Legal News

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: In the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” everyone’s practically a Ponzi victim.  He’s the newest notable to have lost scrilla in the Madoff debacle.  [Reuters] Straight from the sued horse’s mouth: “A Washington lobbyist sued The New York Times and several of its reporters and editors Tuesday, charging [...]

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: The psycho Santa gunman who struck on Christmas Eve wasn’t only out to ho-ho-hose his ex-wife’s family.  Her divorce attorney was on the naughty list too. [San Francisco Chronicle] And that’s not the only divorce attorney pissing off wannabe divorcees.  Married feuders are unable to cleanly split because the [...]

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: Peter the Anteater wants to give wannabe Ivy Leaguers a shot at tuition-free law school.  The new law school at the University of California, Irvine is reviewing applications to “offer full scholarships to all 60 members of its inaugural class in 2009.” Officially making law school the most affordable [...]

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: Already related to one “predicted” suicide with more tragedy expected, the impact of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme continues to widen.  And compliance attorneys are “arguably responsible.” But with this insanity, who isn’t?  [Wall Street Journal] A woman is allegedly fired from her job for insisting on greeting callers with “Merry [...]

Quick headlines from the Bitter newsroom: Vince Acors is in a bad rut of denied gratification.  It started when he was busted having unmarried sex on a beach in Dubai—before the deed was ever done.  And now he’s been delayed leaving the country for the third time—most recently re-arrested at the airport just as he [...]

Quick headlines from the Bitter Newsroom: The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President Bush will stand trial on December 31 and could face a jail term of five to 15 years for “aggression against a foreign head of state.” Incidentally, another matter that has become aggressive since the incident is sales for the [...]