There has understandably been enormous interest in Charles Carreon's crusade against (1) The Oatmeal, (2) some charities, and (3) reality. In fact, not since somebody claimed she was bamboozled by a Crunch Berries box (see "Reasonable Consumer Would Know Crunch…
I guess it'd be more accurate to say I just wish Gloria Allred would stop talking, unless what she's saying involves something like an unnecessary crusade against cannibalism. But Joe Amendola really needs to stop talking. I mentioned his two…
Exhibit A: my client's face not being eaten. (Photo: Getty Images) Some have accused celebrity defense lawyer (and/or celebrity-defense lawyer) Gloria Allred of being a publicity hound. You be the judge. The Miami Herald reported on June 6 that Allred…
From a complaint filed in El Paso County, Colorado, in May: FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF(Negligence) 8. Plaintiffs hereby incorporate by reference each and every other paragraph as though fully set forth herein. 9. On or about May 28, 2010, Plaintiff…
Here's the complaint, courtesy of Matthew Inman's lawyer, Venkat Balasubramani. Well, this is the caption. Although by filing this, the plaintiff has of course made all of his contact information public, I still feel the need to try to redact…
Last week, I mentioned the fact that Matthew Inman, author of the hugely popular humor site The Oatmeal, had been threatened by a lawyer for a site called FunnyJunk.com after Inman dared to complain that FunnyJunk had copied and reposted many…
"They are giving me a hard time!" said a caller to the 911 dispatcher in East Hartford, Connecticut, on Wednesday. What outrage had They perpetrated this time? "I specifically asked for little turkey, and little ham, a lot of cheese…
From the New York Times, June 11, on the opening statements in Jerry Sandusky's trial on child-sex-abuse charges: In his opening statement to the jury, Sandusky’s lawyer, Joseph Amendola, said that Sandusky had a long history of helping children and that…
Matthew Inman, who runs the hilarious and extremely popular site The Oatmeal, announced the other day that he had been threatened by a lawyer representing FunnyJunk.com over this post in which he noted that FunnyJunk had reposted hundreds of his original…
This happened: Two Border Patrol agents have been put on paid leave after audience members complained they engaged in a sex act while attending a Cirque du Soleil theater performance in San Diego County. *** [According to a witness,] the pair…