Jonathan Katz wrote a great article about the profession and focusing on money vs. the pursuit of justice: My view remains, though, that the law practice is not the place to pursue money interests at the expense of protecting social justice. Lawyers are artificially protected from competition by laws prohibiting the...
An Indiana juvenile court judge held that a juvenile who posted expletives about her high school principal on someone else's myspace page had not only violated the State anti-harassment statute, but that her comments were legally obscene. Check out this little gem from the lower court. The [juvenile court] finds...
This is interesting from an internet jurisdiction perspective - but also as another reminder that there is no better way to make sure that lies about you are repeated, ad nauseum, than by filing a lawsuit over them. Nevertheless, this stuff is probably defamatory and the defamed individual certainly...
How many defamation suits do you think need to be filed before plaintiff-side defamation lawyers remove their heads from their colons? CNET reports: (full story here) A Pennsylvania school principal has filed a lawsuit against four former students, claiming they falsely portrayed him as a pot smoker, beer guzzler and pornography lover...
I never really harbored distaste for Charlie Crist. The fact that he failed the bar three times actually endears him to me (I never failed one, but some of my best and smartest friends have). It's also nice to have a bachelor in the governor's mansion -- cuts...
An old professor of mine once said "you need to be retarded to be elected to the Florida legislature." I don't know if I agree with her, but some legislators certainly throw support to that argument. Rep. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, obviously "just ain't that bright." Her bill ostensibly...
It appears that the FBI is sending agents into the online game, "Second Life" to investigate the virtual casinos there....
The Tampa Sports Authority (TSA) had a policy of conducting pat down searches of every attendee at Tampa Bay Buccaneers games - pursuant to a request by the Bucs themselves. A season ticket holder sued the Authority, arguing that these searches violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The court...
Rosenblum Productions, the company that apparently purchased the rights to the novel 1984 from George Orwell’s estate is claiming that the Hillary Clinton / 1984 youtube mashup is a violation of those rights. See BoingBoing. Here is the original Macintosh 1984 ad. (I guess Apple got permission from Rosenblum)....
The 7th Circuit just handed down a decision that is certain to make its way into the annals of my copyright class materials (pun intended). JCW Investments v. Novelty, Inc, ___ F.3d ___ (7th Cir. 2007). Some of the best excerpts from the opinion: Meet Pull My...
