Ape in Court
Seems like there is always some humor in store anytime an animal shows up in court. I guess there was that one time it didn't go so well: Even then, though, the chimpanzees were kind of funny. (It's those friggin orangutangs…
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John Edwards Manages to Get Less Popular
Apparently unhappy with his 15 percent approval rating in a recent poll I mentioned just the other day – the lowest that polling firm had ever recorded — former senator and candidate John Edwards dashed out on Thursday to make a statement…
Seriously Funny Lawyer Ads?
I have not devoted nearly enough space here (yet) to the phenomenon of horrifyingly bad lawyer advertising of the kind that you tend to see during "Judge Judy" or on very-late-night TV. While lawyer advertising in general is not especially…
Ohio County Pays for Bat Attack
Those of you who live in Ohio and have recently been attacked by a rabid animal, please be aware that you only have four months to ask for compensation under state law. (File now – you can thank me later.)…
Polling Firm Says John Edwards Is Its Most Unpopular Person Ever
According to its website, the Public Policy Polling firm got its start in 2001, so it's only been polling for nine years. Given the low numbers for politicians generally, though, it still seems like a pretty remarkable achievement to be…
Man Cited for “Rocking Out” to John Denver Tunes
Responding to what must be the first and only nuisance complaint ever based on the music of John Denver (based on its volume, anyway), police in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, ticketed a man on January 13 after neighbors complained the Denver…
Judge Randomly Drug-Screened Courtroom Spectators, Complaint Alleges
The term "due process" is hard to define exactly, but one thing it doesn't mean is "we do this all the time," a lesson that a judge in Tennessee learned the hard way. Judge Durwood Moore was censured last year,…
Note: Affair With Client’s Spouse Tends to Create Conflict of Interest
Actually, it's hard to think of a situation in which doing this would not create a conflict of interest, but if you represent a client in divorce proceedings even though you are the one his spouse has been cheating with, that…
Dangerous Cub Scout on No-Fly List
Michael Winston Hicks is the name of a suspicious individual who is on "the list," according to the TSA. It is also the name of 8-year-old "Mikey" Winston Hicks, left, who according to a January 13 New York Times article…
Israeli Minister Makes Turkish Ambassador Sit on Little Sofa
I guess when you have as many friends in the Middle East as Israel does, you can afford to humiliate one of them. Turkey, which has been an ally of Israel's for some time, is threatening to recall its ambassador…