Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia fired off a letter to the Boston Herald this week, complaining about a report in that paper that Scalia had made an "obscene gesture" toward reporters on Sunday. A Herald reporter caught Scalia after he…
The State Bar of Nevada has dared to challenge Glen Lerner, a Vegas lawyer who advertises himself as "The Heavy Hitter" in his television ads. Apparently, they told him to stop using the phrase, saying it was misleading to consumers…
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…
From the January issue of Scientific American magazine (pp. 24-25, in case you are a big enough dork to actually read that magazine): Take the 50-something lawyer who, fearing Alzheimer’s, came in for an MRI and got good news and…
This one’s easy: you just kidnap him until the family pays the ransom, I mean fees. Works best on the client’s wedding day. Police in Waco, Texas, said that Paula Allen, a 51-year-old attorney who had defended Rolando Castelan from…
Last week, the California Court of Appeal upheld a $18,950 fine against Thomas Mesereau, Jr., for failing to be "civil and courteous in communicating with adversaries." Specifically, Mesereau, who was representing Robert Blake in his murder trial, called his adversary…
On Monday, a 59-year-old attorney was jailed for lawyering while intoxicated. The court found the man in contempt of court for showing up drunk, and ordered him held without bail at least until Thursday, when he is scheduled to appear…
In April, the St. Petersburg Times reported on sexual-harassment charges made by several female attorneys at Holland & Knight’s Tampa office against Douglas Wright, a partner in the firm. The women complained of behavior that Wright called "joking and teasing,"…
Yet another lesson taught by the internet on what not to write in an email. In 2005, a senior associate at Baker & McKenzie's London office became a bit irritated with a secretary who had allegedly spilled ketchup on his…
It made for an interesting deposition.