When will people learn not to post confidential things on Facebook? Would it be wrong to hope the answer is "never"? Here's a short opinion (and a report from the Miami Herald) teaching not only that less Facebook is more but also…
This made my month (and is still making this one): Kevin, For Valentine's Day my wife got me a copy of your book, which has been immensely enjoyable. Unfortunately, it did not arrive in time for our gift exchange. My…
At least one of these doesn’t exist.
Did a judge in Queens actually ignore a potential juror's potential heart attack? It's hard to say. This is why I left quotation marks out of the title. According to the reports (New York Post, UPI, ABC7), Nyima Dorjee didn't actually say "I am…
Turns out they do, so that was good news for Ashley Brandt, who was therefore allowed to fly back from Phoenix to her home in the District of Columbia. Which, as some of you may know, is part of the…
When I was researching South Carolina law for purposes of these posts about the video-rental case, I came across this act and thought, you know, the title of that thing could use a little editing: AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE…
From a recent Courthouse News report of new filings in Louisiana (thanks, Andy): USDC Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans Charles Edward Lincoln III and all others similarly situated v. Bobby Danner, Mayor; Olivier House Hotel; 534 Dauphine Street LLC;…
Watching Monster-in-Law was punishment enough, frankly.
Well, this is stupid. Recently I noted that on February 18, a hearing would be held to determine what punishment should be inflicted on three anti-nuclear activists, one of them an 84-year-old nun, who had the bad manners to break…
Here are a couple of updates on the saga of Monster-In-Law-video-keeper Kayla Finley. See "Woman Arrested Nine Years After Failing to Return Rented Video," Lowering the Bar (Feb. 17, 2014). First, criminal-defense attorney David Liebow points out that even though South Carolina doesn't have a statute…