Lawsuit of the Day
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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 […] -
Cyberlaw, Lawsuit of the Day, Pornography, Privacy, Technology
Lawsuit of the Day: YouPorn Sued for Sniffing its Users
I’m not overly familiar with the popular porn spots around the Internetz, but I understand that a good number of people are big fans of the homegrown selections that can be found on YouPorn – essentially YouTube for naked, lascivious types. The site is currently the 72nd most popular site on the Web, according to […] - Sponsored
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Lawsuit of the Day, Nauseating Things, Old People, Ridiculousness, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Tort Reform
Lawsuit of the Day: Woman Breaks Hand Trying to Wipe Bum
I don’t remember the moment I first learned how to wipe my ass without hurting myself. I don’t think I received a special present or accolade for that momentous life event. But perhaps my parents did take notice in this way: MOM: Our little boy just successfully wiped himself without incident! DAD: Good. Maybe you […]
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Food, Health Care / Medicine, Lawsuit of the Day, Rank Stupidity
Lawsuit of the Day: Doctor Sues Restaurant for Not Educating Him About Artichokes
Remind me to tell you about the time I looked into the heart of an artichoke. — Margo Channing (Bette Davis), All About Eve Warning: consumption of artichokes can be hazardous to your health. Especially if you eat the entire thing, leaves and all. This is a lesson that Arturo Carvajal, a doctor in Miami, […] -
Deaths, Lawsuit of the Day
Lawsuit of the Day: Parents Sued By Man Who Killed Their Son
On occasion, I get accused of “blaming the victim.” I think that’s unfair. Really, I think I just know the difference between “suicide” (which is something you do to yourself) and “homicide” (which is something somebody does to you). For instance, if you purposefully ride your bike off of a cliff, that’s a suicide. If, […] -
Books, Education / Schools, Lawsuit of the Day, Minority Issues, Racism
Lawsuit of the Day: Parent Sues School for Teaching His Daughter About Slavery
There is nothing I hate more than people who try to use the law to change the facts of history or science. I hate when Creationists try to take their Sunday School teachings into science class. I hate when Confederates try to retell the “War of Northern Aggression” in a way that ignores the abject […] -
Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Minority Issues, Rudeness, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sex, Sex Scandals
Nelson v. Jones Day: Another Side to the Story
Earlier this week, we brought you the story of Nelson v. Jones Day — a discrimination lawsuit filed against Jones Day by Jaki Nelson, an African-American woman who worked at JD for almost 18 years. Some of the allegations in Nelson’s complaint — use of racial slurs by firm partners and administrators, sex scandals, and […] -
Biglaw, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Racism, Rudeness, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Sex, Sex Scandals
Lawsuit of the Day: Ex-Jones Day Secretary Alleges Racial Slurs, Sex Scandals, and More
UPDATE (7/25/2011): Please note that this case, making allegations that Jones Day describes as “baseless and inflammatory,” has been dismissed. Oh boy. Discrimination lawsuits filed by former employees against law firms can get pretty salacious. But we haven’t seen a complaint this juicy since Allgood v. Williams Mullen (aka the “cucumber incident”), or maybe Braude […] - Sponsored
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Boutique Law Firms, Gay, Labor / Employment, Lawsuit of the Day, Plaintiffs Firms, Sex, Sexual Harassment, Small Law Firms, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: Pass the Wooden Dildo, Please
We first mentioned this lawsuit, which was filed back in August, last month (second item). But so many of you have emailed us this AOL news story that we’ve decided to provide more detailed coverage. It’s a lawyer versus lawyer lawsuit, usually the ugliest kind of litigation. But the allegations made here are perhaps more […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Religion, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: Space Alien Followers v. Pope Benedict (No, Seriously)
A prophet, who now goes by the name “Rael,” once encountered space aliens who told him the secret of life. Later, his followers, “the Raelians,” set up an advocacy group to expose pedophilia in the Roman Catholic Church. But the group’s work was frustrated when Pope Benedict XVI (a.k.a. Joe Ratzinger) covered up the crimes […] -
Benchslaps, Federal Judges, Headhunters / Recruiters, Lawsuit of the Day, S.D.N.Y.
