Leave it to two Midwestern states to fight over who gets to be called the “Mitten State.” Plus, Lowering the Bar’s expertise on lap-dancing, the hearsay exception to emoticons, and eating the cash that you steal. It’s the happy hour law review for Thursday, December 8, 2011.
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For today—which is simultaneously Microwave Oven Day and National Gazpacho Day—we have an artistic challenge to the typical Nativity scene on government property. Plus, police pursue a bicyclist at high speed, bizarre Canadian case comes to an end, and an alleged robber’s commitment to public transit. It’s the happy hour law review for Tuesday, December 6, 2011.
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Happy Repeal Day, folks, otherwise known as the day we finally neutralized the phrase “beverage purposes” in the U.S. Constitution. In today’s legal humor, we have a Vermont man fighting for the trademark rights of kale. Plus, Justice Scalia recuses himself from a capital murder case, stealing toilet paper from a diner, and breaking into banks legally and then telling about it. It’s the happy hour law review for Monday, December 5, 2011.
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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 least interesting—and Namby Pamby watches time flow down the summary judgment trail of molasses. It’s the happy hour law review for Thursday, December 1, 2011.
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Today, on the eve of December, we’ve got the top ten items most at risk to be shoplifted during the holiday season. Plus, suing the Pope for failing to wear a seatbelt, Comedians-at-Law announces its Lawmageddon 2012 tour, and an insurer cries no fowl over a $1.2 million car that plunged into a lagoon. It’s the happy hour law review for Wednesday, November 30, 2011.
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I’m back after a nice Thanksgiving break and I’ve got another story about the misuse of the 911 system. Plus, Bruce Carton of Legal Blog Watch issues a ruling on the pile of shit tattoo case, suing your kidnap victims for breach of contract, and one of the worst forgeries submitted to a magistrate judge. It’s the happy hour law review for Tuesday, November 29, 2011.
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We’re shortening up our week for the roundup, so this will be our last until Friday. Until then, we’ve got a carjacker armed with a pacifier and an driver armed with, oh, so much much more. Plus why “Rae Carruth” is banned from Pakistani text messages, another theft of large lawn art, and the trifecta of botched shoplifting. It’s the happy hour law review for Tuesday, November 22, 2011.
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As we head into the holiday season, we have a mugshot you have to see to believe. Plus, prohibiting the publication of the phrase “monkey crotch,” the twenty dollar law firm, and criminalizing swearwords in England (or proposing your own new cussword). It’s the happy hour law review for Monday, November 21, 2011.
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Most of you are probably heading out of town today so you can work on a brief over the holiday. We salute your dedication. And we bring you some humor, including banning a vanity plate with NE420, getting to court in a stolen car, suing Southwest Airlines over free-drink coupons, and the latest from Finley & Figg. It’s the happy hour law review for Friday, November 18, 2011.
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This just in. Missouri town fires the Sugar Plum Fairy for potty-mouth while going potty. Plus, a grandma with an “iron-like grip” pins down a robbery suspect by his balls, what not to wear for your DUI mugshot, and a growing cash-for-quizzes scandal envelopes a Florida high school. It’s the happy hour law review for Thursday, November 17, 2011.
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