Sources report that the D.C. Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges has voted not to reappoint Roy Pearson for another term as an administrative law judge. Pearson caused both outrage and (among amateur legal humorists) delight by…
Variety magazine reported on Sunday that Paramount Pictures and (appropriately) MTV Films have bought the film rights to the story of Joseph Frederick, the Alaska high school student who was suspended for unfurling a banner near his school saying "BONG…
The submitter of this item suggests that a new category ("D’oh!") be created for it (and others like it), and I’m seriously considering that. In September, two men broke into a vacant building in Antioch, California, planning to steal copper…
Time again for "Google Searches That Led To Lowering the Bar," that exciting series in which we learn what odd questions some people out there have for Google (anonymously — as I mentioned before, I can see the search terms,…
It was "a big mistake," said lawyer Michael Colich on Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court. He was talking about his client’s decision to pull the head off a duck that lived in an ornamental pond at the Embassy Suites…
Dawn Herb was cited last week for disorderly conduct after a neighbor heard her shouting profanities. Although Dawn (who I’m going to call "Dawn" because calling Dawn "Herb" seems weird) was inside her own home at the time, she admitted…
Or, why the word “not” is one of the more consequential typographical errors a legislature can make.
Among the facts we learned from the GOP candidates’ debate in Michigan last week is that attorneys would have more power than ever if Mitt Romney is elected president. (And no, we don’t have enough already. What kind of a…
A Jets season-ticket holder has filed a $184-million class-action suit against the New England Patriots and their coach, Bill Belichick, based on the penalties assessed against them for videotaping their opponents’ signals in the season opener, in violation of league…
Laura West was arrested in Kansas in June after a state trooper stopped her, apparently for speeding, and found she did not have a license or valid registration. She also refused to cooperate with the trooper, who said that it…