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Lawsuit of the Day: Man With Throat Cancer Tackled as Suspected Bank Robber

Posted on September 28, 2010
William Brown, of Jefferson County, Ky., might want to stick to paying his taxes by mail from now on. Brown, according to Courthouse News Service, filed suit on Friday against Fifth Third Bank after an incident occurring last year. Brown's complaint recites that he went to a Louisville branch of the bank on Nov...

Elmo Attacker Detained for Mental Health Evaluation

Posted on September 28, 2010
Don't mess with Elmo. He's all furry and red and cute, but if provoked he will throw down and beat your a$$. That's exactly what happened over the weekend in Winter Park, Fla., according to a report by CNN. Elmo or, more precisely, Jeremy Trespalacios, the guy dressed up like him, was working an event at a toy store, and decided to take a walk to a nearby guitar store...

Duke Law Happiness Expert Targeted by 'Stranded in Foreign Country' Scam

Posted on September 28, 2010
As lawyers, we are, for better or worse, presumed to be fairly intelligent. That's why we're surprised when our own fall for scams like the "company from another country needs help with collections" racket or the "hey I found an envelope with some important-looking documents and I'll bring it to you if you pay for my cab" deal...

From the Bad Ideas File: Lying About Having Cancer

Posted on September 27, 2010
For so many reasons, it is a terrible idea to falsely claim that you have cancer in an effort to gain a benefit or avoid trouble. I first saw this a few years ago when Howard P. Richman, a biotech executive, told a federal judge that he could not defend the case filed against him by the SEC because he was gravely ill from colon cancer...

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Tips for Motorists on How to Get a Warning, Not a Ticket

Posted on September 27, 2010
Via Consumerist I found this article from MarketWatch on what motorists should say (and not say) to police officers when they are pulled over. The article offers a reminder that with very few exceptions, police are not mandated to write you a ticket after pulling you over...

Lindsay Lohan's Mug Shots Through the Years -- an (Ongoing) Retrospective

Posted on September 27, 2010
For reasons that are not now clear to me I assumed back in July that we were all finished with Lindsay Lohan mug shots. As you may recall, in this post I offered up the three then-existing LiLo mug shots for your review. On Friday of last week, however, Lindsay generously posed for the LAPD once again (#4 below), bringing the Lohan mug shot portfolio up to four...

A Look at the Underground World of Credit Card Information Sales

Posted on September 24, 2010
At Krebs on Security, Brian Krebs reveals a credit card scam world I never knew existed. It turns out that there are a multitude of websites where fraudsters can go to purchase stolen credit and debit card information online. Krebs says the glut of competitors in this industry helps keep prices for stolen account numbers exceptionally low...

'Unsubscribe' Service Helps Remove You From Unwanted E-Mail Lists

Posted on September 24, 2010
Lawyerist had a helpful post earlier this week discussing a new way to get "unsubscribed" from e-mail lists that you are not interested in being on. Many e-mails have an unsubscribe button, of course, and some of those buttons seem to be legit and actually work...

Rodney King Now Engaged to Marry 'Juror No. 5' From His Civil Trial

Posted on September 24, 2010
I can't imagine how I missed this one (for the record, I'm blaming my kids' "Back-to-School" day, which coincided with the day the news broke) but did you see that Rodney King recently became engaged to marry juror no. 5 from his civil trial?? Via Susan Kuo of the PrawfsBlawg (who says she learned about it on Google's "riot news ticker"), I discovered that King is now engaged to Cynthia Kelley, who sat on King's jury in 1994 when he was awarded $3...

Thursday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on September 23, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Uh oh. Our restaurant just received a "B" on the city's sanitary inspection grade system. We're required to post this on the wall. Now what!!?? Answer: Make the best of it, sir...

Unfollowed: Twitter Ideas That Never Quite Caught On

Posted on September 23, 2010
I like Twitter. I use it personally (@brucecarton), and also as a news feed of sorts for my publication about SEC enforcement and securities litigation issues (@SecuritiesD). But like Bill Blazejowski in Night Shift, "I'm an idea man, I get ideas, sometimes I get so many ideas that I can't even fight them off" [Note to Grasshopper Lipman: Night Shift is an old, very funny movie--you should go rent it asap]...

Good Stuff From the ABA's New 'Media Alerts on Federal Courts of Appeals' Website

Posted on September 23, 2010
Via the PrawfsBlawg I learned of a useful new website from the ABA called "Media Alerts on Federal Courts of Appeals: Expert Analysis of Noteworthy Cases." An initiative of the ABA's Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements, the new Media Alerts page is designed to provide reporters, lawyers, educators, and the public with prompt, accurate, unbiased information about newsworthy and legally significant cases pending in and decided by the Federal Courts of Appeals ...

'Milk-a-Holics' Rejoice! Lindsay Lohan Gets Some Cash Out of Absurd E-Trade Lawsuit

Posted on September 23, 2010
Despite the fact that Judge Carton already threw out the Lindsay Lohan "Milk-a-holic" lawsuit, TMZ reports that the case actually settled last week and, most shockingly, that Lohan received at least some cash. As you may recall, in the awesome commercial below, the toddler girlfriend of the E-Trade baby demands to know if "that milk-o-holic Lindsay was over" at her boyfriend's house...

'I'm Here to File a Report. Just Let Me Zip Up First.'

Posted on September 22, 2010
Earlier today we advised readers not to stop at church and confess to having been involved in a homicide while on the way to the police station to turn themselves in. And, courtesy of Legal Juice, we'd like to offer another tip. If you're on your way to the station -- not to turn yourself in but to file a report of some sort -- you probably shouldn't stop to relieve yourself on the exterior of the building before entering...

