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Nov 3rd 2006

Bayern Munich: We may sue Youtube

The German soccer club, Bayern Munich, is threatening to sue Youtube over videos that fans have taken during the Bayern Munich games and then posted on the uber-popular Youtube.
Today the German soccer team Bayern Munich threatened legal action against the site over the use of game footage. What’s interesting here is that Bayern president Karl-Heinz [...]

Nov 3rd 2006

Judge Leslie Lewis

This is bizarre (you’ll need Internet Explorer to watch the video I think).
The tape is of a hearing addressing several issues involving parent time for a father and problems between the divorced couple on arranging parent time. At the end of the discussion, Judge Leslie Lewis asks if there is anything else to discuss.
The father’s [...]

Oct 3rd 2006

2L job search: pick the real email

email is free, other than my time, it is a zero-cost endeavor. so i send out a lot of resumes. i usually get tame, scripted responses, like:

Thank you for your interest in Dewey, Cheatham, & Howe. Although your resume is impressive, we regret to inform you that we cannot offer you a [...]

Sep 13th 2006

moot court cite test: don’t fool me again

these are two questions from this year’s moot court cite test at my law school:

11. Cite to the unpublished case of Brandi Stewart v. Lauren Crosby and Jason Thompson, decided in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky on August 5, 2004. The case is available online on Westlaw [...]

Sep 5th 2006

The Lybbert Family and Jose Tinoco

When a friend of mine from Argentina came to the U.S. to work for a few months, he told me how he bought a Social Security card in Miami for $25. Luckily, his name isn’t Jose Tinoco, nor did he get any loans using his “borrowed” number…
Camber Lybbert thought it was a mistake when [...]

Sep 4th 2006

Ohio: All Your Liberties Belong to Us!

Yikes.
An Ohio legislative panel yesterday rubber-stamped an unprecedented process that would allow sex offenders to be publicly identified and tracked even if they’ve never been charged with a crime.
I’m all for locking up and tracking sex offenders. I fail to understand why we don’t lock up child molesters for life or why we let rapists [...]

Aug 28th 2006

2L job search

i spent the better part of one weekend this august writing letters to potential employers. while i was scouring the websites of firms across the country, several things caught my eye (some good, some bad). one good thing is this heartwarming article, from greenberg traurig. some excerpts:

Greenberg Traurig still seeks students with [...]

Aug 19th 2006

Most Creative DUI Defense Ever

Nice.
A man accused of drunken driving told state police that his 4-year-old son was at the wheel of his sport utility vehicle when it crashed into a tree.
Hat tip: Drudge.

Aug 17th 2006

Illegal Immigrant Hides In Church

This is such a sad story and, I would argue, bad for everyone.
Immigration activists around the country are taking up the cause of a single mother who invoked the ancient principle of sanctuary and took refuge in a Chicago church rather than submit to deportation to Mexico.
Elvira Arellano, 31, was holed up for a second [...]

Aug 2nd 2006

File Under: Dumb Criminals

Make sure to check the photo of the ID you’ve stolen before handing it over!
WESTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — A bar waitress checking to see if a customer was legally old enough to drink looked down to see a familiar photo.
It was her own.
The 22-year-old waitress, whose name was not released, called police last week and [...]

Jul 22nd 2006

another reason law is a scumbag profession

“almost all leakers are lawyers.” — former NYT editor howard raines, about media leaks, adding “that’s the bottom line.”

Jul 14th 2006

Clown Wilson & Wife: “With heavy hearts…”

To review, here is what Mr. & Mrs. Clown Wilson’s lawsuit alleges:
The Complaint specifies that each of the Wilsons has been deprived of their First and Fifth Amendment rights; each has suffered a gross invasion of their privacy; each has been impaired in pursuing professional opportunities; and that they fear for their safety and the [...]

Jul 14th 2006

Pete Coors: Drunk Driver

Pete Coors was cited for driving under the influence.
Beer company executive, chief commercial pitcher and former Senate candidate Pete Coors confirmed Thursday he was cited in May for driving under the influence of alcohol after leaving a friend’s wedding celebration.

Coors is driving with a 60-day provisional license, Hatland said. A hearing before motor vehicles department [...]

Jul 13th 2006

Clown Wilson & Wife: “We will not go away!”

Will the Clown and his wife ever just go away?
(Just click the play button to listen)

You think they’re gone? They’re never gone! Somebody get them some radical new therapy!
Clown Wilson and his wife, Valerie Plame, are now suing Dick Cheney and “pretty much everyone, really.”
As the VOA is reporting it:
A former CIA agent [...]

Jul 11th 2006

Congress: Not Above the Law

Thankfully a federal judge has restored some sanity to the Rep. William Jefferson case. You know, the Louisana Democrat who stores stacks of Benjamins in his freezer.
A federal judge on Monday upheld the FBI’s unprecedented raid of a congressional office, saying that barring searches of lawmakers’ offices would turn Capitol Hill into “a taxpayer-subsidized [...]

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