Everyone Loves a Slinky
I haven’t had the chance to mine YouTube for good nostalgia, but on further reflection it seems obvious that the slinky commercial already would be posted there.
Princess Bride and Jurisprudence
A Wisconsin lawyer is defending a client from charges of “sexual gratification with an animal.” But in this case, the deer was dead at the relevant time, so the principal defense is that a dead deer isn’t an “animal” as…
FTC Lawyer Convicted and Disciplined for Using the Office’s FedEx Account to Send Personal Mail
From NY Lawyer: Seth Zimmerman was an FTC lawyer and an active eBayer. He actively sold Washington Redskins tickets via eBay–a total of 1,100 sales over the course of 3 years, grossing nearly $100,000 in revenues. After he fell behind…
Law School Exam-Taking Tips for First Year Law Students
In October 2004, I gave a talk to Marquette first years about taking law school exams. I thought it would be useful to share my notes from that talk: Preparing for the Exam 1. Learn how to take law school…
Halloween Photos
Photos from our trip to Bob’s Pumpkin Farm in Half Moon Bay (more on that soon), the obligatory Dina-with-chocolate-face photos, and other goodies here.
Favorite Halloween Legal Cases
With Halloween coming up, I’ve been thinking–what are professors’ favorite Halloween-themed cases? My vote is Stambovsky v. Ackley, the famous NY “haunted house” case. See my post from a year ago on the case. Let me know what’s your favorite…
Indecent Exposure Laws Apply Only to Men?
From AP: In the category of bad interactions between older women and 14 year old boys who are neighbors, a 40 year old woman tired of hearing her 14 year old neighbor play basketball. So, to discourage him, she stripped…
Eathufu.com — Was it a Scam?
You may recall that last year I blogged on a website called Eathufu.com, which offered tofu designed to taste like human flesh. At the time, I wondered if this was just a big joke. Now, a year and a half…
Battle over Goldmensex.com
I previously blogged on the battle over Goldmansex.com. Goldman Sachs successfully won a UDRP to reclaim this name, although I think I had better standing to object than they did. The registrant of Goldmansex.com, feeling a little screwed by the…
Patent Lawyer Gets Statue
No question that the Wright brothers deserve credit as innovators. But what about their patent lawyer, Harry Toulmin, who wrote the patents that survived a brutal patent battle? The greater Dayton community has recognized his heroic efforts as well, erecting…