A lawyer in Manhattan is suing his dating service for failing to provide that special someone. John Friedland claims that he paid $10,000 for the services of Amy Laurent International (ALI), only to be set up with…
Last week a 28-year-old man stole two computer batteries from a Florida Staples, then returned to the store, reported his crime to the store manager and demanded that police be called. He told employees that…
The March 8th 2010 issue of Maclean’s, “Canada’s magazineâ€, has this to say about the Conservative government’s elimination of two-for-one credit for pre-sentence custody: Do the time “It seems like a no-brainer: convicted criminals shouldn’t…
Authorities in Minnesota report that sixteen-year-old Paige Brewster is missing and believed to be residing with once-and-future Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Jonathon Sharkey. Sharkey, 44, is purportedly helping Brewer obtain legal emancipation from her mother. News…
British Columbians are going to the polls today. The Vancouver race is shaping up to be, it must be said, particularly stimulating. The Sex Party — the party of “politics for a sex-positive future” —…
The ABA Journal reports that second-year law student Adam Reich of the University of Southern California was instrumental in the release of a woman imprisoned for the past 29 years. Connie Keel sat in the…
The Canadian Judicial Council released its report yesterday that Justice Paul Cosgrove “failed in the execution of the duties of his judicial office” and recommended that Parliament strip him of his position as superior court…
Thy son or daughter wouldst a lawyer be, And so thou worriest for thy progeny. The road is fraught, and hardy folk have failed, And o’er the grading curve too few prevail. Thou fearest the…
Last night the United Nations played host to a delegation from many lightyears away. Cast members and producers of the sci fi program Battlestar Galactica — and one host of The View — attended a…
The scholars, captains of industry and champions of justice who compose Law is Cool‘s readership will have long since scoured their online social networks for photos or other items tending to compromise their integrity —…
In Czech novelist Franz Kafka’s The Trial, a man is arrested, forced to participate in a nightmarish, labyrinthine legal system administered by bureaucrats, presumed guilty, and executed without ever learning the nature of the charges…
According to Out-law, the English High Court has ruled that a man who did not delete an allegedly-defamatory post from his blog could not sue the poster in defamation. Christopher Carrie, the would-be litigant, established…
