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Debt Collector Misunderstands Notion of 'Mock Trial'

Posted on November 02, 2010
Debt collectors are notorious for their sleaziness. Just the other week, we told you about one who threatened to harm a debtor's kids in an attempt to get the debtor to pay up. But Unicredit America Inc. deserves an "A" for effort and/or some sort of creativity prize...

Monday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on November 01, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm an attorney, and I just entered into a lease that allows me to quarry stone from the lessor's land for a fee. However, a dispute has now arisen and -- Answer: Stop...

At Airport Security, TSA Now Searching Between Your Legs Until It 'Meets Resistance'

Posted on November 01, 2010
Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, has an interesting account of his recent journey through a security check point last week at Baltimore-Washington International. Goldberg learned first-hand that the Transportation Security Administration has mandated new pat-down techniques for people who opt out of the "back-scatter body imaging device, which allows the agency's security officers to, in essence, see under your clothing...

Why 'Legal Writing Is Not What It Should Be'

Posted on November 01, 2010
Wayne Schiess of The University of Texas School of Law, has written a great article entitled, "Legal Writing Is Not What It Should Be." In it, Schiess offers nine reasons why this is the case, as well as three recommendations that could improve the problem...

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More Quality Signage From Creative Counter-Protesters

Posted on November 01, 2010
As particularly attentive readers of LBW know (such readers exist, right?), I have a soft spot for counter-protesters, particularly for their signs. I love the people who counter-protest against the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC is a Kansas church that thinks it is a good idea to picket funerals, among other things) by breaking out signs of their own, like the ones below: Of course I also liked the strippers who counter-protested in front of the New Beginnings Ministries church in Warsaw, Ohio when they became fed up with church members protesting outside of their strip club...

Friday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on October 29, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm broke but I want some property to call my own. Where can I get some free land? Answer: Try Marquette and Atwood, Kan.; Elwood, Neb.; Marne, Iowa; Muskegon, Mich...

Whither the Nordstrom's Employee Handbook Contained on an Index Card?

Posted on October 29, 2010
Via Consumerist I came across an interesting story about the Nordstrom department store. According to a book called "The Nordstrom Way", the company for years had an employee handbook that consisted solely of a single 5 inch by 8 inch index card. The card, shown below, proclaimed that the company had "only one rule...

Lawyers Lag Behind Business World in Utilizing the iPad

Posted on October 29, 2010
I wrote back in April 2010 about how trial lawyers were beginning to integrate the iPad into their trial preparations and presentations to juries. A post yesterday on Tablet Legal explores some recent research on the impact of the iPad in the business world and how the findings might apply to law firms more generally...

Thursday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on October 28, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Why does retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor keep calling my home at 1:00 in the morning? Stop it, Sandy!! Answer: The Nevadans for Qualified Judges would like to apologize to you for a "snafu of the highest order...

Porn Industry May Play the 'Shame Card" in Litigation to Stop Piracy

Posted on October 28, 2010
With it's YouTube public service campaign against piracy apparently not getting the job done, the porn industry has apparently moved on to Plan B: the shame card. Law & Disorder reports that last week in Tucson, a large number of porn studio reps and lawyers gathered for a "content protection retreat...

Lawyers Litigate Who Will Pay for 'I'll Make Them Pay!' Slogan

Posted on October 28, 2010
Try to follow closely here because this gets a bit confusing. On one hand we have Cleveland lawyer Tim Misny, who has run commericials for some time now promising Ohioans that if they are wronged, "I'll Make Them Pay!" Bad Accident? "I'll make them pay!" Birth injury? "I'll make them pay!" Hurt at work? "I'll make them pay!" Cleveland...

Is There a Time Traveler Strolling Through Charlie Chaplin's 1928 Film, 'The Circus?'

Posted on October 28, 2010
I'm asserting jurisdiction over the intriguing video below under Rules 1 and 3 of the LBW Rules of Procedure based on the fact that (a) I saw it on the Consumerist blog, which is blawgish, and (b) "pick of the litter" jurisdiction applies here given that the underlying information may prove that time travel exists...

Do Lawyers Use Macs? Survey Says . . .

Posted on October 27, 2010
I've been around long enough that I remember the days when saying "I have a Mac at home, can I check my email remotely?" to your firm IT guy would result in ridicule, at best, and at worst possibly a maliciously delivered Trojan Horse virus eating up your draft summary judgment brief the day before it was due...

Make Your Own Lawyer Ad for Just $229!

Posted on October 27, 2010
Here at LBW, we're big fans of poking fun at lawyer advertising. I mean, it's kind of easy. I watch these videos and look at these billboards, and wonder who comes up with these things. But if you're a law firm that needs to get your name out there and lack the budget to hire Don Draper, your options are sometimes limited...

Hells Angels Sue McQueen and Saks

Posted on October 27, 2010
I don't know that it merits "Lawsuit of the Day" honors, but it paints a pretty entertaining picture. As reported in Bloomberg Businessweek (and noted by the Lawline Legal Beat blog), the Hells Angels are suing fancy pants fashion house Alexander McQueen and my sister's favorite "charity," Saks Fifth Avenue, for infringing on the motorcycle group's (I didn't say "gang") famous "death-head" trademark...

