Cars
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California, Cars, Rudeness
Law License Plates: Cruising Credentials
It's been a while since our last post on law-related vanity license plates, but this submission comes to us all the way from California. Apparently the people out there are so laid-back that they're willing to freely offer up reasons to key their cars and slash their tires. You better leave a good tip for the valet, especially when this is your license plate. -
Boutique Law Firms, Cars, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Small Law Firms
Biglaw Alternative: Getting Drunks Off
Most lawyers would cringe at the thought of spending their entire careers trying to find loopholes that will release drunk drivers back onto the streets. But one small firm is building a DUI defense empire in Georgia. You’ll be so happy that they get your case thrown out that you won’t even mind when they use your full name and share the details of your drunken escapades to drum up more business. - Sponsored
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Cars, Crime, Lawyer of the Day
Lawyer of the Day: What Kind Of Man Allegedly Messes With Another Man's Vehicle?
Remember the judge who was indicted for keying his neighbor’s car? Well, we’ve got another alleged incident of vehicular vandalism in the legal community, and this one is just dripping with spite. According to published reports, a lawyer in Seattle has been accused of keying cars and leaving threatening notes on improperly parked vehicles. I […]
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Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 05.11.11
* Self-driving cars in Vegas? Yes please, I want to play destination roulette. [ABA Journal] * Wow, I guess law schools are still afraid of being exposed by the New York Times. Here’s some Case Western news, from Professor Jonathan Adler. [Volokh Conspiracy] * A follow-up on Tim Wu’s recent Quote of the Day about […] -
Asians, Cars, Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns
Judge of the Day: Another Dangerous D.C. Driver
What is up with judges in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area? Why are they such bad drivers? Last month, Justice Antonin Scalia got into a fender-bender in northern Virginia. According to at least one witness, he was at fault — and got ticketed for it. Today we learn about the roadway misadventures of a Maryland […] -
Biglaw, Cars, Guantanamo Bay, John Yoo, Non-Sequiturs, War on Terror
Non-Sequiturs: 04.04.11
* Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried by a military commission at Guantanamo, but John Yoo is still not satisfied. He wants to capture people and hold them indefinitely without trial proof that the Obama Administration can conduct terror trials successfully. Obviously, the elegant solution is to make KSM live in Yoo’s basement until one […] -
Cars, Law Schools
SUV Smashes a Hole Into Pitt Law School
I feel bad for Pittsburgh Law students. Just ten days ago, career services embarrassed them by offering students jobs putting fliers on parked cars. And now today, an out-of-control driver punched a hole into their law building. Literally. Last night an SUV crashed into the Barco Law Building and punched a hole in the wall. […] -
Abortion, Barry Bonds, Baseball, Cars, Celebrities, Defamation, Facebook, Morning Docket, Rape, Sports, Trials, Women's Issues
Morning Docket: 03.30.11
* A Libyan woman is being sued for slander over her rape allegations. Is this how the Libyan militiamen serve and protect their country? [Boston Globe] * Call this one a learning experience. Pictures of things we now know we can’t post on Facebook: placentas, dead girls. [CNN Justice] * Jay-Z is down to 98 […]
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Antonin Scalia, Cars, Federal Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
The Wheels of Justice (Scalia): Will Nino Fight His Traffic Ticket?
In my earlier story about Justice Antonin Scalia’s fender-bender on the George Washington Parkway, I tossed out a question: What kind of car does Justice Scalia drive? A few years ago, Justice Scalia drove a BMW. Is Nino still partial to Bimmers, or has he switched his automotive allegiances? Now we know the answer — […] -
Antonin Scalia, Cars, Federal Judges, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice Scalia Gets Caught in a Fender-Bender
The wheels of justice might have taken a wrong turn today. It seems that Justice Antonin Scalia had some minimum contacts — with another vehicle, on a highway outside D.C. According to a Supreme Court spokesperson, Justice Scalia was involved in a minor car accident this morning, while heading in to One First Street to […] -
California, Cars, Drinking, DUI / DWI, Rudeness
Law License Plates: Don't Drink and Drive (With This License Plate)
Based on the overwhelming number of submissions we’ve received — please don’t be offended if yours doesn’t make the cut — it seems you’re enjoying our recent series on legally-themed license plates. You can send in your photos via email (subject line: “Vanity License Plate”). Here’s one license plate we received that’s not explicitly law-related. […] -
California, Cars, Law Schools, Rudeness
Law License Plates: Legalese (and More School Spirit)
We continue our series on law-related license plates that are interesting or amusing. We’re still taking submissions, for a contest we will eventually hold; please submit your pictures via email (subject line: “Vanity License Plate”). One way of communicating your status as an attorney to your fellow motorists is by dropping some mad legal knowledge […] -
Cars, Law Schools, Rudeness
Law License Plates: School Spirit?
On Friday we posted a photo of a law-related license plate that struck some of you as rather obnoxious. We asked you to send in pictures of additional legally-themed vanity plates, by email (subject line: “Vanity License Plate”). We received a number of interesting submissions. Check out the first one….
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Cars, Rudeness
A Funny Friday License Plate
Check out the amusing license plate below, sent to us by a reader in Los Angeles (of course)…. UPDATE (5:45 PM): Our original tipster adds, “Not sure if you can see the ‘Harvard Law Graduate’ brackets….” -
Biglaw, Cars, In-House Counsel, Litigators
Inside Straight: On Alphabet Soup (Hereinafter 'OAS')
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Cars, Fashion, Fashion Is Fun, Football, Labor / Employment, Sports
Packers Fan Fired Over Team Necktie; Will Litigation Ensue?
I saw this story on Mike & Mike this morning, and it’s just been gathering steam all day. A Green Bay Packers fan showed up to his job on Monday at a Chicago area car dealership wearing a Packers tie. As many of you know, the Packers defeated their hated rivals, the Chicago Bears, in […] -
Cars, Lawsuit of the Day, Minority Issues, Police, Racism, Violence
The Police Need to Learn That Tasers Don't Help Diabetics
As an overweight man, adult onset diabetes is one of the things that makes me consider dropping a few pounds. But I’m still so young, so invincible, that long-term health concerns aren’t really enough to stop me from having an extra helping of Christmas goose (not that I even know anybody who eats a freaking […] -
Cars, DealBreaker, Lawsuit of the Day
Legal Defense of the Day: New Car Smell Diminishes Your Capacity to Have A Soul
You know the only thing worse than getting run over by some rich joker in a Mercedes-Benz? Getting run over by a rich joker in a Mercedes-Benz who gets a slap on the wrist because his Mercedes-Benz is a brand-new Mercedes-Benz. Dr. Steven Milo knows that pain all too well. Our sister site, Dealbreaker, explains […] -
Alt Transport, Cars, Technology
When Google Cars Kill, Who Is to Blame?
The Google Car has been heralded as the future of automobiles: an autonomous, driver-less car that combines our love of technology with our endless desire for mobility. The so-called “Google Car” is a Toyota Prius outfitted with data-recording cameras that has already traveled more than 140,000 miles, in a variety of real-world conditions without an […] -
Cars, Judge of the Day, Minority Issues, Racism, State Judges
Judge Rejects Plea Deal as Something 'That Only Goes to White Boys'
If you spend any time around criminal defense lawyers, progressive lawyers, or people in a black barber shop, you’ll hear the claim that African-American criminal defendants receive harsher sentences than their white counterparts. People have done studies about this, people have written reports about this, people have held conferences about this institutional expression of discrimination. […]