What does this say about police officers you might meet in court?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

Where does Lohan get her legal advice?

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140702/11374927761/lindsay-lohan-moves-forward-with-lawsuit-against-gtav.shtml

Ah, Florida, yet again

http://news.yahoo.com/watch-florida-judge-beat-lawyer-middle-trial-155017957.html

Realize how few people get the issues correctly; that's the skill you need the most:

Notice the argument on pages 13-15;
Exactly what would the warrant application have needed to say to be proper in a case such as this?
(see the problem no one followed up on?)

http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/13-132_2co3.pdf

Have I not said from the beginning to always make certain you read the case correctly?

Justice Scalia did not:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/scalia-gets-facts-wrong-epa-dissent-190933498--finance.html

For all you fans of statutory construction:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/04/28/when-fish-are-informational-items-and-part-of-a-record/

Why it is so hard to be a criminal defense attorney:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-charged-with-murder-wants-murder-tattoo-removed-from-neck-before-trial-9278200.html

Don't quite know what to do with this, but

how could I pass by a lawsuit about a duck attack:

http://www.katu.com/news/local/250000-lawsuit-for-duck-attack-256273651.html

Commercial appropriation appears everywhere, doesn't it, class?

http://www.tmz.com/2014/04/18/mase-lawsuit-why-cant-we-model-photo/

He may be a Supreme Court Justice, but he is an idiot . . .

My class is dealing with defamation right now:

Scalia criticizes historic Supreme Court ruling on freedom of the press - 

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-scalia-ginsburg-supreme-court-libel-20140418,0,3941111.story#ixzz2zHPNpE5l

I have ranted against "shotgun" pleadings in class for years:

and now my former next door neighbor has written an opinion supporting me (remember the sign in my office - thank you, Sally Handmaker):

http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/201312696.pdf

For those of you who struggled with sections 50 and 51:

(I know I may be late to this party, thank Google and HeartBleed for that:)

http://pagesix.com/2014/04/09/heigl-slaps-duane-reade-with-6m-suit-for-using-photo-online/

and here's the complaint:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/217334096/Heigl-vs-Duane-Reade-Inc

But I could not pass this by - is there any cause of action in the complaint?

ah, Florida, again, times 3:

http://gawker.com/florida-man-runs-for-congress-embraces-his-cosplay-rap-1556185389

http://members.jacksonville.com/news/crime/2014-04-03/story/federal-jury-returns-puzzling-verdict-civil-rights-case-career-criminal

http://www.3dca.flcourts.org/Opinions/3D13-1294.pdf​

Bad legal writing is everywhere!

This opening paragraph would not pass my class; learn from its failure (hint: can you tell what the thesis/why is or even who won and why?):


JUSTICE ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court.

We must decide in this case whether the Airline Deregu­lation Act pre-empts a state-law claim for breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Following our interpretation of the Act in American Airlines, Inc. v. Wolens, 513 U. S. 219 (1995), we hold that such a claim is pre-empted if it seeks to enlarge the contractual obligations that the parties voluntarily adopt. And because the doctrine is invoked in the present case in an attempt to expand those obligations, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

For you very "old" students who had covenant of good faith and fair dealing with poor Charlotte:

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/13pdf/12-462_p8k0.pdf

And, current classes, speaking of defamation: case or no case?

http://www.scribd.com/doc/215481385/Complaint-4837-8616-1945-v-1

For you "Office Space" fans, a little commercial appropriation discussion:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/215756725/Duffey-v-20th-Century-Fox

There is a difference between television fantasy law and reality law:

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2014/mar/24/shelby-county-district-attorney-candidate-joe-brow/

As much as I (justifiably) pick on my old state of Florida:

In the modern world of no dialogue based on facts (just consider the press talking head frenzy on the missing Malaysian airliner), it's awfully nice to see a Court which understands how the actual facts really matter (read pages 18-40):

http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2014/sc11-1148.pdf

Let's play the commercial appropriation game (esp. current students):

Assuming this is in New York (as it appears to be), case or no case (and how do you grade the letters):

http://www.naughtyjewishboys.com/Naughty_c_d_letter.pdf

http://www.naughtyjewishboys.com/njgresponseletter-1.pdf