Criminal defense attorney Gene Murray is aggressively defending his client against drug possession charges, in part by arguing that the city police chief, who took part in the traffic stop that led to the arrest, is not qualified. The Toledo…
For those of you who are closely following the Anna Nicole Smith story, this article by Professor Joanna Grossman clearly sets out the legal reasoning behind Judge Larry Seidlin’s "odd," "tearfully delivered," but also apparently correct ruling in the Broward…
A law passed this month in Mexico imposes criminal penalties on men who are "jealous" or who are "indifferent" toward their wives. The law would likely violate the Equal Protection Clause in the U.S. because it applies only to husbands…
The Lodi Nut Company, of Lodi, California, says it will be forced to close its factory gift shop at the end of this month because the cost of complying with Homeland Security regulations is too high. Terrorists are not yet…
Luckily, I already had a great deal of respect for Marines, elderly or not, so I didn’t need this lesson. But it’s too late for a mugger in Costa Rica who made the very poor decision to try to rob…
Not sure why this story is popping up again right now — it may be that the report last December was of a threatened lawsuit, and now it’s actually been filed, but you know what? It doesn’t matter. Because James…
He was convicted of shoplifting after he disputed a price, but the court just reversed his conviction.
“Alice in Wonderland” an inspiration.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office informed Alexandre Batlle that it would not register the proposed trademark "OBAMA BIN LADEN," which of course conflates the names of presidential candidate "Barack Obama" and non-presidential-candidate "Osama bin Laden." Batlle…
The Associated Press reported on Wednesday that three Phoenix-area schools were put "on lockdown" after a middle-school student reported seeing a person dressed as Batman run across the school grounds, jump over a fence and disappear into the desert. The…