Last December, as you may recall, the North Face Apparel Co. sued The South Butt LLC, a company started by Missouri teenager Jimmy Winkelmann. North Face alleged that South Butt was infringing and diluting the famous North Face trademark. The…
I wrote on April 2 about an April Fools' Day prank by law blogger Eric Turkewitz (and others) who managed to fool the New York Times, at least briefly. Turns out that was only the first act in a drama…
I think this is the first time I've used this particular word here, but I think it has to be done. On April 9, the chief judge of the provincial court for Canada's Prince Edward Island acquitted a local hockey player…
First, as you have likely heard, Justice John Paul Stevens announced today that he will retire at the end of the Court's current term. The announcement comes just 11 days short of the Justice's 90th birthday, and, not that it…
The city council of Littleton, Colorado, said Tuesday that although it was "disappointed and saddened" by the situation, it had decided to fire Municipal Judge James Kimmel after almost 30 years of service. Matters came to a head after a 19-year-old…
Hold it — I distinctly remember being told that under TSA rules this could not happen. It did? Well, at least we can be thankful that the scanners aren't actually capable of storing or sending the images they take of…
A Florida appellate court has ruled that a judge went too far when he held Michelle McRoy in contempt after her cell phone rang in court. In the 2009 incident, Judge Anthony Johnson not only found McRoy in contempt, he…
That was fast. A reader (from Chicago) informed me just now that 41,400 Kazakh tenge is currently the equivalent of US $281.80, so assuming that the Institute will be offering a U.S.-standard three-year law degree (about 90 credit-hours), that works…
How far are you willing to go for a job? If the answer is "a really long way," you should know that the Legal Profession Blog reported yesterday that a law school in Almaty, Kazakhstan, is looking for a dean….
He was being just a tad sarcastic, but he did say it. On April 6, the California Court of Appeal vacated a lower court's ruling that Steven Martinez should be granted a "compassionate release" from prison because he is a quadriplegic….