Pistol Whipped: Baseless Lawsuits, Foolish Laws

Applying Association Rule Discovery To select laws and articles for lawsuits

Data Classification and Association Rule Discovery are two important data mining techniques. In this paper, we apply the two techniques to find appropriate laws and articles for lawsuits. We propose a data classification method using a classifier generated from association rule discovery technique. We utilize the classifier to help selecting laws and articles to be tried for a lawsuit. Our expe...

Whipped oil stabilised by surfactant crystals.

We describe a protocol for preparing very stable air-in-oil foams starting with a one-phase oil solution of a fatty acid (myristic acid) in high oleic sunflower oil at high temperature. Upon cooling below the solubility limit, a two-phase mixture consisting of fatty acid crystals (length around 50 μm) dispersed in an oil solution at its solubility is formed which, after whipping, coat air bubbl...

Lawsuits and secondhand smoke.

OBJECTIVE This paper describes secondhand smoke (SHS) litigation over the past quarter century where non-smoking litigants have prevailed and attempts to decipher trends in the law that may impact the course of future cases. METHODS Since the early 1980s, the author has sought and examined legal cases in which SHS exposure is an important factor. Law library searches using the official report...

Those "Wrongful Discharge" Lawsuits

ou’re fired!” “Y These words can mark the beginning of lengthy legal problems for contractors deciding to terminate even unsatisfactory employees. Why? First, many of today’s employees have no qualms about initiating a lawsuit if they believe their employer is in the wrong. Second, employers may not realize the consequences their actions can have under federal, state or local employment laws. T...

A Clockwork Orange--served with whipped cream?