February 3, 2005 |
Posted By Diane Pfadenhauer |
The Power of Blogs
Yesterday's Wall Streeet Journal reminded me of the power of blogs. The editorial page had a small opinion on the subject of the recent lawsuit against McDonalds. Apparently, the lawsuit was tossed out of court, but the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated the case based upon a technicality. Ted Frank in the blog Overlawyered was quoted as saying that the effect of the ruling
"will be to raise the cost of defending meritless claims - which will encourage nuisance settlements, which in turn will encourage more meritless claims in the hopes of extorting such nuisance settlement."
Ted was eloquently noted as a "legal scholar" in the editorial. Here's the link to Ted's post.