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Post image for Bitter Brief 32: Colorado Torts, Boobs in the News, and Eat Less Chick-fil-A

On this week’s edition of The Bitter Brief, Mark schools the State of Colorado on basic principles of tort law, Boobs in the News returns with two more reasons why Rod Blagojevich might not have been the best guy to work for, we address another ridiculous zero tolerance policy that resulted in a child being arrested for belching in class, and, here’s another reason why you might want to avoid Chick-fil-A.
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Post image for Bitter Brief 31: Pimping Out an Expert, the Sugarland Suit, and Discipline in Seeking Paralegal Services

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This week’s edition of The Bitter Brief details just how hard it is out there for a pimp, how life isn’t so sweet for Sugarland after that stage collapse, and how some legislators are still squabbling over when life actually begins. We also have updates on the belt-wielding barrister from Texas and the enterprising lawyer who advertised for a very unconventional paralegal.

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Post image for Bitter Brief 30: The Latest Law School Muckraking Story, Plus More Food for Thought

In a rare Wednesday Bitter Brief, Mark and Kimber provide ample material to spur discussion at the Thanksgiving dinner table with non-lawyer relatives. We tackle the latest muckraking New York Times piece on law schools and provide more food for thought with a counterargument supporting the current system.

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Post image for Bitter Brief 29: Law School Transparency and Swapping Facebook Passwords

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This week, we play another round of Where In the World Is Bitter Lawyer Kimber wherein she finds herself really making a statement, we discuss the potential for Senate hearings on the issue of law school transparency, and we update the status of court-ordered Facebook password swapping in divorce cases.

Click here to subscribe to The Bitter Brief on iTunes! And if you’re hungry for more, Kimber and Mark take Top Chef way too seriously at Refire! (Also available on iTunes!)

Post image for Bitter Brief 28: More on Personhood, Evicting the Dead, and Michigan’s License to Bully

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On this week’s Bitter Brief, Kimber and Mark are all over the place (literally)! Tune in for an update on the Mississippi personhood amendment, and a first look at Michigan’s “license to bully” legislationcemetery evictions, Gov. Scott Walker’s Chicago breakfast with a side of protest, the daughter-beating judge, and more!

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Post image for Bitter Brief 27: Penis Pump Judging, Mississippi Law, and the IP of Power Rangers

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This week on The Bitter Brief, we discuss one stiff penalty for the penis pump judge, throw the book at a sugar-charged nine-year-old accused felon, and question Mississippi’s sanity. We also decide that it’s (morphin’) time to talk about the Power Rangers copyright suit!

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Post image for Bitter Brief 26: Lawyers-R-Us, the Triple X Domain, and Googling Law School Applicants

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On this week’s installment of The Bitter Brief, we provide a point/counterpoint on the issue of whether law school and the bar exam should be abolished, and we venture into cyberspace as our discussion turns to the new .xxx domain name. Plus, how prospective law students are being Googled like crazy by admissions officers.

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Post image for Bitter Brief 25: 1L Douchebaggery, ABA Antics, and Scalia’s Pizza

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We’re occupying your ears with this week’s edition of the Bitter Brief!  A group of 1Ls take douchebaggery to the next level, we take the ABA to task, just like old times, and we gorge on pizza and boobs.

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Post image for Bitter Brief 24: Appalachian Ethics, AM Radio Torture, and the Dead Nude Michael Jackson

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To celebrate our one-year podcasting anniversary, we’ve lassoed up a whole passel of legal stories for your listening pleasure! Incest isn’t always best according to this law professor, this lady apparently forgot to brace herself for this bumpy ride, a pic-a-nic turned deadly leads to a lawsuit, and as if it isn’t enough to get arrested these days, some cops are engaging in aural torture.  Also, Michael Jackson is still dead, and we discuss the strategies behind showing this disturbing NSFW picture of his nude corpse to jurors.

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Post image for Bitter Brief 23: Battling Breastaurants, Four Loko, Walmart, and What’s Up at SCOTUS

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Court is back in session on this week’s edition of the Bitter Brief! First up, we discuss what’s on the SCOTUS docket this fall–as well as a few things that are conspicuously absent. Next, we put in our two cents for yet another Walmart lawsuit, we binge on some Four Loko, and round things out with battling “breastaurants.”

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