Diana - That’s a pretty interesting look at yet another refined device in the sports promoter’s toolbox for separating people from their money.

Yes, of course. The State AGs, tireless advocates for the rights of consumers, would manage to reduce the $73,000,000 award of attorney fees to the plaintiffs’ lawyers to .... $73,000,000.

Even without regard to the NSAC’s various other brave acts of inaction followed by sanctimony we’ve heard over the years, it seems you have a point.

As I lawyer, I am insulted how grossly oversimplified both of your ideas are about how class actions work. Neither such lopsided payout would ever happen. The State AGs would almost certainly intervene to protect the public’s interest, resulting in:

It’s a very soft gig for neophyte beer bloggers whose toughest work is leafing through a thesaurus, but it’s much less cushy for the folks who do real investigative work and write well about complex subjects.

Now there’s some useful info. First good reason I’ve heard even to try it.

....in a pleasant, palatable liquid base of battery acid, bull sperm, and hemlock extract.

Same with Jodi Arias, I suppose?

Guess again.

In the immortal words of a former colleague, “the mere fact that he’s paranoid doesn’t mean he’s wrong.”

Yes it certainly does. Good call.

Doesn’t leave many alternatives. Happy Easter.

“Hang onto this ball, son, if you can.”

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Fear not! At Rite-Aid, you can still buy Brut. Or you may prefer Parfums de Coeur body spray, depending how you want to handle the olfactory aspect of your rotting soul. Both are cheaper than Old Spice.

>Quack, quack!< I think you ducked my questions!

There are countless situations where university employees are involved in negative interactions with third parties that could have negative legal consequences for the university.

My apologies, my comment wasn't very clear. I was thinking more along the lines of exceptions either to legal privileges that might apply or to promises in the treating facility's privacy policy in place at the time of treatment.

Disclosing treatment records under a law enforcement/crime prevention exception to promises of confidentiality seems different than handing over an entire file for litigation purposes (even if the disclosures are made to different arms of the same sprawling collegiate entity).

I suspect prosecutors don't have the discretion to bring an endless series of related cases without the defendant's consent. For example, they may be required to join all charges against a particular person that arise from the same transaction or incident, and a defendant in a criminal case does have a right to a…