It’s a real lawsuit, not a fake one, and hearings begin in Los Angeles today. Sugar is suing high-fructose corn syrup for falsely claiming an equivalence to the time-honored sweetener that we all know and love: In a lawsuit that … Continue reading →
Adam J. White does a good job of explaining why the Obamacare individual mandate at the federal level is really and literally “unprecedented.” It’s a long article, but well worth reading if you want to understand the legal issues facing … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “expat.”] Remember the Mohammad al Durah case? There’s a new court ruling with an angle I’d not heard much about before: The [French Supreme Court] vindicated a doctor who was sued by al-Dura’s father for saying the … Continue reading →
Here’s a column by George Will that tackles New York’s very odd rent control/stabilitzation laws—which have been in effect in one form or other for far longer than my lifetime, and which are being challenged in court: The tenants in … Continue reading →
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld, by a vote of 2-1, a judge’s lower court ruling that California’s “Proposition 8 ”” a response to an earlier state court decision that legalized gay marriage ”” was a violation … Continue reading →
A fascinating story: from violent 60s radical to—well, to what? Do you think Judith Clark’s change is sincere? Do you think she should be let out of prison? Those are two separate questions, by the way. [ADDENDUM: David Horowitz says … Continue reading →
Stephen Glass, notorious liar of “Shattered Glass” and TNR journalistic fame, is a Georgetown Law School graduate and paralegal who is currently fighting to be admitted to the California Bar. He passed the Bar Exam there a few years ago, … Continue reading →
Research indicates that some people seem to naturally have more empathy than others, and onlookers can tell the difference by watching them listen to people relating tales about sad events in their lives. That would explain a lot, but perhaps … Continue reading →
…in March of 2012, in plenty of time to influence the election. The court will allow an “extraordinary” 5 1/2 hours of oral argument: In the modern era, the last time the court allotted anywhere near this much time for … Continue reading →
What did Joe Paterno know and when did he know it? And what was his duty based on what he knew, and did he shirk it? I won’t mince words here: what is alleged to have taken place at the … Continue reading →
I’ve long had a special interest in the topic of false accusations—or rather, how to tell false from true, when the only evidence is the word of one party against another. Whether the charge be date rape, recovered memories of … Continue reading →
…Gloria Allred digs up another Cain accuser, Sharon Bialek, who ups the ante and accuses him of genital groping in a car in July of 1997. In another enormous surprise, the accuser failed to report the offense to the NRA … Continue reading →