Most of us have "called in sick" at one point or another, when we probably could have dragged ourselves into the office but had other priorities. But who among us has been as creative, determined, and stupid as Daniel Kuch,…
Remember, time is running out to apply for an internship in the office of Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho). The deadline is March 15, 2008, or when Senator Craig resigns, whichever comes first. "For those interested in politics," Craig writes on…
The New York Times reports today that the long-cherished right of Italian men to grope freely, already under siege, has been further limited by an Italian Supreme Court decision. The ruling, which appears to have been issued recently although the…
I don’t want to keep you in suspense: the answer is yes. Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, located in Iowa, apparently gives its employees a special bonus to mark their first year of employment. The bonus, at least in this…
"When I received a solicitor’s letter," said Paul O’Brien of Leeds in Great Britain, "I thought someone was having a laugh." This was because the letter explained that Mr. O’Brien was likely to be sued by a woman who had…
The Nevada Bar Association said earlier this month that it had received a complaint against personal-injury lawyer Glen Lerner, and that it was investigating. Lerner is extremely well-known in Nevada, largely because of his ridiculous TV commercials, which have shown…
In a classic opinion of which I have just learned, the California Court of Appeal ruled in 1998 that police were in fact justified in detaining a man they saw on a bicycle at 3:00 in the morning, primarily because…
Sadly, it seems to be all too common for legal disputes to arise over who gets the engagement ring if a wedding is called off. But not many of those disputes involve a ring worth close to half a million…
On February 12, an attorney representing a man suing NFL running back Reggie Bush said he and his client chose to end a deposition early after noticing that the other side was armed. "I knew they weren’t going to like…
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