A email accidentally sent by the law school admissions director for the University of California at Berkeley comically ruined the lives of thousands of applicants this week. Edward Tom was training a new staff member when he attempted to send…
Robert Ritchie, a.k.a. "Kid Rock," has won a temporary injunction to stop the sale of a video that allegedly shows him engaged in sexual activity as part of a group that included four women and Scott Stapp, the former lead…
Friends and family of Shivam Munda, a seven-year-old Santhal Indian girl from Bihar province, held three days of traditional celebrations and festivities after Shivam married a dog. Indian media reported that girl’s upper teeth came in before her lower teeth…
Everything for Love, Inc. v. Tender Loving Things, Inc. The case involved patent and trademark issues related to a scalp-massage device called "The Tingler." Sadly, we will be hearing no more of this case. 74 U.S.L.W. 3351 (Feb. 21, 2006).
Sadly, this post will probably be the first in a series. This story brought to you by Frank Crow, 56, of Moss Bluff, Florida, who got into an argument about the lack of available toilet paper with his roommate, 58-year-old…
Legal consequences involving the Chinese tile game mahjong were in the news twice today. First, the AP reported that petty criminals in Taiwan are increasingly being given the choice of either paying a fine or engaging in community service. ("Petty…
Desperate not to miss out on election-year scandals, the Texas Democratic Party is offering a former prostitute for election to the state house of representatives. Tom Malin, a salesman and actor who is running in the March 7 primary, has…
KAKE News in Wichita has alerted local residents to a new bill that may raise the minimum marriage age to 16, with parental approval, or 18 without approval. Currently, 12-year-olds can get married in Kansas with the consent of a…
Of course most or all of you have seen this already — the latest reminder that if you don’t want something to possibly be read by most of the English-speaking world, don’t put it in an email. This arises from…
This weekend, Vice President Dick Cheney shot a lawyer in the face. According to reports, Cheney and several others were hunting quail on the Armstrong Ranch in Texas. Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old "millionaire attorney" from Austin, shot a bird and…