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Bad Ideas, Crime, Pro Se Litigants, Trials, Violence
It's Like Having Hannibal Lecter as a Client
It’s been a week of violence here at Above the Law. Between the murder-suicide guy and the judge who beat his disabled daughter, there’s been too much disturbing sadness. Here at Above the Law, we prefer violence that is maybe, just a little, funny. For those who appreciate the lighter side of crime, we’ve got […] -
Crime, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Libraries / Librarians, Masturbation, Nude Dancing, Rudeness
Watch Out: There's a Wanker in the Library!
There's a wanker in the library. And no, we're not talking about the guy who sits in the front row of Federal Jurisdiction and always has his hand in the air. We're speaking more literally -- about a man with his hand not up in the air, but down in his pants.... - Sponsored
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Celebrities, Facebook, Lunacy, Music, Prostitution
And I Was Like Baby, Baby, Baby I'll Trade You My Virginity for Bieber Tickets
Teenagers today are obsessing over Justin Bieber. These Bieber fan girls are die-hard, and even have a name for themselves: Beliebers. And in Mexico, one Belieber chica is truly going loca in an attempt to score a ticket to Justin Bieber's Mexico City concert. She's so loca, in fact, that she's willing to trade her virginidad for him....
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Cars, Crime, Deaths, Law Schools, Murder, Violence
More on Stephen McDaniel: A Missing Bar Prep Session, and Possible Fiber Evidence
The Macon Telegraph has reported that Stephen McDaniel might have missed a bar exam review class on the morning that Lauren Giddings's body was found. Where was he, and what do blue and gray fibers have to do with it? -
Barack Obama, Crime, Deaths, Email Scandals, John McCain, Law Schools, Lunacy, Murder, Police, Politics, Prisons, Ridiculousness, Violence
The Collected Writings of Stephen McDaniel
In prior coverage of Stephen McDaniel, the Mercer Law School graduate accused of murdering his former neighbor and classmate, Lauren Giddings, we alluded to several emails that McDaniel sent to some of his classmates. Some students found the emails, which reflected McDaniel's conservative political views, to be strange or disturbing. We will now share them with you.... -
Biglaw, California, Depositions, Lunacy, Quote of the Day, Rudeness, Small Law Firms, Violence
Quote of the Day: No 'Martial Arts Moves' Here
I never had the inclination, or the physical strength, to attack Mr. Bloch. — Henry Shields Jr., the Drinker Biddle partner accused in a lawsuit of assaulting opposing counsel at a deposition. Shields, who is currently undergoing chemotherapy, maintains that he was the victim of the assault rather than the perpetrator. (To read more about […] -
Biglaw, California, Depositions, Lunacy, Rudeness, Small Law Firms, Violence
Beverly Hills Brawl: Escape From The Deposition Room!
Can we all just get along? A California deposition devolved into a fracas, according to a recently filed lawsuit and additional court documents. -
Crime, Kids, Lunacy, Murder, Trials, Weirdness
Voicemail of the Day
As many of you already know, if you don’t want to use email, you can send tips to Above the Law by text message. The number to use is 646-820-TIPS (or 646-820-8477). That number, which is hooked up to our Google Voice account, also accepts voice mails. We strongly prefer text-based tips, via email or […] - Sponsored
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Celebrities, Entertainment Law, Lunacy, Munger Tolles & Olson, Television
Lawsuit of the Day: Charlie Sheen's WINNING Case?
