August 2012


“Your Honor, First of All, I’m Not Smoking Crack”

This is something you'd really prefer to get through your entire legal career without having to say. From a report today in Ars Technica: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA—Testimony in the giant Apple v. Samsung patent trial is entering its final hours, and nerves…


Insane Clown Posse, Sounding Pretty Sane

In this CNN clip posted today (if you can't see it, that's because it's in Flash), Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope of Insane Clown Posse talk about their music, fans, families, and (briefly) the FBI's ridiculous classification of all…


Hi, I Own Your Land Although I Have No Evidence of That

"I have been practicing law since 1974," said Randal Harrison, "and I have never been involved in a case where someone was claiming a title based on unrecorded deeds that were over 200 years old and not having possession of…


Wexler: Scalia Got the Most Laughs Again This Year

For some years now, Professor Jay Wexler has been analyzing the transcripts of Supreme Court oral arguments and tallying up the references to "[laughter]" in response to wisecracks from the bench. He first did this in 2005, and on Monday…


Legal Action Announced at Gathering of the Juggalos

This is a thing that is happening: INSANE CLOWN POSSE AND PSYCHOPATHIC RECORDS RETAIN LEGAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE AND PURSUE LEGAL ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE NATIONAL GANG INTELLIGENCE CENTER'S 2011 NATIONAL GANG THREAT ASSESSMENT Musical Group to Spearhead Campaign…


$100 Million Security System Breached by Drunken Jet Skier

Multiply this by about 1,000 to get an idea of the problem with our entire approach to security post-9/11. Sorry—I meant 1,000 times the wasted money, although I imagine that 1,000 drunken jet skiers could wreak a lot of havoc…


Patent No. 5,443,036: Method of Exercising a Cat

Some days I'm just too tired to jiggle a piece of string. If only there were an easier and more convenient way to get my cat to engage in voluntary aerobic exercise…. Utilizing the method set forth in this patent,…


Airline Punished for Hiring Women to Dance to Banana Song

Legal Blog Watch, which is now up to Volume 22 of its “Things You Can’t Do on a Plane” series, reports that Vietnam’s Civil Aviation Administration has fined an airline that hired “local beauty queens” to perform during its inaugural…


Madison Police Blotter: Banjo Attack

Much more serious than last week's ukelele assault was this incident recently reported by the police department of Madison, Wisconsin: Incident Type:  Weapons Violation Incident Date:  08/06/2012 – 11:42 PM Address:          852 Williamson St. (Willy Street Pub) Arrested:         [name…