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The Legal Upside of Memorializing Countless Details of Your Life Online

Posted on September 16, 2010
Last week I wrote here about "The Legal Perils of Memorializing Countless Details of Your Life." These perils were demonstrated when Paris Hilton tweeted and uploading a photo to Twitter in July 2010 about how much she loved her new purse, then claimed in August 2010 that drugs found in an apparently identical purse she was carrying were not hers because the purse belonged not to her but to to a friend...

Lawsuit of the Day: Holy Pancakes! IHOP Sues Church for Trademark Infringement

Posted on September 15, 2010
Hungry for a little entertaining litigation? Well grab your container of artificially flavored boysenberry syrup and head for federal court in Los Angeles. That's where IHOP -- the International House of Pancakes -- is suing IHOP -- the International House of Prayer -- for trademark infringement and dilution...

Reaction to New U.S. News Law Firm Rankings

Posted on September 15, 2010
Today is the day. The long-awaited-first-ever-omigodomigodomigod U.S. News rankings of the "Best Law Firms" in the country are out. And people don't seem to know what to think. The rankings are not structured the same way as the publication's ever-popular law school rankings...

Meet the Popcorn Lung Lawyer

Posted on September 15, 2010
Last month, we brought you the story about the expert witness who "appealed" a federal district court decision in which the judge found that his opinion on the plaintiff's "popcorn lung" medical condition was, essentially, hogwash. This was, I must admit, the first I had heard of "popcorn lung...

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'Whoops We Sold Your House' -- Wells Fargo Owns Mistake, Investment Firm Owns Home

Posted on September 15, 2010
On the California Bankruptcy Attorney Blog yesterday, the lawyers at Howard Nassiri summarized and linked out to a column in the Los Angeles Times about an unfortunate couple who had their Long Beach, Cal. house sold out from under them by their mortgage lender...

Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on September 14, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I charged up my electric scooter at work. Now my boss wants to fire me for "stealing" 2 cents worth of electricity. Can he do that? Answer: In Germany, at least, the theft of 2 cents worth of electricity is not grounds for firing someone...

'Law Enforcement Against Prohibition' Says California Should Legalize It

Posted on September 14, 2010
Some police departments in California are now stretched so thin that they're already telling citizens straight up, "If you come home to find your house burglarized and you call, we're not coming." So you can imagine how they might feel about the possession and use of small amounts of marijuana: Legalize it...

The Right Not to Answer Passport Control's Questions Upon Re-Entering the U.S.

Posted on September 14, 2010
In July 2010, I wrote here about the rights of customers at stores like Best Buy or IKEA to give the Heisman to the Exit Door Receipt Guy and refuse to produce a receipt for the items with which you are leaving the store. The bottom line according to Consumerist and other sources is that "bag searches and receipt checks are voluntary...

'Sh*t Law Jobs:' Your Portal to Finding All the Jobs You Do Not Want

Posted on September 14, 2010
Are you a lawyer looking for a job? Not a good job, mind you -- can't help you with that. We're talking here about that subset of law jobs that "most lawyers likely wouldn't want," but which "beat being unemployed." We're talking about "lawyer jobs that are low-paying with long hours...

Trial Begins in Husband vs. Bear Mistaken Identity Case

Posted on September 13, 2010
You can't make this stuff up. Well, maybe you can, but I'm too tired. Trial began today for a Pennsylvania woman who shot and killed her husband while on a hunting trip in Canada in 2006. Her defense: "I thought he was a bear." The woman, Mary Beth Harshbarger, is charged with "criminal negligence causing death," on the theory that, at the time she fired the fatal shot, it was too dark to shoot safely...

Baseball Player You've Never Heard of Sues After Swindle

Posted on September 13, 2010
Ah, the life of a mediocre major leaguer still hanging on to his not-so-glory days. Courthouse News reports this morning that Mike Lamb, journeyman infielder, is suing a "friend" for swindling him out of $253,000. According to the report, Lamb (pictured in the sad uniform of the Mets' AAA affiliate Buffalo Bisons) has filed suit in California state court against Louis Simon, for "breach of contract, conversion, conspiracy, fraud, aiding and abetting, defamation, and unjust enrichment...

'Sex Offender Gazette' Coming to a Newsstand Near You?

Posted on September 13, 2010
I'll never poke fun at the New York Post again. Taking the concept of "newspaper" to impressive depths, the Richland County, S.C. Sheriff's Department recently published the Lexington/Richland County Sexual Predator Offender's [sic] Listing. It's pretty much what it sounds like -- a listing of more than 850 local registered sex offenders...

Make Your Associates Happy by Opening an Office in Fantasy Land

Posted on September 13, 2010
It made "news" the other week when the most recent mid-level associate survey revealed that even the associates who survived the BigLaw bloodbath were unhappy. You know, "news." In the same way a banner headline reading "WINTER TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER THAN SUMMER" or "GOVERNOR LEAVES WIFE FOR MALE INTERN" would be "news...

Friday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on September 10, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Hi, Bob from Fort Gay, W. Va. here. I just tried to enter my personal information into Xbox for a gaming account, but it says my account is already suspended? Huh?? Answer: Sorry, but if you put "Fort Gay" in your profile, Xbox may cancel your account and keep your membership fee...