Election Conspiracy of the Day: Voting Machine Techs and Harry Reid

Posted on October 27, 2010
Hang in there, folks. It's almost over. Less than a week until Election Day. While I'll miss some of the more hilarious campaign ads ("I carry a gun in my boot!"), it will be nice to be able to go back to focusing on the real issues of the day, like whether Miley Cyrus has converted to Hinduism...

Southern District of Florida Spiffs Up Website

Posted on October 26, 2010
Miami lawyers, move on up to the edge of your seats. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has unveiled its new and improved website. I must admit that I was not all that familiar with the old version, so I'm largely taking on faith the opinion of David Oscar Markus at the SDFLA Blog that it's a "big improvement...

Soros Joins Snoop in Bid to Legalize Pot in California

Posted on October 26, 2010
Here at Legal Blog Watch, we've covered many different angles on the debate about the legalization of marijuana, which is on the ballot in California next week. We talked about the public defender who made a reasoned argument for legalization, though he was not optimistic...

Two Senate Candidates Suggest Minimum Wage Is Unconstitutional

Posted on October 26, 2010
I thought running for office on a platform that included repeal of the amendment providing for direct election of senators was odd. "Vote for me so I can take away your right to vote." Now, we've got two theoretically viable candidates for the United States Senate out there blabbing about the federal minimum wage law being unconstitutional...

Animated Video Trend Taken to the Next Hilarious Step: Plea Negotiations

Posted on October 25, 2010
As with the Hitler video meme, I am, embarrassingly, behind the times regarding the animated videos any old schlub can make using xtranormal. Witness my post last week re: "So You Want to Go to Law School." But I'm trying to catch up. And thanks to D...

Polar Bears Treated Better in Denmark Than in D.C.

Posted on October 25, 2010
Why you gotta hate on the polar bears, Capitol Police? That question is being asked -- in the form of a lawsuit, natch -- by a bunch of people who dressed up as said bears and put on a little show outside the Longworth House Office Building back in 2007...

A Little Power is A Dangerous Thing: High School Football Officials Face Discipline for Charity Support

Posted on October 25, 2010
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Unless you live in a shack in the woods, you've probably figured this out by now. Supermarket checkout workers are asking if you want to donate a dollar, and there's pink everywhere, from the Empire State Building to fleets of 18-wheelers...

Muslim Truck Driver Sues After Being Fired for Refusing to Transport Alcohol

Posted on October 25, 2010
Good morning and happy Monday, LBW readers. I thought we'd jump right into the week with an interesting Constitutional discussion. The discussion centers around a complaint filed 10 days ago in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by a man who says he was fired -- or, more accurately, forced to resign -- from his job as a truck driver for refusing to transport alcohol, in this case, Miller Lite...

Sting to Perform at The Lanier Law Firm's 2010 Holiday Party

Posted on October 22, 2010
You thought your 2009 law firm holiday party at the Marriott was great because you got three free drink tickets and the DJ played "Thriller" at your request? But you don't work at The Lanier Law Firm, which has taken the law firm holiday party to the next level...

Conn. Law Firm Offers First 'Drive-Through Legal Service'

Posted on October 22, 2010
I've written here before about the frequent fussin' and fightin' at the Wendy's drive-through window, but here's a story about a much more civilized drive-through in the town of Manchester, Conn. The building housing the drive-through used to be a Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurant, but is now occupied by the Kocian Law Group...

Was the August Plane Crash in the Congo Caused by an Escaped Crocodile Onboard?

Posted on October 22, 2010
On Aug. 25, a Filair LET L-410 aircraft flying from Kinshasa Ndolo to Bandundu (Democratic Republic of Congo) with 18 passengers and three crewmembers crashed approximately 2 km from the Bandundu Airport. There was only one survivor. The initial report from the "provincial governor" attributed the crash to the aircraft running out of fuel, the Aviation Herald reported...

U.K. Squatters Will Be Moving Into Your House, Thank You Very Much

Posted on October 21, 2010
Did you know that sometimes in the U.K., when you go on holiday and leave your �700,000, five-bedroom home triple-locked, squatters will enter the property and, upon your return, refuse to let you back in the home and basically tell you to get lost? The London Evening Standard reports that hotelier Connan Gupta moved out of his house in Camberwell for a week while it was being renovated...

Belgian Woman Convicted of Murder for Tampering With Fellow Skydiver's Parachute Out of Jealousy

Posted on October 21, 2010
See if you can guess where this sad story is headed: A Belgian woman, Els Clottemans, was "intimately involved" with a man who was a Dutch skydiver. Another woman, Els Van Doren, was also intimately involved with the Dutch skydiver. Clottesman was jealous of Van Doren, and wanted the Dutch skydiver's attention all to herself...

FCC Now Tweeting Baseball Playoff Updates for Irate FOX-Cablevision Subscribers

Posted on October 21, 2010
An unresolved dispute between cable TV provider Cablevision and FOX's parent company, News Corp., has led FOX to pull New York's FOX 5 and My9 from the Cablevision channel lineup. Nobody would probably care too much about this except for the fact that the spat, now in day six, has coincided with baseball's National League Championship Series (on FOX), meaning that three million subscribers could not watch the Giants-Phillies games...

Wednesday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on October 20, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm a political candidiate and I'm headed into an important debate. Can you give me a quick primer on the separation of church and state? Answer: I'm sorry, I don't have time for that right now...

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