Yes, it is goofy to show up for court dressed like Thomas Jefferson (see “I Am Incompetent, Lawyer Argues Unnecessarily” (Sept. 18)), but at least that guy didn’t pretend he was Jefferson or that he and TJ were actually pals. He also didn’t…
In May, South Carolina's Attorney General reported that the number of insurance-fraud cases in the state had reached an all-time high in 2013. The report (via Overlawyered) is mostly just numbers, but it does include two or three examples of now-closed cases,…
Also some weed.
This recent decision by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (thanks, Lachlan) is called The Queen v. Pro Bono Law Ontario, and that name needs some explaining. In the U.S., criminal cases are usually named something like State v. Whoever or United States v. Whoever (or,…
My guess would be that the headline above would apply to pretty much any explanation Joe Francis has ever given a judge, and probably to any explanation he's ever given, period. In this case it applies to the explanation he…
“I just shut my eyes,” said Anthony Oliveri, who barely survived being run over last week, “and said, ‘If this is the way that God wants to do it then I guess that this is the way we’re going to…
If you’re really good at deep meditation it can be hard to tell.
“I didn’t know what to say,” said Dan Greding about his reaction to getting a ticket for being parked longer than 75 minutes, which according to the signs he was installing at the time was the maximum time limit for…
I'm a big fan of using images in briefs and opinions when that is appropriate, and it's hard to think of a more appropriate case than one involving a lady in a banana suit. The specific case I'm thinking of…
Saying the conditions of his detention amount to "torture," Anders Breivik has submitted a list of 12 demands for reform and has threatened to go on a hunger strike if said demands are not met. Along with additional postage and…