Law Firm of the Day: Belluck & Fox
Belluck & Fox is a nine-attorney law firm in Manhattan. The firm worked out a deal with the radio station that broadcasts New York Yankees games, making it the official legal sponsor of Yankee radio broadcasts.
The folks at Belluck & Fox must have misread the contract though. They took the sponsorship a bit too far and transformed their HomeRunLegal.com site into a bonanza of Yankee paraphenalia, calling themselves the team's official legal sponsor:
The site featured a photo of Yankee Stadium, a baseball emblazoned with the firm’s name, and a clipboard listing "Today’s Lineup" with such power hitters as "Mesothelioma & Asbestos Injuries," "Car and Motorcycle Accident Claims," and "Construction Accidents." Festooned with the Yankees logo, it claimed the firm was the "official legal sponsor" of the Bronx Bombers.
What exactly do the Yankees have to do with mesothelioma cases?
The ABA Journal called them out on it:
After the ABA Journal alerted the team to the firm’s purported sponsorship on Tuesday, [name partner Joseph Belluck] says a "friendly conversation" with a Yankees official about the inappropriate use of trademarks ensued. The firm promptly took down the website, and removed references to being the team’s legal sponsor from BelluckFox.com. "We never had any intention of running afoul of the Yankees’ guidelines," says Belluck.
Belluck & Fox may be experts in class action and personal injury suits, but it sounds like trademark law is not their forte.
In the cached version of their website, the logo is still visible. We suppose they could still have the logo up, but change it to the Not-so-official and Not-entirely-legal Sponsor of the Yankees.
Law Firm Strikes Out as Yankees ‘Sponsor’ [ABA Journal]
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bottom feeders (Belluck & Fox) trying to associate with annoyingly bad baseball team. Kind of funny. Is being associated with the Yankees actually a good thing?
They should at least try and hitch on to a good team (e.g. Red Sox).
No big loss. The Yankees are TTT anyway.
Go Sox!
Why are we posting this and not paying any attention to Scalia's benchslap of Stevens in Baze?
"Purer expression cannot be found of the principle of rule by judicial fiat. In the face of Justice Stevens’ experience, the experience of all others is, it appears, of little consequence. The experience of the state legislatures and the Congress—who retain the death penalty as a form of punishment—is dismissed as “the product of habit and inattention rather than an acceptable deliberative process.” Ante, at 8. The experience of social scientists whose studies indicate that the death penalty deters crime is relegated to a footnote. Ante, at 10, n. 13. The experience of fellow citizens who support the death penalty is described, with only the most thinly veiled condemnation, as stemming from a “thirst for vengeance.” Ante, at 11. It is Justice Stevens’ experience that reigns over all."