In praise of Austin’s cleverly snarky jurists
Law is a conservative profession, in that it is rarely given to huge leaps of fancy or whimsy. English common law has given us a system based on precedent, where the challenges and disputes of the...
View Article“Bad mothering” can lead to even worse lawsuits
The world is full of bad parents. Some parents give their daughters a new car that’s the wrong color. Others lock them in the basement and father multiple children by them over decades. There is...
View ArticleThe American judiciary is not an event-planning service
Caveat emptor. Just look it up. Seriously, though, few things in life are probably as important as good wedding photos. Possibly food, and maybe oxygen, but wedding photos are a very close third. So it...
View ArticleCelebrating a Year of Censorship and Attempted Censorship!
The always-intriguing and entertaining Popehat has put out his nominees for the “Censorious Asshat of the Year,” and the field is indeed proud. I am of course reblogging this for reas0ns, but I invite...
View ArticleLawsuit of the Millenium, Starring Mountain Dew
It’s hard to keep up with soft drinks these days. When they’re not reinforcing incoherent and possibly archaic gender roles, they’re busy dissolving mice. Or not dissolving mice, depending on whose...
View ArticleNot All Opinions are Created Equal: Martha Sperry, Frivolous Lawsuits, and...
“Why are people hating me for having my own opinion?” Spend any significant amount of time engaging in discussions (arguments) on the internet and you will hear this. This is different from a situation...
View ArticleNot Every Lawyer Can Bill 3,000 Hours in a Year. Most Lawyers Shouldn’t
A lawyer who got axed from his firm for allegedly failing to make his billable hour requirements has filed suit against his former firm, claiming they essentially required him to commit billing fraud:...
View ArticleHere’s a birther who doesn’t even pretend not to be racist
Meet Gordon Warren Epperly of Juneau, Alaska. He has found a novel way to challenge Obama’s place on the 2012 presidential ballot. Considering the absolute and utter smackdown that birther lawsuits...
View ArticleLactation is not a medical condition related to pregnancy, says Houston...
Texas once again distinguishes itself in the legal field. I sure do wish Texas would stop doing that. U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes of the Southern District of Texas recently granted summary...
View ArticleSomething’s rotten in the state of legal academia (or how law school is like...
Via Andy Mergendahl at Lawyerist, we have this gem of a quote from a law school admissions officer: I used to be amazed by how little research students did before deciding to go to law school....
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