Via The Legal Satyricon, here's another tale involving our heroes at the Trouser Search Administration. Aaron Tobey, a 21-year-old student is suing the TSA and other officials, alleging that he was unconstitutionally and illegally detained after he took his shirt…
According to a study reported in the ABA Journal, lawyers under stress are tense, overly critical, cautious and emotionally distant. In a related story, lawyers not under stress are tense, overly critical, cautious and emotionally distant. The data for the study…
The ad to the right appeared in a Law360 newsletter that was circulated today. Phillips Lytle is a New York firm, and so possibly the intended message is that even if you are in, let's say, Florida, Phillips Lytle can help you…
That's just one of the many possible headlines for an item about a law firm that has opened a drive-thru window. The Kocian Law Group, a personal-injury law firm with offices in Connecticut and New York, opened the new office…
I'm a big fan of the Ig Nobel Prize(s), awarded every year by the editors of the magazine Annals of Improbable Research. At least a few of this year's winners conducted research that might be of some distant relevance to the…
Or at least that's what I infer from this email, forwarded to me today from a Midwestern law firm by one who wishes to remain anonymous: From: [redacted]Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 11:02 AMTo: [redacted]Subject: Found – Skull & Crossbones Eye…
"Work Nightmares and Nausea on the Job Are Signs It's Time to Leave," reads the headline of this helpful item on the ABA Journal's website. No kidding? In other news: "Severe Pain and Flames on Your Skin May Be Signs…
A Utah company has developed a product that may revolutionize conference calls for the bored associate (or, occasionally, partner, although they are usually doing most of the talking), so long as he is taking the call from the privacy of…
How many reasons do you need to not work 10 or more hours a day? How about one death-related reason? In a study published in the European Heart Journal this week, British researchers who conducted an 11-year study of 6,000 civil…
He'd have this desk in his office: "Join me, and I will complete your training." According to the designer, Tom Spina, this is a "one-of-a-kind" item that is not for sale (unless you are in fact Darth Vader or possibly…