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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 17:07:51

You Are Now Free to Curse in Pennsylvania

Posted on January 05, 2011
At long last, Pennsylvanians can now curse a bit more freely. The Pennsylvania State Police department has agreed to stop citing residents for foul language, as part of a settlement announced Tuesday with the American Civil Liberties Union. Residents have long been fined by police for a wide range of cursing offenses, from swearing at a parking ticket issuer to cursing at an overflowing toilet...

Gawker Calls Scalia an 'A-Hole' as He Questions Women's Rights Under the 14th Amendment

Posted on January 04, 2011
It should be no surprise that Antonin Scalia's legal perspective differs from that of Gawker, the (in)famous news and gossip site with a snarky twist. But it never ceases to amaze me just how much ammunition the conservative Supreme Court justice gives the site, as he shares his views, seemingly, with every single publication out there...

Don't Drunkenly Invoke Firm Name in a Public Setting on New Year's Eve

Posted on January 04, 2011
It's obviously a holiday tradition to partake in New Year's Eve imbibing. But associates from Alston and Bird's Charlotte, N.C., office may have taken the festivities a little too far. While many of us may have embarassing situations captured for posterity, few face the misfortune of Above the Law's additional (and very public) scrutiny...

Monday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on January 03, 2011
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I just returned home to find, to my surprise, two women and a man having sex in my carport. Specifically, a "half-naked man was having sex with one of the women, while the other female was 'naked and messing with [my] scooter...

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Improve Your Firm's Image and Work Product Through 'Typography for Lawyers'

Posted on January 03, 2011
Ernest Svenson (aka "Ernie the Attorney") writes on his blog today that he has been reading a new book by Matthew Butterick called "Typography for Lawyers" which has helped him transform the style of his federal court pleadings and his letterhead. Svenson writes that the book is particularly helpful because, as suggested in the title, it is geared directly for lawyers and the legal documents they crank out daily...

'Stripper Law Blog': Another Nonexistent Blog That Needs an Author

Posted on January 03, 2011
We've got blogs on Furniture Law, Mixed Martial Arts Law, Salmonella Law ... pretty much every niche you can think of. How can there not be a Stripper Law blog? Can someone please step up? If there was a Stripper Law blog, I'd already know everything I need to know about Hart v...

Contest Judges Find 21 'Exemplars of Good Legal Writing' in 2010

Posted on January 03, 2011
Via a post by Tony Mauro on the Blog of Legal Times, I see that a website called Green Bag has posted the results of its "Exemplary Legal Writing 2010" contest. Mauro writes that he was one of the unpaid judges for the contest, which sought to identify "selected exemplars of good legal writing from the year just past...

Video: Bruce Carton's '10 Most-Watched' Legal Blogs in 2010

Posted on December 22, 2010
This is Legal Blog Watch. We watch legal blogs -- lots of them. But not all legal blogs are created (and maintained) equal, and some grew to be favorites of mine in 2010. With this being the final post on LBW in 2010, I thought I'd look back and try to identify my 10 "go-to" blogs of the year...

Wyclef and His Band Jam Out in DLA Piper Conference Room

Posted on December 22, 2010
I worked at DLA Piper for years, but did Wyclef Jean ever come into one of our conference rooms and start jamming? Heck no! But things are different nowadays, I guess, because on Monday, Jean did just that. The AmLaw Daily reports that the artist and his six-piece band rolled into DLA's "multipurpose" room on the 27th floor of its Manhattan office and provided hundreds of his fans at the firm with a concert...

Golf Law: NY Court of Appeals Says No Duty to Yell Out 'Fore!'

Posted on December 22, 2010
So let it be written: Golfers need not shout out "Fore!" before hitting each shot. In New York, at least. As discussed here, in November 2010 the New York Court of Appeals heard oral argument in the case of two doctors who were playing golf together. Dr...

Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on December 21, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm a 30-year-old woman and recently got into an argument with my mother-in-law. Things got heated and she ripped one of my body parts completely off of my body (my right nipple)...

Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic: Why?

Posted on December 21, 2010
In keeping with the "why?" theme that seems to be developing today, let me pose another such question: Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic: why? Via the Legal Watercooler, I see that in Los Angeles there is a philharmonic orchestra made up solely of lawyers...

Law Firm Holiday Cards: Why?

Posted on December 21, 2010
I continue to receive e-holiday cards fom friends at law firms and, frankly, they all kind of look the same. With some minor variations, they all tend to start with some Christmas/holiday image (a snowman; a quaint tree-lined street; a Nutcracker). Then, the animation (usually falling snowflakes) and the music (jingly Christmas music) begins...

BlockShopper Dishes the Basics on Lawyer Real Estate Transactions

Posted on December 20, 2010
Our friends at Above the Law occasionally go all "Cribs" with their Lawyerly Lairs feature. But to make those pages, a lawyer and/or his lair have to be pretty high profile. If you're interested, though, in what kind of pads the rest of the herd is buying and selling, at least in New York, you should go cruise around BlockShopper...

Education Dollars Going to Prisons in Alabama

Posted on December 20, 2010
The Sentencing Law & Policy blog posted a link yesterday to an article on al.com disclosing that the biggest beneficiary of federal education stimulus dollars given to Alabama has been the department of corrections. According to the article, the state has received approximately $1...

Lawyers Will Be Lawyers: Sutherland Partner Sues for $1.2 Million Over $35 Fine

Posted on December 20, 2010
Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department messed with the wrong guy back in 2008 when they asked Phil Fox to move his car. According to the Blog of Legal Times (via the ABA Journal), Fox -- who clerked for Supreme Court Justices Reed and Powell, and served as Deputy Chief of the Justice Department's Organized Crime unit in the 70s -- is now suing the District, and two police officers, for $1...

