was published and...
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When George McGovern Spoke Out About The Problem of Lawsuit Abuse
George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee who passed away Sunday at the age of 90, was an icon of American liberalism. However, as Newt Gingrich pointed out in Politico, he was also “a...
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Update On The Sioux Who Sued To Keep The Fighting Sioux
Last Thanksgiving, we reported on a dispute between two Native American Sioux tribes over whether the University of North Dakota should be allowed to continue using the Fighting Sioux nickname. One...
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Asbestos Fraud Case Prompts Call To Refocus On America’s Powerful Plaintiffs’...
One of the most basic questions that anyone who is involved in trying to eliminate the scourge of frivolous lawsuits from America must grapple with is this one: What can be done about the tremendous...
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Remembering An American Hero Who Was Honored By General Eisenhower
Into The Jaws Of Death On March 6, 2013, we lost a true American hero who took part in the Allied invasion of France at Omaha Beach on D-Day. Fred Millard of my hometown of Northville, Michigan was a...
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America’s Wackiest Warning Labels Announced In 16th Annual Contest
The internationally recognized Wacky Warning Labels™ Contest, now in its 16th year and sponsored by the Center for America, has selected the 2013 FINALISTS! The top five finalists are: “Wash hands...
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Washington Times Op-ed Reveals Reason For Wacky Warning Labels
Thank you to the Washington Times for publishing a condensed version of my op-ed below about the reason behind three of the labels in this year’s Wacky Warning Label Contest. To see that op-ed, please...
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Outdated Scaffold Law Piles Costs On Taxpayers
Recently, we devoted one of our radio commentaries to how New York’s outdated Scaffold Law adds hundreds of millions of dollars to building projects in that state. It’s a unique “under the radar”...
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Will A School In Your Community Be The Next To Ban Tag At Recess?
Thanks, in part, to the fear of being sued, school officials have changed playgrounds and the games allowed on them significantly in recent years. In many places, it’s impossible to find monkey bars,...
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World Champion Boston Red Sox Receive “Cease and Desist” Letter
As the Boston Red Sox players were preparing for Game Two of the recent World Series, the team’s top lawyer, Ed Weiss, received an unusual “cease and desist” letter that has received very little news...
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Honoring Veterans and Strengthening America’s Employers At The Same Time
Since we begin this week by honoring America’s veterans, I’m taking a hiatus from talking about how lawsuit abuse is robbing Americans of freedoms we’ve enjoyed for generations to promote a great...
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Law School Professors’ Union Accuses Dean Of Satanic Pay Raises
A union representing professors at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law recently filed an unfair labor practice lawsuit against the school over pay raises of $666 that were given to some of the...
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Taxpayers Foot Bill For Federal Lawsuit Against Residential Complex For The...
According to a report on FOX News, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has filed a lawsuit against a residential complex in Arizona that was built specifically to house the hearing...
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Campus Police Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Students Gets Bigger Payout Than...
Photo: Wayne Tilcock/Davis Enterprise A former University of California police officer who made international news two years ago by pepper-spraying a group of student protestors as they sat before him...
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School Officials Settle Sex Abuse Lawsuit for $700,000, But Students Still At...
Courtesy of KIRO TV - Seattle, Washington Parents have enough to think about these days without having to worry about whether their children will be assaulted in school by a classmate who is a known...
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You Know Those Ubiquitous “Prop 65” Warnings? They May Be Worthless
Can you get cancer from handling an indoor extension cord, a fishing lure, or a wooden match? If you read the label on those and hundreds of other products that carry what is known as the “Prop 65...
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When Football Gave America A Lesson In Problem Solving
Another football season has come to a close and, whether we like it or not, the focus of the sport will now shift from touchdowns and goal-line stands to what can be done to prevent more concussions...
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