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September 22, 2008
American Crime: 316 years of getting it right?
Today is the autumnal equinox. And September 22, 1692 was the date the last people were hanged for witchcraft in North America. Whatever happened to Ordeal by Water, an old civil procedure mentioned in the first 20 pages of the casebook, anyway? "The accused, tied hand and foot, was cast into cold water, and if he/she did not sink, the accused was deemed innocent."
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:40 PM | Comments (0)
Sounds 50% good to us.
It's no secret that most--maybe over 90%--of the employee suits filed against business clients are legally meritless; and to WAC? they seem to get lamer every year. But employment-related cases are still very expensive to defend, even if handled efficiently, and thrown out at a Rule 12 or Rule 56 stage.
Legal Blog Watch reports that only 15% of plaintiffs win in employment-related cases in American federal courts. Good news--but at what price glory?
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 12:59 AM | Comments (0)