Why people hate us lawyers: Jennifer Walzer was charged $6,000 for a review of a sublease. The bill included a $60 charge for responding to a courtesy e-mail she sent that she would review the lawyer’s comments when she returned to the office. Billed as taking 12 minutes, the response said, “I hope everything is […]
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Whether violence is a functional equivalent of obscenity may be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Yesterday, the Court agreed to rule on the constitutionality of a California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, a law predicated in part on the Court’s obscenity jurisprudence. The California statute defines a […] Stupid Legislative Trick of the Week 1: The Arizona House passed a bill requiring presidential candidates to show their birth certificate if they want to be on the state’s ballot. Stupid Legislative Trick of the Week 2: The Georgia legislature has passed a bill to outlaw nonconsensual microchip-implanting. The post indicates our neighbors to the […] Prince Edward Island, like the rest of the world, is short one law that might do all of us some good. A provincial judge found a junior hockey player not guilty of assault last week but, the judge said, “If he was charged with being a colossal asshole, I would find him guilty.” (Lowering the […] “A 28-year-old man said he wanted a third degree felony on his record so he wouldn’t be allowed to attend law school.” I think, though, there are much easier ways to avoid it. (Dumb as a Blog) Like Jonathan Turley, I’m not sure who the traffic sign is directed at but I’m guessing “attenzione prostitute” […] |
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