News & Media
The die has been cast
By J. DeVoy [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0&w=425&h=349] Indeed.
Devaluing your competitor's brand
By J. DeVoy Trademark law provides brand holders protection from competitors or third parties infringing upon, diluting or tarnishing their business marks, but what happens when the damage comes from the actual market for the brand and the people who consume it? Every brand has negative connotations; Chevrolet is associated with poor quality and a dysfunctional company that couldn’t exist
Betas, Online Dating and Anonymous
By J. DeVoy At the limply beating heart of all things beta is a lack of options. Anonymous, ever the ingenious amorphous blob of misanthropy that it is, seized upon this and organized an “involuntary flashmob” in midtown Manhattan by using spoofed female dating profiles to lure men into appearing at the same place at the same time. Vice has
A reason to swallow and a reason to spit
In his Valentine’s Day-themed editorial in Surgery News, “Gut Feelings”, Dr. Lazar Greenfield cited to a study that reported that semen has anti-depresseant and mood-elevating effects upon women. He concluded: “So there’s a deeper bond between men and women than St Valentine would have suspected, and now we know there’s a better gift for that day than chocolate.” So ladies,
Tribute to motherhood
by Tatiana von Tauber I’ve been a mother for 13 years now and I’ve changed my mind about it. I used to fear it until I got the hang of it and then somehow I liked it. Of course, in the absence of thought during the like stage I decided to have another baby in my mid 30s. Yes, good
By the way
By J. DeVoy One week ago, I killed Santa. I’m telling the world now because I just confirmed that it was his DNA. I didn’t take any pictures, and dumped the body in the ocean before a third party could verify its identity, but just trust me. [N.B. – I do not doubt that Osama is dead. As noted in
Osama dead; Americans still gripped in fear
By J. DeVoy [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKdBlKgquw&w=425&h=349] With Osama Bin Laden dead for a week and the DNA tests purportedly confirming his demise, it’s morning again in America. Surely the PATRIOT Act will be repealed, and Obama will channel Ronald Reagan to bust and disband the unionized, lecherous zealots of the TSA. The NSA’s taps on AT&T’s data lines will be removed
Russians crack down on BitTorrent piracy
By J. DeVoy Russian authorities have shut down Pornolab.net, one of the largest adult BitTorrent websites in the world. The full story is available at XBIZ.
Litigation's so passé
By J. DeVoy For whatever reason, this makes me think of my experiences thus far in the District of Nevada: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mgjZK46_uw&w=480&h=390]
Is there anything more idiotic than Donald Trump's hair? YES!
His ideas. Donald is a well known birther. This interview with George Stephanopoulos takes the cake.
Man bursts into flames in porn store. You can't explain that!
The tides come in and they go out. You can’t explain that! Magnets just stick to each other, with no glue! You can’t explain that! Jagermeister goes in, puke comes out. You can’t explain that! And you sure as shit can’t explain a man bursting into flames while watching a porn movie in a sex shop. Could this bizarre incident
Encyclopædia Dramatica Dead…. This is the darkest day in Internet history
If you don’t know what Encyclopædia Dramatica was, then I don’t wish to explain it to you. Lets just say that the Internet is less Internet now that Encyclopædia Dramatica is dead. Its successor is a hollow shell of its ancestor. I feel like Taylor when he sees the Statue of Liberty in the sand… the terrorists truly have won.
The marginal edge: Using Zinc to be a better lawyer
By J. DeVoy From what I’ve observed and in my admittedly short experience, good lawyers arise from knowing the facts of a case, knowing the applicable law, and merging them to find creative solutions to difficult problems. Other personality traits drive how these skills are expressed in real life, though, such as risk aversion, ethics/morality, and, for lack of a
BREAKING NEWS — Righthaven's operating agreement revealed by Nevada District Court – Does the House of Cards Collapse?
Yesterday, the District of Nevada ordered evidence regarding Righthaven’s ownership of the copyrights it sues on to be unsealed. Today, Docket # 79, which reveals heretofore unknown information about Righthaven’s business model, was unsealed. As of right now, I don’t believe that any other source has this information. Read the whole thing here. For those of you lacking fluency in
Feds indict online gambling sites
By J. DeVoy Fresh on the heels of D.C.’ s decision to pursue legal online gambling, the DOJ indicted a number of gambling websites today, including PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker. (source.) The L.A. Times observes that this happened only after the online gambling business had taken off and become an economic success. (source.) Much like the government’s efforts
Online Gambling Comes to DC
By Marc J. Randazza Washington, D.C. – not Las Vegas, Miami or Texas – is poised to be the first to allow online gaming for its residents. But it’s not without some catches. Players must be within the city’s small borders in order to play online. Despite the gaming occurring online, the technology – possibly through IP screening – will
dear lolman
By J. DeVoy [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_uRIMUBnvw&w=640&h=390] Not new if you read The Spearhead, Crime and Federalism and In Mala Fide, but still hilarious.
Weekend read: "Compliment & Cuddle"
By J. DeVoy Just in time for the weekend, controversial pickup writer Roosh has finished his seminal work Compliment & Cuddle: The Nice Guy Method to Making Love. It’s free, online, and can be read in an hour at most. Like all of Roosh’s work, it will shock and offend the uninitiated and willfully blind, especially with its adolescent tone,
New federal web laws will confiscate wealth from adult, other industries
By J. DeVoy Pat Leahy seems to actually know a bit about intellectual property law, if you listen to him speak long enough. Based on the failed introduction of COICA in the fall, he’s clearly aware of the ravages piracy has caused on the broader recording and entertainment industries, as well as the harm of fraudulent goods being sold over
NY Times pranked again; nostalgic for Jayson Blair
By J. DeVoy Consistent with its history of shoddy reporting and extreme gullibility, the New York Times has once again fallen prey to a fairly obvious April Fool’s Day hoax. Eric Turkewitz has the story on the New York Personal Injury Law Blog. Without stealing Turkewitz’s thunder, I’m appalled. Anyone who expects much from the mainstream media is a fool,
