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Friday Follies 1.17

I wonder if this will pop up if South Dakota’s smoking ban referendum moves forward? A Canadian truck driver was arrested and fined for smoking in the workplace — his truck. (Via.)

Polish and Russian legislators are suggesting dealing with pedophilia by using drugs to lower the sex drive of offenders.

Poland’s lower house of […]

Friday Follies 1.16

I think this is called a vicious circle: “Lawyer Says Lawyer Defamed Him in Press Release About Defamation Suit” (Via.)

So much for seeking forgiveness. A convicted sex offender in Raleigh, N.C., was arrested when he tried to attend church because he is not allowed to be present on any property where children are present.

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Friday Follies 1.15

Peeping Tom threatens lawsuit against homeowner who installed video cameras that led to his arrest. (Via.)

Questionable post-law school decisions, Part 1: A Stanford law graduate has been sentenced to one year of home detention and ordered to pay $243,000 for failing to pay taxes on money earned running an escort service. Cristina Warthen allegedly […]

Amendment to shield law bill protects only MSM bloggers

Both houses of Congress are still considering legislation to create a federal “reporters privilege,” legislation that took different approaches for bloggers. At bottom, the difference was whether someone had to earn an income from blogging to be protected by the law. Now, an amendment in the Senate Judiciary Committee would not only abandon the Senate’s […]

Friday Follies 1.14

Ouch!! A federal judge not only denied a motion because it was “riddled with unprofessional grammatical and typographical errors that nearly render the entire Motion incomprehensible,” the judge put handwritten corrections on the pleading and ordered the attorney who filed it to send a copy of the corrections to his client.

Of course, you could […]