Best Lawsuit of 2006?
I also want to honor the most compelling lawsuit of 2006. It was particularly hard to choose between so many qualified contenders in this area, so I definitely wanted to put this to a vote. (Note: these lawsuits are ones…
January 2007
Best Legal Argument of 2006?
As January 2007 comes to an end, so also does any excuse I might have for recapping the best stories of 2006. I'll be doing that this week and am finishing up the review process. It is very difficult to…
Embezzler Keeps Low Profile By Purchasing Ranch, Talking Trees, 20-Foot Dragon
She also bought a life-size statue of Al Capone, which I thought was a nice touch.
Brat’s Screaming Ruled Proximate Cause of Chicken Tragedy
A court in Nanjing, China, has ruled that a man must compensate a local chicken farmer for hundreds of chickens allegedly killed by the man’s four-year-old son. The man was making a delivery to the farm when his son, who…
Iraqi Parliament Actually Has a Quorum
Further proof today that things are going great in Iraq—the New York Times reports that on Monday, the parliament was actually able to conduct business because, for the first time since November, enough people showed up to vote on things. …
Police in Tijuana Are No Longer Empty-Handed
The war on drugs continues to rage in Tijuana, Mexico, but police officers there are in a much better position to fight it now that they have been given weapons. Although, since the weapons are slingshots, maybe their position is…
Perry Mason Summarized
This is the essay I was looking for. James Lileks does a review of the new Perry Mason DVD box set and reminds you that you don’t really need to get it because every show was basically the same. Link:…
Police Rapidly Crack the Case of the Stolen GPS Devices
Thieves stole 14 global positioning system devices from a New York public-works department on Monday night. Police located them almost immediately. My shortest post yet.
Professor Will Fight for Freedom of Fecal Expression
Kathleen Ensz will go on trial in May on a misdemeanor charge for "use of a noxious substance," based on an incident last year in which she wrapped some of her dog’s feces in a mailer she had received from…
Lawyers Show Their Tats to the ABA
I read the ABA Journal’s eReport (that’s a Report that goes out eLectronically) every Friday, and was a little surprised to see this under "Answers of the Week": "Last week we asked what inspired you to get tattooed." That was…