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Friday Follies 2.23

Puckish Pleadings Award: A cremation company has filed a trademark suit against another cremation company, alleging, among other things, it has “grave concerns” about its competitor.

A teacher in Australia is seeking $400,000 (Australian) in damages, alleging she damaged her larynx yelling at children.

What one Mizzou grad learned in law school. (I speculate that […]

Friday Follies 2.22

San Francisco’s health department has issued “Regulations for Preparation of Edible Cannabis Products” for the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries.

An Anchorage, Alaska, man was arrested for felony assault after stabbing his roommate with deer antlers during an argument. (via Legally Weird)

Foolishness is not the same as incompetence. Sounds like a new legal maxim to […]

Friday Follies 2.21

“A Missouri man fatally shot his wife while using a gun to put holes in his wall to install a TV. The victim was standing outside in their lawn when the second bullet he fired struck in her in the chest.” Speaking from an evolutionary standpoint, a ricochet into his chest seems more appropriate. (via […]

Friday Follies 2.20

It is evidently cease and desist week:

A website recently received a 12-page cease and desist letter — for a fake product it launched for April Fool’s day. Seems the site calling Canned Unicorn Meat “the new white meat” infringes on the National Pork Board’s slogan, “The Other White Meat.” Being good cyberspace denizens, Think […]

Friday Follies 2.19

Florida attorney barred from visiting client in jail both with and without bra.

A 34-year-old Nevada woman was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of lewdness with a minor under 14 after kissing a friend’s 13-year-old child, putting his hand on her breast, and offering to have sex with him. She was wearing […]