So this just happened on Twitter: And yes, that's me (on her television, apparently). The general theme of the thread that followed was something like "Fox News thinks this bird-poop thing is more important than #Ferguson!" It very well may,…
It was property damage, you see.
This recent decision by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (thanks, Lachlan) is called The Queen v. Pro Bono Law Ontario, and that name needs some explaining. In the U.S., criminal cases are usually named something like State v. Whoever or United States v. Whoever (or,…
The world seems somehow different now that Robin Williams is gone, and although any departure changes the world to some extent, this one has affected me (and, clearly, many others) a lot more than most celebrity departures do. He seems…
Don't give up on it.
Maybe you cynics out there assumed this was another example of police abusing their authority to hassle someone who embarrassed them, but no. It is another example of people with outstanding warrants not staying out of the limelight. Not the…
I came across Pete Reid's great super-lawyer ad via the Legal Cheek site out of the UK. They also linked to the ad below, which I also enjoyed, though for somewhat different reasons: I awarded bonus points because I think the…
It’s not looking so good for the monkey.
Via Above the Law, here's Austin attorney Pete Reid's new ad, which is pretty great. According to the ad, at least, he's good at lots of things besides jury trials: I'd hire him, even if he didn't really save…
No one was harmed in this incident, no shots were fired, and the officers did not use force, at least not more than necessary to take a 90-year-old woman into custody. Nor is anyone going to press charges, according to…