2009

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom that are jealous of JFK’s naked Mediterranean boat trip: • Dr. Buchanan, a visiting scholar at Cornell Law and associate professor at George Washington Law has a brilliant idea: Let’s tax bankers’ bonuses!  I didn’t think we needed a Ph.D. in economics to figure that out, but sure enough, I [...]

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom and a suggestion of Christmas sex positions to survive the holidays: • Biggest gift to lawyers this holiday season?  Tiger Woods’ affairs.  Hush money and pre-nups to negotiate mean jingle bells for attorneys.  Lavely & Singer is singing deck the halls with boughs of money cash money.  [Bloomberg] • The [...]

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom wishing you a happy shortest day of the year: • Who doesn’t love a headline like: “Tennessee lawyer Mark Lambert bites off part of Greg Herbers’ nose during fight over bathroom stall?” Unless you’re Greg, who was fought tooth-and-nose for the crapper.  Probably has something to do with why he’s [...]

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom that celebrate Homer Simpson & family turning 20: • In ‘Bama, football rules…the court system.  On Wednesday, we mentioned Above the Law’s coverage of an Alabama lawyer who asked a judge to reschedule a case so everyone could be available to attend the BCS National Championship game on January 7, [...]

Headlines from the Bitter Newsroom that are like a topless flasher getting hit by a distracted driver: • What do you get for the person who has everything…including a bad marriage?  A British law firm is offering divorce gift certificates for the holidays.  So every kiss may begin with Kay, but now every divorce can [...]