Here's an official statement from the city of St. Charles, MO, on the Sugar Plum Fairy incident. As should be obvious, all italicized and/or bracketed material is my commentary and not part of the official statement. Mayor Sally Faith –…
St. Charles, Missouri, has been in the news before (my news, at least), back when it was contemplating an ordinance that would have banned "profane language" anywhere alcoholic beverages are sold, a ban that would have been unconstitutional as well…
Well, it has been a real roller-coaster ride for those of us following the status of roadkill legislation in Illinois. In May, we learned that HB 3178 had been passed by the Illinois Legislature, thereby clarifying that it was not…
Those of you who have ever slogged or are currently slogging through a document-review project, which I suppose includes most lawyers on Earth, may want to check out a new web series on Bitter Lawyer called "The Bottom Rung." The…
According to The Telegraph, a Spanish government agency has fined the makers of the film "Larry Crowne" £25,000 (which might actually be more than it took in at the box office) for a movie poster that shows Julia Roberts and…
Be on the lookout: someone stole seven guns and a trombone from a storage unit in Seattle. The trombone was not in a gun-shaped case, but it’s possible the thief thought he was stealing eight musical instruments. (KOMO News) Hoping…
According to Neatorama, this is actually happening: "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney," the game that lets everyone in on the fun of practicing law, originated in Japan. Its success there led to a 2005 release in the U.S. on the Nintendo…
The New York Times reports today on an NYPD operation involving an officer posing as a barber in a shop suspected of dealing drugs. The owner of the shop was also a police officer, and apparently the plan was for Internal Affairs…
One: Your iPhone is broken. Apparently this person still has what in olden times was called a "land line," because obviously he could not have used his iPhone yesterday to report that his iPhone was broken. Although, since alcohol was…
Well, this is ridiculous all around.