News & Media
Update on speech code discussion
By J. DeVoy A few days ago I wrote about Danielle Citron‘s proposals and participation in an AALS panel about student speech and character and fitness review. Though I disagreed with some of her proposals, we did find some common ground in that piece’s commentary. I also extended an olive branch by requesting Professor Citron as a facebook friend. From
Lawsuit in Berkeley seeks to treat fraternities as gangs
By J. DeVoy Where fraternities go, drinking, loud parties, hazing and lower property values — things young people generally identify as fun — are sure to follow. (Unless the frat really sucks.) Now, the plaintiff class is seeking an injunction against the revelers under a legal theory pioneered against street gangs. From Law.com: The lawsuit, filed in Alameda County Superior
Coakley's a lock for senate (rudolph)
By J. DeVoy Relevant to Massachusetts readers, Scott Brown has defeated Martha Coakley and will be its newest U.S. Senator. Apparently, the people of the Commonwealth let she lose. This election could have been decided on facial masculinity with the same result and thin margin of victory. Yikes.
YES WE DID!!!
by Jason Fischer Republican candidate Scott Brown has successfully knocked off his Democrat opponent Martha Coakley in a Massachusetts special election to fill the late Ted Kennedy‘s Senate seat. In doing so, the people of Massachusetts have all but doomed President Obama’s hopes for getting the currently proposed health care reform legislation passed. The message to our government seems clear:
Alleged assailant to off-duty cop: Chomp chomp cha-chewy chomp
By J. DeVoy A Chicago police officer may be nippleless after an altercation outside a Gold Coast bar. The damage seemed quite extensive: Along with several punches that caused cuts to the officer’s eye, the man also “severely” bit the cop’s nipple. Both the suspect and the cop were treated for cuts and bruising to their faces. However, a doctor
Surge in Avatar names suggests few have read Freakonomics
By J. DeVoy Parents are rushing to name their children after today’s latest flash-in-the-pan pop sensation, Avatar. Unfortunately, it’ll bite them squarely in the ass in two decades. From UK’s The Sun: Choices include Neytiri – after the film’s Na’vi warrior-princess – and giant flying creature Toruk. To well-read or even vaguely aware people who haven’t seen the movie, these
Third Circuit to consider whether "sexting" violates child porn laws
By J. DeVoy In the first case of its kind to make it to a Federal Circuit Court, Law.com reports that justices were “skeptical” as to whether sexting broke Federal child pornography laws. While sexting entails variety of things, this case deals specifically with images minors take of themselves with phones and distribute to others. The facts of this case,
Issue-spotting Metalocalypse
By J. DeVoy [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3maJoOghJZg&hl=en_US&fs=1&] -Property destruction -Criminal drug use -Naming and ownership rights -Restraining orders -Trademark and domain registration -Freeze-outs -Merchandising and licensing rights
Why did we try so hard in the ABA Blawg 100 competition?
By J. DeVoy [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJw1H8RttUo&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] This is the award we should have been vying for. Elegant in its simplicity and actually funny, Bhetti‘s commendation has singled out In Mala Fide and OneSTDV (a personal favorite) for kudos, but not The Legal Satyricon. What. The. Fuck. I imagine Bardamu is sitting in some swivel chair from Target as he reads this, clumsily
Where in the world is Marc Randazza?
By J. DeVoy Delivering medicine to starving children in pestilence-riddled lands. Ending modern-day economic apartheid that harms groups like coffee growers and the Zapatistas of southern Mexico. Saving the environment. These are all things Marc Randazza doesn’t do when he travels. I received news of Marco “Polo” Randazza’s travels this afternoon when a falcon came to my open window with
The man-hating crowd’s blood lust strikes again
By J. DeVoy I have no issue with feminists. In this classic case of taking it too far, however, certain women have descended upon bloggers I frequently read and link to here — Ferdinand Bardamu and Roissy — and are harassing them for promoting “anti-woman” views. This is correlated with Roissy’s (brief, thankfully) cessation of writing and closely timed with Bardamu
Another great proposal for thought-policing law students
By J. DeVoy With one semester left to go in law school, I’d compare my experience in legal education to being a member of a barbaric tribe of hunters and gatherers. As a group, there are too many of us for existing economic opportunities, even in good times, yet we cannot simply cut out the undesirables. For those at the
Frank Lautenberg – Piece of Shit of the day
Haisong Jiang, the guy who slipped past security to kiss his girlfriend goodbye and caused a nationwide mewling coward freakout is facing minor criminal charges. (source) I guess that makes sense. You go past the boundary, there ought to be some penalty. Of course, asshats and douchebags will never let an incident pass without scoring points with the mewling cowards
Long Live Lukeywes1234!!!!
Luke Taylor is an 8 year old boy who had a few mildly amusing videos up on Youtube. 4chan got a real kick out of it, and hundreds of people began subscribing to Luke’s youtube channel. Then, YouTube yanked all of Lukeywes1234’s videos down, because he was not old enough to post, per YouTube’s terms and conditions. /b/ INTERVENE. If
America is the Land of the Mewling Cowards
I’ve been saying so for years. But, it seems that finally the Wall Street Journal thinks so too. It’s a remarkable fact that a nation founded, fought for, built by, and transformed through the extraordinary courage of figures such as George Washington, Susan B. Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr. now often seems reduced to a pitiful whimpering giant by
Caturday
By J. DeVoy [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2J3SY5WHbA&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Background.
DudeVu Disappears from Web After Piracy Suit Is Filed
Explains why DudeVu independently went offline and reiterates that Corbin Fisher intends to further pursue its litigation. Copyright infringement is well defined in Federal law, but defendants accused of it often take their infringing content offline in an attempt to mitigate their damages. This is not necessarily effective, as the statutes look only to whether infringement occurred, and not whether
Not a very smart cookie – Kardashian cookie libel suit
Kim Kardashian claims that some doctor who invented the “cookie diet” used her name to endorse the product without her permission. (source). She tweets that the diet is “unhealthy” and that Dr. Siegal is “lying.” So Siegal files a defamation suit against her. The complaint is an example of pretty bad legal strategy. The plaintiff makes allegation after allegation about
