An interesting blog about dark underbelly of the adversarial system.

One of the reasons I decided to leave my litigation practice and become a mediator was that I became fed up with what I perceived as abuse of the system. For example, clients who had nary a leg to stand on taking tenuous legal positions and damning the consequences with a “I’d rather pay my lawyers” attitude. Or, the ridiculous battle over the $54 million pants.

Most people are not aware how often such cases are brought, and only hear about it when the parties make an effort to get press exposure, or there’s a slow news day. Overlawyered explores this dark underbelly of the law, and discusses

an American legal system that too often turns litigation into a weapon against guilty and innocent alike, erodes individual responsibility, rewards sharp practice, enriches its participants at the public’s expense, and resists even modest efforts at reform and accountability.

Check it out.