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The TSA Keeps Finding Swords Hidden In Passengers' Canes
In the TSA's "Week in Review," a regular blog entry covering the various prohibited items confiscated from air travelers, one unusual item makes a surprisingly high number of appearances: the "sword...
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National Lampoon CEO Gets 50 Years in Prison For Fraud Case
This is no laughing matter. At least not for National Lampoon CEO Timothy S. Durham.Durham, who was convicted of financial fraud and conspiracy in June, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for his part...
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Study Reveals The True Purpose Of US Supreme Court Arguments
What is the real reason for oral arguments in the Supreme Court?It may sound unconventional, but the justices pretty much use the oral arguments as a method of convincing fellow justices of their own...
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Paul Singer Just Set Up The Next Battle In His War With Argentina
Elliott Management's Paul Singer wants $250 million from Argentina in one week, MercoPress reports.Singer suffered a set-back in his years long legal battle with the country last week, when an Appeals...
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Student Loan 'Forgiveness' Gives Law Schools A Massive Tax Subsidy
Why should $50,000 per year law school tuition be enabled by taxpayer subsidies?This is the real question that legal academic defenders of IBR [income-based repayment for student loans], such as Philip...
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How A Legal Technicality Could Unravel Obamacare
Obamacare supporters rejoiced in June when the Supreme Court ruled the U.S. could use its taxing authority to mandate that most people buy health insurance.But their celebrations may have been a bit...
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George Zimmerman's Lawyers Release A Brand-New Bloody Photo
George Zimmerman's defense has released the first high-resolution, color photo showing the neighborhood watchman the night he killed Trayvon Martin.The shooting sparked a national debate on race...
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This Illegal Immigrant Is At The Center Of A Court Battle Against The Filibuster
A federal court heard arguments today in a case that's trying to stop the abuse of the Senate filibuster, Ari Melber reports for Reuters.The filibuster allows Senators to speak as long as they'd like...
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The US Law Targeting Drug Smugglers In Foreign Waters Was Just Declared Illegal
In 2010, the U.S. Coast Guard spotted a wooden fishing boat without lights and a flag off the coast of Panama and reported the suspicious vessel to the Panamanian Navy.The Navy pursued the boat until...
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This New 'Faces Of Meth' Ad Is Utterly Harrowing
Eight years ago, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office launched a campaign called "the Faces of Meth" to address Oregon's methamphetamine problem. The images showed the jarring effects of meth on...
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The Thousands Of Californians Who Failed The Bar Exam Are Going To Hate This Guy
While forty five percent of test takers failed the California Bar Exam, one blogger says he passed with incredibly little studying.Blake Masters, who graduated from Stanford Law, claimed yesterday he...
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Apparently Lawyers Are The Biggest Suckers For 'Branding' Schemes
If you need to sell someone a bogus product guaranteed to ramp up their career, lawyers are probably your best audience.Above The Law columnist Brian Tannebaum has spent weeks decrying the changing...
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A Swiss Spy May Have Stolen Millions Of Classified CIA Documents
Secret information shared by U.S. and UK spy agencies may have been compromised when a senior IT technician for Switzerland's intelligence service (NBD) stole a massive amount of internal data, Mark...
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LAWYER: Bradley Manning's Treatment Is A Stain On US History
David Coombs, the civilian lawyer representing Bradley Manning at his court martial for supplying WikiLeaks with a trove of US state secrets, has described the soldier's treatment in solitary...
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The New York Times' Ethicist Was Ripped To Shreds For Defending Law Schools
A recent column by The New York Times' Chuck Klosterman on the ethics of skyrocketing law school tuition in a terrible job market has angered a prominent legal blog.Matthew Dreiling, a student...
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Lawsuit Alleges American Apparel CEO Shoved Dirt In Employee's Face
The manager of a struggling American Apparel store in Malibu, Calif., was told by CEO Dov Charney to "get some [expletive] girls to stand on PCH and have them waive [sic] a [expletive] American flag"...
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Amsterdam Unveils Plans For 'Scum Villages' Where Anti-Social Neighbors Will...
Amsterdam is to create "Scum villages" where nuisance neighbours and anti-social tenants will be exiled from the city and rehoused in caravans or containers with "minimal services" under constant...
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Is Spying On Corporate Jets Insider Trading?
One of the stranger aspects of Bloomberg's story about the FBI's Tip Machine, also known as former Morgan Stanley director David Slaine, is that one of his original tips involved a fund manager who was...
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Extraordinary Details Of Life In A North Korean Prison
For the first 23 years of his life, Shin Dong-hyuk had no idea what life was like outside his prison walls. Shin was born and raised in a North Korean prison and is believed to be the only person who...
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A Pharmaceutical Sales Representative's Court Victory Is A Huge Boon For Drug...
A drug marketing rep who got busted for promoting off-label drug uses got his conviction overturned yesterday, and his victory could have a huge impact on Big Pharma, the New York Times...
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