Major Lindsey Drops RICO Action Against Ex-Employee
Call it RICO not so suave. One of the nation’s biggest legal headhunting firms, Major, Lindsey & Africa, is withdrawing its RICO action against a former employee — after a federal judge offered a somewhat snarky assessment of the merits of MLA’s case. As reported by Leigh Jones over at the National Law Journal, on […] -
Defamation, Privacy, Sports, Women's Issues
Lawsuit of the Weekend: Rah Rah... Whoops.
This story may provide some good fodder for “dumb cheerleader” jokes. Sarah Jones, a high school English teacher and cheerleader for the Cincinnati Bengals, was understandably upset when a gossip website called TheDirty.com published an article entitled “The Dirty Bengals Cheerleader,” asking, “Why are high school teachers freaks in the sack?” According to Jones’s December […] -
Attorney Misconduct, Bad Ideas, Lawsuit of the Day, Legal Ethics, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Lawsuit of the Day: Why is This Guy So Angry with Avvo?
Ed. note: This post is by “The Gobbler,” one of the two writers under consideration to join Morning Dockette as a Morning Docket writer. As always, we welcome your thoughts in the comments. Lawyers tend to define their careers by numbers (school rank, class rank, firm rank) – at least when the numbers are to […]
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Civil Rights, Food, Lawsuit of the Day, Minority Issues, Racism, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: White Man Claims BBQ Joint Violates His Civil Rights
This one is going to get really weird, really quickly. See if you can spot the civil rights violation. Issue 1: City council of Alexandria, Virginia, approves a permit for a new barbecue restaurant. Issue 2: The restaurant will have an open-air, gas grille. Did you see the potential violation? No? Well, you’re just not […] -
Lawsuit of the Day, Video games
Lawsuit of the Day: Man Says Video Game Made Him Unable to Function
I know a little something about video game addiction. While working in Biglaw, I was a respected guild member in Everquest II — before I realized that I was wasting giant amounts of time and had more than enough money to be able to interact with fellow humans in the flesh. In law school I […] -
Headhunters / Recruiters, Lawsuit of the Day
Lawsuit of the Day: Major Lindsey Files RICO Action Against Former Employee
The world of legal recruiting is a bit like Glengarry Glen Ross. Like the real estate agents of Glengarry, legal recruiters work mainly on commission, and they get paid when they close deals. Instead of getting paid for selling parcels of land, though, headhunters get paid when they find lawyers — people like you — […] -
Bad Ideas, Gay, Lawsuit of the Day, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate, Sex
Lawyerly Lairs: Did a Realtor Use an Attorney's House for Gay Sexcapades?
This story — which could also qualify as a Lawsuit of the Day — is fine, funny Friday fodder. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: Adam Bunge, an attorney, and his wife, Sarah Bunge, a Lutheran pastor, put their Maple Grove home up for sale and headed off to London this year for a four-month “work holiday.” […] -
Kids, Lawsuit of the Day, Perverts, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: Has Donald Duck Been Unfairly Accused?
Donald Duck tends to be cranky; he’s not the most friendly of the Disney characters. But a Pennsylvania woman, 27, contends that Donald got way too friendly with her during a 2008 trip with her family to Epcot Center. In a complaint posted by the Smoking Gun, April Magolon claims that she asked Donald for […] -
Bar Exams, Laurence Tribe, Law Professors, Lawsuit of the Day
Potential Lawsuit / Bar Exam Review Question of the Day: Laurence Tribe v. Safeway?
Last Sunday, the eminent constitutional law scholar Laurence Tribe and his girlfriend, Elizabeth Westling, got stuck in an elevator at the Safeway supermarket in Georgetown. (Professor Tribe is currently in D.C. to serve in the administration of his former student from Harvard Law School, Barack Obama.) Read the (rather humorous) write-up of Tribe’s elevator incident […] -
9th Circuit, Clerkships, Lawsuit of the Day, Racism, Weirdness
Lawsuit of the Day: Fun With Hawaii Birth Certificates
Orly Taitz and the Birthers aren’t the only people obsessed with Hawaiian birth certificates. A young lawyer by the name of Adam Gustafson — a 2009 graduate of the Yale Law School and former vice president of the Yale Federalist Society, who’s currently clerking in Hawaii for Judge Richard Clifton (9th Cir.) — is making […]