Violence
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Guns / Firearms, Judge of the Day, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, Violence
Judge of the Day: John Merrett
We’re giving this guy our “Judge of the Day” award, ’cause there’s no telling what he might do if he didn’t get it. From the Florida Times-Union: A Jacksonville judge pulled a handgun in his courtroom after a spectator attacked a defendant. The fracas occurred Friday after a crime victim’s father hurdled a railing and […] -
Crime, Reality TV, Survivor, Television, Violence
Oh Those Crazy Harvard Law School Kids
This has nothing to do with Sectiongate. It’s actually about something of greater significance, if that can be believed. Alex Angarita — a Harvard Law School graduate, former associate at O’Melveny & Myers, and star of the “Survivor: Fiji” reality TV show — has been arrested. From TMZ.com: “Survivor: Fiji” star Alex Angarita faced off […] - Sponsored
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Airplanes / Aviation, Crime, Drugs, Education / Schools, Immigration, Kids, Labor / Employment, Marijuana, Non-Sequiturs, Sex Scandals, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 03.06.07
* Will Yalies respond with an NYU-esque gimmick? [Balkinization] * And some people say raising kids and taking care of the house is a full-time job. Looks like the monetized value of a stay-at-home mom is not always so inflated after all. [Christian Science Monitor via CrimProf Blog] * You just know that after a […]
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Celebrities, Election Law, Morning Docket, Parties, Rap, SCOTUS, Sean Combs, Supreme Court, Violence, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 03.06.07
* District Court can dismiss for forum non conveniens without first determining that it has personal jurisdiction. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * No standing in Colorado Elections Clause case. [U.S. Supreme Court (PDF)] * Supreme Court denies Ebbers appeal without comment. [CNN] * Mo Money, Mo Lawsuits: Diddy sued for alleged assault at party. [AP […]
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Art, Email Scandals, Intellectual Property, Non-Sequiturs, Sports, Trademarks, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 03.05.07
* This really could happen to anyone who uses public transportation. Seriously, slow down people — that extra 5 minutes isn’t going to tear off three of your fingers and half your palm, or turn you into a deserving-yet-questionable plaintiff. [Gothamist] * I love it when the art world gets nasty. [New York Sun] * […] -
Bad Ideas, Crime, Food, Genocide, Non-Sequiturs, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 03.02.07
* I’m not saying all West Virginians are both sexually deviant and stupid, but I do know a lot of them have parents who are first cousins. [The Intelligencer & Wheeling News-Register] * I do really hate people who cut in line. A Crabcake Defense would definitely come in handy when I am in one […] -
Airplanes / Aviation, Bad Ideas, Crime, Fashion, Free Speech, Jury Duty, Non-Sequiturs, Rape, Sexual Harassment, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 02.23.07
* Jurors become instant BFF over testimony of an intimate and sexual nature. [Los Angeles Times] * Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] * Turns out you actually can’t dance if you want to. [Newsday] * As kids, my brother and I were familiar with only this constitutional amendment because […] -
Cyberlaw, Deaths, Intellectual Property, John Edwards, Non-Sequiturs, Politics, Trademarks, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 02.05.07
* I won’t comment on trial lawyers in general, but I’ll admit to instant suspicion of boyish-looking politicians. I’d rather trust creepy-looking John Edward. [Crime & Federalism] * Wiki is as wiki does. [TaxProfs Blog] * I have a lot of questions… Like how could the impact of Valle’s body force the elevators door open? […] - Sponsored
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Affirmative Action, Barack Obama, Biglaw, Deaths, Divorce Train Wrecks, Football, Murder, Non-Sequiturs, Prisons, Racism, Religion, Sports, Tobacco / Smoking, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 02.01.07
* His world may have collapsed, but his lung won’t. [MSN] * They probably weren’t staying together for the kids. [Judicial Reports (third item)] * Some African-American college students are, in fact, just African. Another way to summarize this “finding” is that “Not All [insert color here] People Are the Same” (or, as many a […] -
Asians, Law Schools, Lunacy, Racism, Violence, War on Terror
Not All Indians Who Get Shot At Own Convenience Stores
Law school can be stressful. Very stressful. Sometimes people crack under the pressure. Several tipsters directed our attention to this unusual story: A University of Pennsylvania law student couldn’t shake his paranoid suspicion that his two neighbors, Drexel University graduate students, were foreign spies sent to work on some sort of a terrorism plot, police […] -
Biglaw, Lunacy, Rudeness, Violence, WSJ Law Blog
Some Fun With Blind Items: Bad Bosses
The Justice Department’s Shanetta Cutlar isn’t the only idiosyncratic manager in the legal profession. The WSJ Law Blog offers up some interesting blind items about bosses from hell challenging supervisors in the world of private practice. From the main post: [Wall Street Journal columnist Carol Hymowitz] interviewed Gary Hayes, a psychologist and consultant, who says […] -
Celebrities, Cellphones, Lunacy, Naomi Campbell, Violence
Naomi Campbell: A Worse Boss Than Shanetta Cutlar?
