OJ Suing Goldmans to Stop Them From Profiting on His Book on How He Would Have Killed Their Son, If He Did
Well, that’s … terrible.
Lawsuits
Post-Traumatic-Internet-Addiction Claim is Back in the News
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…
Lawsuit Demands Restaurants Warn Customers Their Food May Be Cooked
Guess what? It’s a California story. Some of you may know about California’s "Proposition 65," passed by the voters in 1986 and intended to help consumers by requiring warnings of any known exposure to a variety of chemicals that the…
Guestblogging at Overlawyered.com This Week
The normally sensible Walter Olson and Ted Frank have suffered a serious lapse in judgment and agreed to let me "guestblog" for the next week or so on their well-known blog, "Overlawyered," which chronicles the high cost of our legal…
East Texas Ninjas
They reportedly had extensive training in the “marshall arts.”
Borat Defeats Frat-Guy Defamation Lawsuit
Superior Court Judge Joseph Biderman ruled today that he would not enjoin the movie "Borat" in a lawsuit by two South Carolina fraternity brothers who were shown in embarrassing circumstances. The two claimed they were duped into appearing in the…
UPDATED: Government Sued Over Racism, Cat
From the Kansas City bureau comes this report of a newly filed case: Gabriel Robles; Bonnie Robles v. State of Missouri; State of Iowa; United States of America; Governor Matt Blunt; Governor Tom Vilsack; George Bush; Randy Rodriguez; Roseanne Kempf…
Fraternity Members Sue After Being Depicted as Drunken Sexist Morons
Two members of a South Carolina fraternity have sued the makers of "Borat," last week’s number one movie, over a scene in which the men make insulting comments about women and minorities after drinking heavily with someone they believed was…
Woman Sues Over Negligent Jiggling Contest
A New Jersey woman who was injured while participating in the "Shake-It-Like-Shakira" contest at Calico Jack’s Cantina in New York City has sued, alleging that the cantina’s owners and operators should have known the dance contest was "dangerous and likely…
Captain of the U.S.A. v. Bush
Here’s an “October Surprise” for you. On October 6, Leon Gay, Jr., filed suit against George W. Bush, currently President of the United States, in the federal court for the Northern District of Alabama. It seems that Mr. Gay’s investigation…