Watch out, Warner Bros. and Munger Tolles: the machete-wielding, tiger-blood-fueled Charlie Sheen is coming after you. The seemingly deranged actor, who was recently fired from the CBS hit show “Two and a Half Men,” has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Chuck Lorre, the studio and executive producer of the show, respectively. […] -
Celebrities, Entertainment Law, Fame Brief, Lunacy, Munger Tolles & Olson, Television
Busy Lawyer's Guide to Charlie Sheen's Bitchin' Termination Letter
You don’t have to be a total bitchin’ rock star from Mars to have predicted that Warner Bros. — the company that produces Two and a Half Angry Men and, not un-coincidentally, Looney Tunes — would fire Charlie Sheen from the show. And on Monday, that’s exactly what happened. Writing on behalf of Warner Bros., […] -
Jonathan Lee Riches, Lawsuit of the Day, Lunacy, Pro Se Litigants, Ridiculousness
Pro Se Filing of the Day: Jonathan Lee Riches v. Jared Lee Loughner
Over the past year, we haven’t covered a lot of the crazy lawsuits initiated by Jonathan Lee Riches. The man has sued everybody from Eliot Spitzer to Molly Ringwald. At some point, you get used to the drill. And there are always other crazy pro se litigants to write about. But the embarrassment of riches […] -
Asians, Book Deals, Books, Jed Rubenfeld, Kids, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lunacy, Patricia Wald
Yale Law Prof Amy Chua Backs Away from Controversial Claims About Superiority of Chinese Mothers
If you’re going to be a diva, then own it. Was this lesson lost on Yale law professor Amy Chua, the author of an incendiary essay in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal, Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, and a new book about Eastern versus Western parenting styles, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother? Professor Chua […] -
Asians, Book Deals, Books, Education / Schools, Jed Rubenfeld, Kids, Law Professors, Law Schools, Lunacy
Yale Law Professor Amy Chua Writes in Praise of Crazy Asian Moms
Right now the legal world is abuzz about an essay published over the weekend in the Wall Street Journal by Amy Chua, a prominent (and pulchritudinous) professor at Yale Law School. The essay’s title, Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, pretty much says it all. The piece is based on Chua’s new book, Battle Hymn of […]
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Deaths, Law Schools, LSAT, Lunacy, Old People
Prospective Law Student Must Choose Between LSAT and Dead Grandma
Pure lunacy is on display today in the Dear Prudence column on Slate. A prospective law student is set to take the December administration of the LSAT. But his or her grandmother — for ease of reference, I’ll use the male pronoun throughout this post — recently lost a battle with Alzheimer’s. Hence this question […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Crime, Federal Government, Lunacy, Police, Social Networking Websites, Technology, United Kingdom / Great Britain
Brit Twit's Sense of Humor Does Not Appeal
This morning, the Senate had a TSA oversight hearing to discuss serious issues around secure air travel, notably the use of see-through-your-clothes scanners and aggressive “crotchal area” patdowns. A highlight was the TSA head offering any of the senators that wanted one a sample patdown to experience it for themselves. No happy ending guaranteed. For […] -
Canada, Celebrities, Lunacy
Randy Quaid Seeks Asylum From 'Hollywood Star Whackers'
As we mentioned in Morning Docket, Randy Quaid, notable character actor of questionable talent, is on the run. The star is apparently seeking asylum in Canada. He and his wife Evi skipped out on a California court date for allegedly squatting in their former house. Apparently the Quaids are afraid that more than a court […] -
9th Circuit, Alex Kozinski, Bad Ideas, Federal Judges, Lunacy, Pro Se Litigants, Rudeness
Pro Se Litigant of the Day: Deborah Frisch, Ph.D.Practice pointer: don't refer to judges as 'frocked cowf**kers.'
For a long time, Jonathan Lee Riches reigned as Craziest Pro Se Litigant in America. But at a certain point, JLR jumped the proverbial shark. His handwritten complaints, making bizarre allegations against everyone from Michael Vick to Martha Stewart to the late Benazir Bhutto, were just too clever by half. And once he passed the […] -
Law Schools, Lunacy, Politics
The Crazy Carl Chronicles: Was Paladino a Law School Paladin?
Carl Paladino’s had a bad week. A no duh. It began with a bizarrely homophobic speech to Orthodox Jewish leaders last Sunday. It continued with a sad attempt to apologize for those remarks. And Carl’s crazy exploits threaten to become The Neverending Story (sans flying dog-thing with floppy ears), as yesterday the twitterverse, blogosphere and […] -
Bar Exams, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Lunacy
A Bar Exam Parody / Hypothetical, Courtesy of Elizabeth Wurtzel
For some of you, the bar exam starts tomorrow. Your friends at Above the Law — and our bar-related advertisers, including Kaplan PMBR and BarMax — wish you the best of luck. If you’re looking for more review questions, check out our post from yesterday, based on Professor Laurence Tribe’s unfortunate incident at a Safeway […] -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Cyberlaw, Lunacy, Rank Stupidity, Technology, Weirdness
When Unemployed Law Students Attack
There are a lot of angry job hunters in the legal marketplace right now, thanks to lots of debt and little in the way of prospects. They’re desperate, frustrated, and may be dangerous. The Great Recession has turned some of these poor legal puppies into Cujos. In May, we wrote about a heated exchange between […]