We loooove successful, strong, African-American females. Like the Justice Department’s Shanetta Cutlar, who demands respect from everyone who works for her. Or supermodel Naomi Campbell, who similarly doesn’t take s*** from underlings — even if it requires hurling the occasional cellphone in their direction. Here’s a report on the latest Naomi Campbell assault case. From […] -
Celebrities, Copyright, Crime, Cyberlaw, Education / Schools, Environment / Environmental Law, Intellectual Property, Movies, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Romance and Dating, Television, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 01.17.07
* If you support intelligent design, then these Inconvenient Truth-opposing parents want you in their PTA. [Seattle Times] * If he had thrown down the gauntlet beforehand, might that be a mitigating factor? We can see the headlines now: If the glove doesn’t fit… [TaxProf Blog] * Diana, you know the audience will be cheering […]
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Crime, Family Law, Hurricane Katrina, Morning Docket, Politics, Trials, Videos, Violence
Morning Docket: 01.12.07
* Jury selection begins in Atlanta courthouse shooting case. [Fulton County Daily Report ] * Jury rocks State Farm like a hurricane (complete with both wind and storm surge damage), awards $2.5 million in punitive damages. [CNN] * Houses passes stem cell bill; President promises a veto. [Jurist] * Second rule of Fight Club: Don’t […]
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Adoption, Angelina Jolie, Deaths, Federal Judges, Food, Intellectual Property, Job Searches, Kids, Money, Non-Sequiturs, Pets, Supreme Court Clerks, Television, Trademarks, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 01.09.07
* It’s that time of the year, when you yet again resolve to no longer be an attorney. You have one more chance to make this same futile resolution when Chinese New Year rolls around. [The Complete Lawyer] * Any food substance that sustains armies and people still living in Y2K bunkers deserves nothing less […] -
Blogging, Celebrities, Crime, Violence
From the Unfortunate Coincidences Department
Being arrested on domestic violence charges is not a good thing. This is especially true if you’re a boxing announcer. (Lampley, by the way, has blogged at the Huffington Post. We’d like to see him step into the ring with La Arianna. We bet she’d kick his ass.) Jim Lampley Arrested for Domestic Abuse [TMZ.com] […] -
Crime, Morning Docket, Politics, Prisons, Rap, Violence, War on Terror
Morning Docket: 01.04.07
* KPMG is not a crook! [Wall Street Journal via WSJ Law Blog] * Another shakeup in the Administration: high-ranking government official resigns from his position, takes other high-ranking government position. [New York Times; CNN] * How’s this for a prisoner escape… [AP] * Disney World is so over. Jose Padilla is going to Busch […]
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Crime, Deaths, Intellectual Property, Kids, Murder, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Pets, Sex, Shopping, Violence, White-Collar Crime
Non-Sequiturs: 12.15.06
* It helps the People’s case when an alleged polygamist doesn’t look like Brad Pitt or, you know, anyone non-creepy. [AP via Yahoo! News] * “Low blood sugar” is to an opera singer what “exhaustion” is to an anorexic poppet du jour. [International Herald Tribune] * What would the holidays be without a child left […] -
9th Circuit, Biglaw, Breasts, Crime, Drugs, Jury Duty, Kids, Non-Sequiturs, Religion, SCOTUS, Sexual Harassment, Supreme Court, Violence
Non-Sequiturs: 12.12.06
* Fear not, you can continue the inexplicable and somewhat cheap practice of wearing buttons of your slain loved one when attending the trial of the accused perpetrator. [The Buck Stops Here] * Think of the occasional theft as a write-off, which of course is moot since you’re not paying taxes anyway. And then rent […] -
Arlen Specter, Bad Ideas, Canada, Deaths, Gay Marriage, Kids, Morning Docket, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court, Violence, Weddings, White-Collar Crime
Morning Docket: 12.08.06
* Thou shalt not kidnap your child to keep her from getting married. [CNN] * This really happened? [CNN] * Supreme Court takes antitrust case involving investment banks. [New York Times] * Specter introduces legislation designed to blunt the effects of the Thompson memo. [WSJ Law Blog] * Same-sex marriage still legal, eh? [Reuters via […]