For regularly updated commentaries on this subject as well as outside links, see my Overlawyered.com site, launched July 1999.

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Online excerpts and related articles from The Excuse Factory: What Happened When America Unleashed the Lawsuit (Free Press, 1997) (description of book, review highlights, how to buy, etc.):
 

• "Occupational Hazards", Reason, May 1997.
• "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of a good beer," Washington Monthly, September 1997.
• "Disabling America", National Review, May 5, 1997.
• "The Trouble with Employment Law", Cato Policy Report, May/June 1997.
• "Read These Books -- And Sue Every Boss in Sight", Baltimore Sun, February 16, 1997.
• "Dial 'O' for Outrage" (outtakes from the book), Reason, December 1998.
• "Time to Get Off the Tenure Track", New York Times, July 8, 1997.
• "Punch the Clock, Sue the Boss", New York Times, March 20, 1998.
• "Fixing the Civil Service Mess", City Journal, Autumn 1997 (shorter version).

Other Olson writings on

• disabled rights/Americans with Disabilities Act
• harassment and sex discrimination law
• other branches of discrimination law
• on litigation generally / on legal ethics / on product liability / The Litigation Explosion (Dutton, 1991)

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