Bitter Bartender

Andy Mergendahl over at Lawyerist is making our bitter brains swell with vital knowledge. Yes, it’s about booze . . . liquor, spirits, hooch, moonshine. More specifically, bourbon. He also provides the strongest piece of evidence why Americans should be proud of their federal government and the essential laws and regulations it hands down. God [...]

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There are as many ways to make a martini as there are first-year associates making asses of themselves in Las Vegas dance clubs. Fortunately, you don’t risk catching an STD if you get it on with a bad cocktail, because many martinis are awful. Many others are high-maintenance, and require some serious bar tools. That [...]

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Fighting over who gets to be called the Mitten State, plus the hearsay exception to emoticons.

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We have an artistic challenge to the typical Nativity scene on government property: a county-approved crucifixion of Santa. Plus 4 other stories.

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Fighting for the trademark rights of kale. Plus, Justice Scalia recuses himself from a capital murder case, and breaking into banks legally

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A round of drinks to legal humor blogsters chosen for the ABA’s Top 100 Blawgs. Now get back to work. We’ve got Lowering the Bar’s take on the discipline of the lawyer who sought a “secretary with benefits” (and Kimber and Mark discussed that earlier today on Bitter Brief). Plus, making legal professionalism funny—or at [...]

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Top ten items most at risk to be shoplifted during the holiday season. Plus, suing the Pope, the Lawmageddon 2012 tour, and an insurer cries no fowl.

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Bruce Carton of Legal Blog Watch issues a ruling on the pile of shit tattoo case, plus suing your kidnap victims for breach of contract

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Why “Rae Carruth” is banned from Pakistani text messages, another theft of large lawn art, and a couple scores the trifecta of botched shoplifting.

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A mugshot you have to see to believe. Plus, don’t text “monkey crotch” in Pakistan, the $20 law firm, and criminalizing swearwords in England.