Rarely granted is the Motion for More Definite Statement under Federal Rule 8(a), which requires complaints to contain "a short and plain statement of the claim" being made. But now we know it is appropriate at least where a plaintiff…
I guess after you’ve conquered New York, humiliated Colombian drug dealers, and . . . well, whatever happened in that third movie I didn’t even know existed until now, the Australian Tax Office does not seem very daunting. Paul Hogan,…
On June 23, a federal judge in New York denied a motion to dismiss Robert Burck’s trademark-infringement claims against Mars, Inc., and its ad agency. Mars is the maker of M&Ms, among other things. Mr. Burck is better known as…
In a development that John McCain must have been very happy to hear about, the man who was in charge of the "Hanoi Hilton" while McCain was a prisoner of war has endorsed him for the presidency. Tran Trong Duyet…
Anyone who thinks the "War on Terror" will be declared over anytime soon should think about this: the U.S. government just now removed Nelson Mandela from its official terrorist watchlist. Mandela was put on the list along with other members…
Well-meaning Canadians (is there another kind?) reportedly leapt to the defense of an autistic girl recently after a psychic declared that the girl was being abused. “I’m in shock,” said the girl’s mother. “They reported me to Children’s Aid because of…
CNN reported on June 24 that U.S. immigration authorities had denied a visa to George Alan O’Dowd, better known to some as Boy George of "Culture Club" fame. O’Dowd, 48, had been scheduled to perform a series of concerts in…
A 74-year-old woman was denied the right to buy beer at a convenience store in Norwalk, California, the Associated Press has reported. Granted, this happened after she had driven her car through the front window and into the store, but…
On June 25, the Seventh Circuit affirmed the conviction of Conrad Black, one of several former newspaper executives found guilty last year of defrauding their company out of millions of dollars. In a bad sign for the defendants, the opinion…
To be fair to everyone involved, the plant’s leaves were reportedly “pretty sharp.”