IBS, of course, as criminal defense attorneys out there may or may not know, stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Helen Gallo asserted this defense last week in Clearwater, Florida, after she was arrested for shoplifting from a grocery store. Gallo…
Toto Ltd., Japan’s leading toilet manufacturer, announced today that it was offering free repairs for a defect that had been identified in its popular "Z Series" toilets. The company said that the defect, related to the toilets’ electrical systems, may…
Joe Francis, the entrepreneur who has made umpteen million dollars from the "Girls Gone Wild" videos, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury on two counts of tax evasion. He was easy to find because, as you may…
Having just lost in his fourth attempt to become Governor of Tokyo, famous inventor Dr. Yoshiro Nakamatsu was undaunted and said he would run up to 16 more times if necessary. He also said he did not believe age would…
The Wall Street Journal’s excellent law blog reported this week that the members of the 1970s band "The Bay City Rollers" have filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York seeking royalties from their label, Arista Records. Those…
Reuters reported on Tuesday that Ukrainian border guards had halted an invasion from neighboring Belarus, succeeding in part because the invaders were members of the Belarussian national rowing team. According to the report, a Ukrainian coast guard vessel intercepted ten…
North Dakota’s state senators passed a bill Friday that, if it passes in the House of Representatives, would remove "unlawful cohabitation" from the state’s list of sex crimes, where it has been since the territory became a state in 1889. …
"This is the biggest baloney I’ve ever seen in my life," said Ralph Crozier, a 55-year-old criminal defense attorney from Southbury, Connecticut. For once he wasn’t talking about charges against a client, but about the charges filed against him for…
Police in Sylva, North Carolina, announced this week that they had tracked down arrested two men suspected in the vandalism early Saturday of the Sylva police department building. Detective Aimee Sumner said that a police sergeant discovered the glass front…
A group called Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch runs an annual contest to find the dumbest or least necessary warning labels, and it released its 2006 list today. The winners are: On a washing machine: "DO NOT put any person in…