Stuff Lawyers Like
We’ve heard of sites like Stuff White People Like, which in turn led to a number of spin-offs like Stuff Black People Love and Stuff Educated Latinos Like. Perhaps safer ground than engraining racial-based stereotypes…
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ABA Recalls Defective Lawyers
The American Bar Association has recalled 230,000 defective lawyers who pose a danger to the general public and the judicial system. This is the biggest recall since the 1986 outbreak of Mad Barrister Disease in…
Law Blogs, Aggregated (Courtesy of Garry Wise)
Everything I know about social media I learned from PR professionals in my brief career in that field prior to law. Neville Hobson (a social media guru in the U.K. who hosts one of my…
Early Release for Weight
Earlier this year we raised the question of how the justice system will deal with the obesity epidemic. We just got what might be our first test case. Michel Lapointe, aka Big Mike, got early…
Batman, Turkey Sues Warner Bros.
It’s not the first time a city or location is suing for intellectual property in its name. But it’s probably the first time a major blockbuster has been the target of the lawsuit. The city…
The President’s a Twit. Sorry, Tweet.
Well it seems as if Barack Obama might be the first black Twitter president of the United States. The Twitter blog indicates he will be the first to have an official account. They also indicate…
Obama Win Might be a Boon for Law Firms
Carolyn Elefant thinks that some law firms are going to see a major increase in business as a result of this week’s election. Obama is expected to increase regulation in a number of areas, including…
Social Media Election Sites
Great site for social media tools during the U.S. election. Polling problems are being reported via Twitter. Citizens and media are actively using social media to monitor the election. And a widget courtesy of MSNBC….
Confessions of an Obamaniac in Canada
Obamania… Mania.. in the House With the U.S. presidential elections only days away now, it seems we might just have a president that is more popular abroad than he is at home for the first…
The Legal Intersection Between Sexuality and Race
What do Sikh immigrants to B.C. almost a century ago have to do with gay issues? Everything. Or, maybe nothing. On Oct. 24, 2008 I saw a film, Rex vs Singh, a 20-min. short film…
Copyrighting Facts in Movies – “We Are Marshallâ€
Movie producers often attempt to purchase the rights of real stories they want to turn into film. However, media sources reporting events have no copyright interest in the facts they are reporting. A recent American…
SNAIL Offences Act
Thomas Wisdom and I were discussing the issue of Students Not Actually In Law (SNAILs), and how the phenomenon seems prevalent across different law schools. He mentioned a post on Slaw by Simon Fodden from…