Paul Christiansen, who caused a mistrial in March by doing his own research on the defendant and disclosing it to other jurors, has been fined $1,200 by a court in Newbury, New Hampshire. Jurors, of course, are instructed not to do…
I know this has been tried before, and I'd be surprised if it has ever worked, but it didn't work this time. In an opinion issued on October 14, the California Court of Appeal held that an insanity plea to…
The opinion in this case (linked below, previously discussed here) is worth a read. Just to clarify a few of the details, the parties had filed cross-motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff's claims against the credit-card company were dismissed, which appears…
I put “Pilates instructor” in quotes because—spoiler alert!—that’s not actually what she was doing.
First they tell you kids can't ride in the trunk, now they get upset about having them ride on the roof. What's a mother to do? Police in Albertville, Alabama, arrested a 37-year-old woman on Sunday and charged her with…
Specifically, “1,784 billion trillion dollars,” but you can write it either way.
This may seem at first like a great idea for beating those automatic photo-enforcement cameras they set up to catch speeders: I would honestly like to be able to say this idea worked and that there was still a mystery…
There's been lots of interest in the post the other day about the deposition conduct of Joe Francis, the "Girls Gone Wild" mogul who, it now seems, may have replaced Roy "Lost Pants" Pearson as the gift that keeps on giving to the legal-humor…
The death of the King of Pop has certainly affected each and every one of us, and we show our respect and our grief in various ways. Some buy his music, some build makeshift shrines, and some set fire to…
Police in Florida say a man accused of possessing child pornography has claimed that his cat downloaded the material while he was in the other room. The officers immediately apologized for the intrusion and everyone laughed about the crazy things…