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The Daily Memo - 1/9/2008
What’s the deal with copyright and defamation? (Defamer)
Definition of Genius: “man who complained to police that he was robbed of his gambling earnings [from shooting dice] was arrested for illegal betting. (FindLaw)
Poor gun loving Kumari Fulbright has been suspended from her law school. (Above the Law)
MoFo cost its client $1 million when traffic caused a messenger to be one minute late to court (and as someone who always files last minute, this decision scares the shit out of me, just a little bit). (WSJ Law Blog)
On Monday, the Supremes ruled that defense lawyers don’t need “to be physically on hand during every stage of a criminal court proceeding,” so it’s ok for them to participate in a plea hearing via speaker phone. (SCOTUSblog)
And yesterday, the Supremes said that folks have six years, and not a second more, to sue the federal government over property disputes. (FindLaw)
Lawyers are as uncool as accountants? Balderdash! (Above the Law)
Comments
did anyone see this? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22571349/?GT1=10755
some person in a suburb of new orleans is trying to sue the federal government for (drumroll please) $3,000,000,000,000 (i believe that's quadrillion). but the best part is that the person that is suing for that much is from an area of town that is only populated by trailers. chew on that one...
Posted by legib | January 9, 2008 2:59 PM