* LexisNexis paid someone to conclude that 71 percent of adults who have never witnessed some pot-bellied schmuck leering at a female intern at the office holiday party were probably passed out near the punch bowl, or singing Don’t Stop Believin’ on the karaoke stage. [Martindale-Hubbell’s Lawyers.com]
* And here we were worried that all of these social sites would make shut-ins of our bright young kids. [NorthJersey.com via CrimProf Blog]
* This time, it’s okay to throw out the lawyer with the bathwater. [f/k/a]
* All we know is that the Aristocrats joke is not protected, probably because every version is vile and really not that funny. Of course, many comedians would disagree. [Hollywood Reporter]
Non-Sequiturs
* Jurors go wild… kind of. [AP via Yahoo! News]
* This could be your fate if you have sexual relations with any animal, dead or alive, regardless of law: you could be the posthumous star of a Sundance documentary. [Editor and Publisher]
* Do not think you can know go about suing the various characters in your dysfunctional family. [Seattle Times]
- Crime, Deaths, Family Law, Fast Food, Intellectual Property, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Sex, Supreme Court, Tort Reform
Non-Sequiturs: 11.28.06
By Stella Q* Thesauruses can still do the trick. Who knows if I would have passed AP English without one? On the other hand, one of the perks of public high schools is having your Cliffs Notes-cribbed essay graded by a teacher qualified only to teach woodshop and coach girls’ softball. [New York Times]
* What would the Supreme Court say about McDonald’s plans to patent its sandwich-making process? [CNN Legal Pad]
* Ah, law school flirting is just so cute. [Overheard in New York]
* While the poodles seem to be safe, babies, sadly, are not. [WCSH Portland]
* Blood money, in a way. Because someone killed my will to love. [Newsweek via Overlawyered]
* It was either this cautionary tidbit — courtesy of Tawny Kitaen, Chuck Finley’s battering ex-wife and Whitesnake video girl — or Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock’s divorce. And you already knew about the latter. [E! Online via Yahoo News]
* It’s just a peace sign, not a full-page New York Times ad. [QuizLaw]
* And in the very near future, Law & Order will rip a new one from the headlines. [Ernie the Attorney]
* Life is a series of bait-and-switches. Or how else would people get married or work at law firms? And the circle of life continues. [Law.com]
* And you thought your parents were embarrassing when you were a pre-teen. [Associated Press via Times Leader]
* Now I know not to act upon those revenge fantasies I’ve had of playing the same prank on that female senior associate who yelled at me last week. [New York Daily News]
* Also an anti-competition issue — this way, the strip clubs don’t cut into the business of massage parlors. [Louisville Courier-Journal via How Appealing]
* Read up, Kaavya Viswanathan. [Althouse]
* A great way for UVA students who also attended the Federalist Society Convention to cap off a busy week. [TJ's Double Play]
* As ever, a nod to the holidays-a few turkeys (as in the actual animal) in caselaw. [Law.com]
* Because thirst is never illegal. [Racialicious]
No, we’re not done for the day (even though you probably are, and hitting the road for Thanksgiving travel). We still have a few more posts on the way.
For now, a quick collection of interesting links that pick up on stories that ATL has been following:
* The lawyer representing the Romanian villagers in the latest Borat lawsuit has had, um, some disciplinary issues. Color us surprised. [Overlawyered]
* Hungry for more Fifth Circuit scuttlebutt? Satisfy your appetite with Grits for Breakfast. [Grits for Breakfast (esp. reader comments)]
* Fear not, Legal Eagle Wedding Watch fans; LEWW will be returning momentarily (with two new installments). In the meantime, sate your credentials lust by checking out this Florida power couple. [Southern District of Florida Blog]
* For you law review nerds out there, some direction as to the citation of new species of sources. But *sigh* you probably already know all of this. [Slaw.ca]
* Law students bring logic and order to child-bearing… It’s a shame that we have to forego all that spontaneity and excitement of unplanned pregnancies. (Like what 2L Tamina must have felt when she had her first of two kids in her late teens.) [Law.com]
* An Ohio woman litters by tossing bags of McDonald’s out her window, then invokes the Fast Food Nation defense — to no avail. [Tribune Chronicle]
* An Indian thief seizes the day — what’s money if you can’t spend it? [Reuters]
* If you’re going to ban junk food ads, then bring back the cigarette ads! Nothing is as glamorous as a hot girl/guy smoking languorously. I’m only half kidding. [The Guardian]
* It’s great that attorneys have lives outside the law, but these people are probably the type who refer to themselves (and by “themselves,” I mean each of their “personas”) in the third person. [ABA Journal eReport]
* Although still not legal for non-medical purposes, much to Woody Harrelson’s chagrin. [Hit & Run]
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