What Do Loyola Law School and Old Navy Have in Common?

Posted on September 10, 2010
Back in January, I was surprised to learn that law schools were willing and able to retroactively inflate (by 0.333 in the case of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles) every grade recorded by their students over the last few years if it would make their students "look more attractive in a competitive job market...

The Alphabet According to 'Google Instant'

Posted on September 10, 2010
Google made a splash this week with the introduction of Google Instant. As Google describes it, "Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type." Basically, even if you type just one letter into the search box, Google offers you a list of searches (and results) that it believes you may be headed toward...

Spice Up That J.D. With Some Medical, Fashion or Journalism Training

Posted on September 10, 2010
Back in my day, people went to law school and got law degrees. But nowadays, Eric Lipman and his ilk are not content to get a boring old "J.D." No, there must be some joint degree or microspecialty involved to interest the whippersnappers, apparently...

California Knife Law Question? Ask Dokumoto

Posted on September 09, 2010
Do you want to make sure you are a "law-abiding, knife-carrying" citizen of California? You could peruse the entire California Penal Code and applicable local ordinances. Or, alternatively, you could watch the 47 videos uploaded to YouTube over the past month or so by someone named "Dokumoto...

Get Your Ozark Hellbender While You Still Can!

Posted on September 09, 2010
No, an "Ozark Hellbender" is not a motorcycle or a specialty cocktail. It's a salamander. And the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it's an endangered species. Courthouse News reported yesterday on the FWS proposal to list Hellbenders as endangered, and a related proposal to add the species to Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora...

Law Professor Forms Independent Publishing House

Posted on September 09, 2010
This morning, the Law Librarian Blog published the second part of an interview with Tulane Law School professor Alan Childress. Childress recently started up Quid Pro Books, an independent publisher of digital and print books on "law, legal history, and law & society...

Wednesday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on September 08, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: To save money, we replaced court reporters in our courthouse with a new videotape system. We just learned that there was a three-month period of time when this videotape system failed to record any audio during trials and other proceedings...

The Legal Perils of Memorializing Countless Details of Your Life

Posted on September 08, 2010
The Slaw.ca blog has an interesting post showing one more example of how the rise of social media -- in this case Twitter and a method of uploading photos to the web called "TwitPic" -- can influence legal cases. The matter discussed by Slaw.ca involves none other than Paris Hilton, who appears in legal blogs surprisingly often for someone who doesn't seem to do much other than party...

Appeals Court Rules Counsel May 'Google' Potential Jurors During Jury Selection

Posted on September 08, 2010
Evan Brown's Internet Cases blog flagged an interesting case over the weekend coming out of Morris County, N.J. Brown writes that the courthouse in that county provides wireless internet access, and during jury selection, plaintiffs counsel in a medical malpractice case began using his laptop to "Google" potential jurors to gain additional information about them...

JetBlue Flight Attendant Seeks Soft Landing in Court Appearance

Posted on September 07, 2010
Steven Slater, the "working-class hero" JetBlue flight attendant who made a dramatic exit from a plane last month after a confrontation with a passenger, appeared in court in Queens, N.Y., today. His lawyer indicated that the defense has been involved in plea negotiations, trying to avoid any jail time...

Administration Makes Mystery Amendments to Court-Martial Procedures

Posted on September 07, 2010
Are you a Marine who's been doing something naughty? Scared you're gonna get found out and wind up face-to-face with a still-new-to-Scientology-not-yet-completely-insane Tom Cruise asking you for the truth? If that's the case, you might want to peruse the "Manual for Courts-Martial," and get a sense of what sort of procedure you'll be up against...

News Flash: Billing Rates Both Absurd and Obscene

Posted on September 07, 2010
Welcome back from your Labor Day holiday. One can debate whether what lawyers do can actually be considered "labor," but I'm gonna consider this a calendar-appropriate post regardless. This morning on Am Law Daily, we get a sneak peek at an exhaustive review of three years worth of attorney timesheets...

Need a Job? Go Rural!

Posted on September 07, 2010
While the scambloggers may be trying to convince the world at large that the value of a legal education can be measured in Stanley Nickels, Lawyerist has some practical advice for those who have already taken the plunge and are looking to start paying back their loans...

Lawyer/Witness Disconnect Represented Graphically

Posted on September 03, 2010
I like Venn diagrams. I was kind of jealous when Bruce got to use one on Tuesday. Luckily, D.A. Confidential apparently likes Venn diagrams as well. He picked up on the same one Bruce wrote about, comparing what lawyers publish in their bios with what clients are looking for in said bios...

Copyright for Cocktails? Color Me a Contributory Infringer

Posted on September 03, 2010
It's the Friday before Labor Day weekend. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that some of you readers are going to be doing a little imbibing over the holiday. I'm not much for fancy mixed drinks (with the exception of anything involving vodka and jalapenos), but I'm enough of a fan of the consumption of alcohol generally to have been offended by the idea of copyright protection for drink recipes, as discussed in this article in The Atlantic...

Lawyers Ain't Scared of No Bedbugs!

Posted on September 03, 2010
Well, at least those in the private sector. While the Brooklyn DA's office is all up in arms about the bedbug infestation in its building, some New Yorkers -- including an attorney -- are putting on brave faces and getting out there on the front lines...

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