Going Bankrupt? No Worries, You Can Keep Your Trolls

Posted on September 22, 2010
Recent blawgosperic goings on have demonstrated that people have strong opinions about how much you need to be pulling in per annum to be considered "rich." But bankrupt is bankrupt. And declaring bankruptcy is a trigger that many individuals are likely hesitant to pull for many reasons, including the effect on one's credit and good old American pride...

Donate -- to Reduce Junk Mail*

Posted on September 22, 2010
We've written recently about the "Do Not Call" list, and the less-well-known-but-still-awesome concept of the "Do Not Knock" list. But what about junk mail? We all still get it. In a world where many of us pay our bills "paperless"ly and your grandma can just PayPal you $5 for your birthday, junk mail is the only mail some people get...

Don't Stop at Church on the Way to Turn Yourself In

Posted on September 22, 2010
While confession may be good for the soul, it won't do much for your criminal record, at least not in Montana. The Religion Clause blog has a blurb about a case decided by a Montana trial court back in May where the court refused to suppress testimony about the defendant's confession to a pastor of his involvement in a homicide...

Lawyer YouTube Video of the Day: Why Lawyer Ads Are Meaningless

Posted on September 21, 2010
There are lots of great lawyer videos on YouTube. (And apparently on some other sites as well.) Here's one I came across this morning. (I tried to embed the video in this post, but our software is being difficult. It's worth the click over though, promise...

Why Are We Talking About Copyright for Football Plays?

Posted on September 21, 2010
Well, we, as in Legal Blog Watch, are talking about it because other legal bloggers talked about it first. But why we, as in mankind, are talking about it, is beyond me. Martin Schwimmer's Trademark Blog yesterday linked out to a lengthy post on the New York Times' Freakonomics blog exploring the notion of copyright in football...

Law Students Can't Read Cases Either

Posted on September 21, 2010
Sigh. On Friday, we talked about the perception, revealed at a roundtable discussion among law school deans, that law students were not learning/not being properly taught effective legal writing. Yesterday, on the Law School Academic Support Blog, Amy Jarmon, Assistant Dean for Academic Success Programs at Texas Tech Law School (sorry about the game Saturday, Dean Jarmon; Hook 'Em!), threw up a blurb about the influx of panicked 1Ls freaking out about how long they're spending reading and briefing cases for class...

Cadwalader Launches International Law Page

Posted on September 21, 2010
Ah, the press release letting you know about a law firm's latest attempt to distinguish itself and avoid a reputation as TTT. Yesterday, Cadwalader, deeming itself "one of the world's most prominent law firms" (with bedbugs), announced the launch of its "on-line International Law and Litigation Center...

Monday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on September 20, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I was approached by a woman claiming to be a doctor in a parking lot. She offered to perform surgery to make my butt look better, and of course I said yes...

Should Mobile Phone Carriers Dictate What Type of 'Speech' is Acceptable in Text Messages?

Posted on September 20, 2010
Under federal law, telecommunications companies cannot engage in "any unjust or unreasonable discrimination" related to charges, services and other practices related to voice communications. Consumer groups have been arguing for several years that text messages should also be covered by this federal communications law, but with no success...

The Global Happiness Summit Challenge

Posted on September 20, 2010
Let me preface this by establishing LBW's jurisdiction here: I hereby assert jurisdiction over the "Global Happiness Summit" due to the fact that (a) I saw it on the idealawg blog, and (b) it may be of interest to members of the Happysphere. In the alternative, I assert special jurisdiction under the "pick of the litter" doctrine...

Deans Roundtable: Law Schools Still Don't Teach Writing

Posted on September 17, 2010
If only every law student could simply read "Making Your Case," by Justice Scalia and legal writing guru Bryan Garner, and magically be imbued with the ability to write concise, persuasive briefs that don't drive judges and their clerks to drink. Alas, it doesn't seem to be...

Attorneys' Fees Awarded, Spent on Pack of Gum

Posted on September 17, 2010
If you successfully represent a female prison inmate who was forced to give birth while shackled, in her civil rights claim against the state, you might expect to have your fees awarded as part of the judgment. Apparently, you'd be disappointed. Shawanna Nelson Lumsey won her lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Corrections (see this New York Times story for background), but was awarded only nominal damages of $1...

A Bomb, You Say? Well Can We Interest You in a Toaster?

Posted on September 17, 2010
Nothing pleases me more on a Friday morning than being able to add to the official Legal Blog Watch Checklist for Bank Robbers. Today's addition is inspired by the story of Mark Smith, a 59-year-old would-be bank robber from Watsonville, Cal., a super-cute little town that I know I've been to at some point in my life, but can't remember why...

Thursday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Posted on September 16, 2010
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I saw yesterday on LBW that California may soon legalize the possession and use of small amounts of marijuana. What are the chances of this happening? Will there be an age requirement? I am only 2 years old...

Individual Supreme Court Justice Blogs: More Nonexistent Blogs That Need Authors

Posted on September 16, 2010
As you know, I'm a giving person. Remember, for example, when I offered up to all wannabe law bloggers the brilliant idea that someone out there needed to start the "Sex Tape Law Blog?" This led my main man Randy O'Neal, Esq. (actually I don't know Randy at all but I do like people who follow my suggestions) to go out and purchase SexTapeLaw...

Thoughts on 'Rita?s Golden Rules for E-Mail'

Posted on September 16, 2010
Via a post yesterday on the Texas Lawyer's Work Matters blog I found an interesting list of ?Golden Rules for E-Mail." The 10-point list, created by Rita Gunther McGrath, offers several helpful suggestions about e-mail, some of which are highlighted below...

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