If you haven’t read about the New York Times getting caught up in an April 1 hoax by a local personal injury attorney, check it out. It’s a rip-roaring piece of April Foolery. I guess the NYT hasn’t learned to fact check, yet. Or at least check Google.
Utah makes the news…not always a good thing.
March 29, 2010 by
On occasion, my home state Utah manages to find its way into the news, but often only for the goofy or laughable reasons. (There is the exception of the 2002 Winter Olympics, which went off without too much of a hitch.) The legislative session provides a great place for some of the laughable. As one […]
Wanna buy a bridge in Brooklyn? Or maybe a Baby Einstein video?
February 11, 2010 by
If someone had told me that watching t.v. can actually make me smarter, common sense would have dictated that I laugh at them. But that was exactly the promise behind Baby Einstein products. When the Baby Einstein phenomenon hit back in the late 1990s, parents across American rejoiced. Suddenly, babies and toddlers quieted while the […]
California elevates the rights of the dead
February 1, 2010 by
California elevates the rights of the dead over the living when it comes to privacy rights http://ow.ly/12LUg #privacy #law #california
Can one “rock out” to John Denver?
January 19, 2010 by
In a post that perhaps my siblings but not my father can appreciate (since they complained that I don’t have enough pictures here), a man was cited for rocking out to John Denver. From Lowering the Bar: According to the report, Officer Ryan Williams pounded on the man’s door and, while doing so, “recognized the songs […]
What does this say about North Face?
December 21, 2009 by
I ran across this article in the online ABA Journal: “The North Face sues the South Butt for Trademark Infringement.” I didn’t take any classes on intellectual property while I was in law school, but right off the bat, I think it would be hard to confuse the two brands…if anything, wouldn’t South Butt be […]
Here’s hoping I don’t leave under these circumstances…
December 18, 2009 by
From: “Say What?! A Weblog of classic humor of U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer February 2001 – Did They Really Say That? From Judge David R. Gibson of Dallas (County Court at Law No. 1) this excerpt from am affidavit filed in connection with a special appearance in his court: 11. On Nov 2nd, 1992, […]
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