Friday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on December 17, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I own a store where everything is free. That's right -- free. We charge people $2 to drop things off here and "customers" can take whaever they want -- free! So why would anyone break into our store at night through a window when they could walk through the front door in the morning and take whatever they want -- for free? Answer: Um...

'Legal Oracle' Answers Your Legal Questions in 140 Characters or Less

Posted on December 17, 2010
Someone please get Scott Greenfield his fainting couch because this just might be the one that puts him over the edge. Simon Fodden of the the Slaw.ca blog wrote earlier this week about a U.K. lawyer, Nicholas Jervis, who not only scoffs at your worry-wart Yankee blog disclaimers, but (a) will answer legal questions for free over the Internet and (b) will do it in 140 characters or less on his Twitter feed (@thelegaloracle)...

Strip Club Owner Says 'No Negros Allowed'

Posted on December 17, 2010
Those of us who grew up after the civil rights movement helped end segregation in this country have seen the old photos of "Whites Only" drinking fountains and such, but have certainly never seen such a sign from a modern era business. Until today, that is, when photos began to circulate on the Internet of a 'No Negros Allowed' sign that was posted at a strip club planning to open soon in Abbotsford, Wis...

Dallas Personal Injury Firm Sponsors Christmas Bike Giveaway With Radio Station

Posted on December 16, 2010
Next time someone tells you that lawyers are a plague on society and don't contribute anything positive, you should let them know about the bike giveaway being co-sponsored by Dallas personal injury firm Godsey Martin. The firm -- whose website address is, no joke, www...

Sick and Have a Chunk of Change? Duke Prof Says 15 Days Remain to Kill Yourself

Posted on December 16, 2010
Last week we wrote about Paul Caron's declaration that John E. du Pont had won the "estate tax lottery" by being fortunate enough to pass before the New Year. Today, according to the ABA Journal (and, again, Caron's own Tax Prof Blog), we have another law professor -- Richard Schmalbeck of Duke (pictured, left) -- going on record as suggesting that, absent Congressional action, the imminent return of the "death tax" means that there will be blood between now and the time the big ball drops in Times Square in a couple of weeks...

Bad Idea of the Day: Billboard Suggesting Restaurant With 'No Muslims'

Posted on December 16, 2010
It's been a while since we featured something from the "Just because something may not be illegal doesn't make it a good idea" files. But today, courtesy of FindLaw's Free Enterprise blog, we've got a prime example. Free Enterprise has the story of an Alabama business owner who thought he was providing a public service by advising his neighbors about local restaurants where it might be "safe" to eat...

R.I. Lawyer Chosen as PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Over 50

Posted on December 15, 2010
It ain't exactly winning "The Apprentice", but an attorney from Westerly, R.I. can take pride in the fact that he's officially been named the Sexiest (Male) Vegetarian over the age of 50, by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Here's the story from WPRI...

Legal Blog Watch: The Official Legal News Source of Dorman & Howie, P.C.

Posted on December 15, 2010
Legal Blog Watch is, essentially, a legal blog that picks up on and disseminates interesting happenings and trends being reported on by other legal blogs and/or news outlets. We like to think we're providing a valuable service to our readers. And, of course, we're interested in what people think about our little corner of the blawgosphere...

Proposed Amendments to Texas Civ Pro Rules Make Facebooking About Jury Duty a No-No

Posted on December 15, 2010
We've written several times about the potential hazards of mixing social media/the internet and jury service. There was the blogging juror who was turned in by a law professor. And the disturbing results of an unscientific survey of jury duty-related tweets...

Michael Moore Offers to Post $20K Bond for Assange

Posted on December 14, 2010
As readers are no doubt aware by now, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a British court today, and was granted bail. Many celebrities and public figures reportedly offered to post bail on Assange's behalf when the request was first considered last week, including British heiress Jemima Khan...

Mark Your Calendars: USC to Hold Conference on 'Law & Memory'

Posted on December 14, 2010
This morning, the Legal History Blog posted an announcement for a conference to be held at USC Law School in February. The subject of the conference: Law & Memory. Having read the announcement, I'm still not sure exactly what that means. Take a look at some of the sessions that will be a part of the conference: War, Time, and Memory Trials, Narrative and Memory Property and Memory Trauma and Oblivion (my favorite) So, apparently they won't be focusing on how to avoid forgetting everything you study in preparation for the bar exam the minute you walk out the door...

Calif. Judge Cites Festivus to Justify Inmate's Special Meals

Posted on December 14, 2010
Judges are people too. Which means that, on occasion, they can exercise compassion and/or display a sense of humor. Judge Derek G. Johnson of the Orange County (Calif.) Superior Court did one or both of those when faced with an inmate's renewed request for "double-portion kosher meals" while incarcerated in the County's Theo Lacy jail...

'U.S. News' Caves to Law School Transparency Pressure

Posted on December 14, 2010
It's no "Ford to City: Drop Dead," but that up there is a headline I never thought I'd be writing. Somebody should buy the founders of Law School Transparency a drink today, because, as reported in the National Law Journal (and, unsurprisingly, as noted in an LST blog post), U...

Did You Know: How to See Foreclosure Sales on Google Maps

Posted on December 13, 2010
Via Consumerist I learned today that you can see foreclosure sales in your home town and all over the U.S. through Google Maps. Who knew? Here's how it works: 1. Enter a town or city name into Google Maps. 2. Go to the "More" drop-down box at the top of the map and select the "Real Estate" box...

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