July 2011

One Way to Make Litigation Attractive

Actually, maybe the only way. George Kokkinidis of Design Language News has plotted who's suing who in the mobile business, creating this graphic that is probably the most attractive depiction of litigation you're likely to see: The fact that so many arrows…



Warren Jeffs Fires Defense Team, Now Represented by God

Everybody wants God on their side, but über-polygamist Warren Jeffs is apparently getting legal advice directly from Him. Jeffs, who is the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), is on trial in Texas…



Assorted Stupidity #24

A Twitter response to a post I wrote for Forbes.com about "Caylee's Law" being a bad idea: "what a STUPID article by @loweringthebar [link] STUPID!" I stand corrected. After being told by a judge that your latest mistake shows you are…



Bad Law Book Titles No. 3

  This book, actually a looseleaf binder series, won The Bookseller's 2001 Diagram Prize for oddest book title, which may explain why it now seems to be available only under another name. Corporate manslaughter, also referred to as "corporate killing,"…


BIDDING ON THE CASEY ANTHONY HEAD HAS CLOSED

Bad news if you bid on eBay item #260823841484 (CASEY ANTHONY LATEX RUBBER MASK EXT. RARE) and bid less than $999,900, as that was the winning bid allegedly placed by an unidentified person this afternoon. The auction closed at just after…


CASEY ANTHONY LATEX RUBBER MASK FOR SALE [Updated]

Just a few hours left to get in your bid on this horrifyingly realistic Casey Anthony mask, now being offered on eBay: Halloween is only a few months away. Forget Freddy, Jason, [Michael] Meyers [sic], here's your chance to scare…


Correction: Police Can Ask Beavers for Identification

I might have been a little hasty yesterday when I threatened to start a "Free Beavers" campaign to win the release of Phillip T. Beavers, the guy who was arrested in Utah and then refused to identify himself for about…