We learned more this week about the lawsuit by a D.C. administrative law judge against his diabolical neighborhood dry cleaners, who allegedly lost or stole or set fire to or irradiated or otherwise acted tortiously towards a pair of pants…
The AP reports today that a group of forty-nine Japanese magicians have sued two broadcasting networks for allegedly revealing the secrets of various coin tricks in programs that aired last year. In a press conference, magician/plaintiff Shintaro Fujiyama told reporters…
Who wouldn’t?
Well, that’s … terrible.
Not sure why this story is popping up again right now — it may be that the report last December was of a threatened lawsuit, and now it’s actually been filed, but you know what? It doesn’t matter. Because James…
Guess what? It’s a California story. Some of you may know about California’s "Proposition 65," passed by the voters in 1986 and intended to help consumers by requiring warnings of any known exposure to a variety of chemicals that the…
The normally sensible Walter Olson and Ted Frank have suffered a serious lapse in judgment and agreed to let me "guestblog" for the next week or so on their well-known blog, "Overlawyered," which chronicles the high cost of our legal…
They reportedly had extensive training in the “marshall arts.”
Superior Court Judge Joseph Biderman ruled today that he would not enjoin the movie "Borat" in a lawsuit by two South Carolina fraternity brothers who were shown in embarrassing circumstances. The two claimed they were duped into appearing in the…
From the Kansas City bureau comes this report of a newly filed case: Gabriel Robles; Bonnie Robles v. State of Missouri; State of Iowa; United States of America; Governor Matt Blunt; Governor Tom Vilsack; George Bush; Randy Rodriguez; Roseanne Kempf…