Normally, if you felt it was necessary to take out an ad to tell people you were still alive, it'd be safe to say that business wasn't going well. This is probably the one exception to that rule: The two…
You know, I'm starting to think that Joe Francis has no respect for either women or the law. Francis, the creator of Girls Gone Wild, or as Gawker.com once described him, the "alleged arm-twisting sexual aggressor and loathsome Girls Gone…
Muammar Qaddafi himself is still on the loose, but it seems clear that he has lost his grip on power now that some joker is running around wearing his special hat: The reporter (on the left, in the helmet)…
The Maya Archaeology Initiative is fighting back against claims by Kellogg North America that a bird depicted in MAI's logo is too similar to "Toucan Sam," the fictional spokesbird for Froot Loops cereal. MAI, a non-profit that supports education for…
It’s not the most intimidating weapon.
I'm tempted to suggest that "does anyone here want to punch me?" might be a good question to ask during voir dire, but that wouldn't do any good if the punching impulse is caused by your actions during trial. That's…
A 61-year-old New York man claims in a new lawsuit that he was fired from his part-time job as a lifeguard for refusing to wear the required Speedo-style swim trunks for a yearly swim test. Roy Lester, who is a bankruptcy…
What does one do “after conquering Silicon Valley”? Well, one option is to go to law school, although personally if I had conquered that particular area I would go ahead and retire. But not Gregory Berry, whose restless mind took…
The Bronx civil jury is the greatest tool of wealth redistribution since the Red Army. – Ron Kuby Likely to be at least a slight exaggeration, but a great quote. Kuby had been asked to comment on…
A 23-year-old Australian man has been fined $500 as a result of being caught driving drunk. Christopher Petrie appeared in court on Monday, but a continuance was granted so that everybody could research the question whether the motorized beer cooler…