Herman Cain

Non-Sequiturs: 10.24.13

* A Houston couple is suing Carnival Cruises for stranding them on that infamous Poop Ship. Except they were never on that ship. [Houston Chronicle] * Herman Cain has figured out the culprit behind the sexual harassment allegations that plagued his campaign. It was the Devil! Maybe O.J. should look into where the Devil was when Ron and Nicole were killed. [Talking Points Memo] * In the running for the worst company name ever: “Dis Is We Thing, Inc.” As always, Above the Law is brought to you by They It Is, LLC. [Rapaport Law Firm] * The mixologists behind “The OxyContin” cocktail have renamed it “The Cease and Desist” after the pharmaceutical company that makes OxyContin shot off its cease and desist letter. Because this cocktail was more damaging to their reputation than being one of the most used and abused drugs on the market. [Forbes] * People unfairly zero in on the personalities behind information leaks rather than the substance of the leaks themselves. I don’t know about that… I mean, The Fifth Estate bombed. [Politix] * The new Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney game is coming to America. I gather you can yell “Objection!” at your Nintendo DS and it responds. Anyway, here’s the review. [GameSpot] * Down in Texas, Judge Sandra Watts got a taste of the new draconian totally fair voter ID requirements when election officials tried to block the 49-year veteran of the voting process from voting because her maiden name was on her ID. Thankfully for Judge Watts, she understood the law a little better than the poll workers. [ThinkProgress] * Mike Lickver, whose legally-inspired music videos have graced these pages a couple of times before, has a new video. It’s not legally-themed at all, but he’s a rapping lawyer, so we give him a pass for venturing out into other themes. Video after the jump…

Non-Sequiturs: 12.20.12

* It’d be easy to say “a former Tea Party(Opens in a new window) candidate posted about assassinating the President.” But it’s probably more accurate to say a crazy, racist, loony person scrawled something naughty on Facebook and is now in trouble. [Huffington Post(Opens in a new window)]* I’d like to buy this, and then […]

Morning Docket: 11.30.11

(Opens in a new window)* Facebook(Opens in a new window) settled with the FTC over its privacy violations. Mark Zuckerberg(Opens in a new window) will be adding a “dislike” button to the site so he has an appropriate way to deal with this. [National Law Journal(Opens in a new window)]* The lawsuit seeking to overturn […]

Non-Sequiturs: 11.29.11

(Opens in a new window)* We suspected as much: it appears that the “poop tattoo” story(Opens in a new window) is, er, “full of crap.” [The Smoking Gun(Opens in a new window)]* What’s the first Michael Jackson(Opens in a new window) lyric that Conrad Murray(Opens in a new window) will hear in jail from his […]

Above the Law Research Poll: Lawyers Pick Their Republican Nominee

Last week, you might have noticed a pop-up asking you to participate in our straw poll of potential Republican nominees. With over 1,000 responses, we're able to call the GOP primary and crown the lawyers' choice among the candidates. Breaking news: it's not Mitt Romney!

Morning Docket: 11.10.11

(Opens in a new window)* Herman Cain’s(Opens in a new window) got Wood over all of these sexual harassment accusers. No, seriously. He hired Bryan Cave(Opens in a new window) defector L. Lin Wood to handle his possible defamation claims. [WSJ Law Blog(Opens in a new window)]* Sad and depressing old man news: Joe Paterno’s(Opens […]

Herman Cain Seeing All Red Over Another Accuser Hiring Gloria Allred

We live in a country where a president was impeached over charges relating to a sex scandal. Why do we care so much about whether a presidential candidate once sexually harassed a coworker? Probably because that candidate allegedly tried to make a former coworker give him a blow job....

Non-Sequiturs: 11.03.11

* Here is Bess Levin’s take on the Groomzilla lawsuit(Opens in a new window) brought by Todd J. Remis(Opens in a new window), son of a Goodwin Procter(Opens in a new window) partner. [Dealbreaker(Opens in a new window)]* What advice would crisis management guru Lanny Davis(Opens in a new window) give to Herman Cain(Opens in […]

Quote of the Day: Ah, Semantics

(Opens in a new window)I didn’t change my story. I simply got the wording right. — Republican Herman Cain(Opens in a new window), Election 2012(Opens in a new window) hopeful, contesting the claim that he has flip-flopped on his accounts(Opens in a new window) of striking an “agreement” versus negotiating a “settlement” with regard to […]

Morning Docket: 11.01.11

* Herman Cain(Opens in a new window) says he’s not in the habit of sexually harassing women. That’s too bad, because he’s got a great pick-up line for Election 2012(Opens in a new window): “I got your 9-9-9 right here. It’s in my pants.” [Reuters(Opens in a new window)]* Apparently Andrew Shirvell(Opens in a new […]

Non-Sequiturs: 08.24.11

* “Dominique Strauss-Kahn Gets Off, As Did Everyone Else Who Stayed In His Room At The Sofitel.” Or: what you don’t want to know about your high-end hotel room. [Dealbreaker(Opens in a new window)]* F**k yeah — trademark law! Or: some reflections on the “immoral or scandalous” bar to trademark registration, by fashion lawyer Chuck […]

Quote of the Day: No, but we might criminalize failure to exfoliate.

I don’t have a problem with appointing an openly gay person. Because they’re not going to try to put sharia law in our laws.— Herman Cain(Opens in a new window), Republican presidential candidate, explaining(Opens in a new window) why he would consider appointing an openly gay person to his cabinet, even though he would not […]