Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I’m a prosecutor in a marijuana-related case. We sent the marijuana out to a drug lab by FedEx and by the time it arrived at the lab the shipping box had been opened, all of the the marijuana [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I just returned home from vacation to find that my house has been padlocked and everything I own in the world has been cleaned out of the house. What the %#@$!!?? Answer: Sometimes the clean-out crews hired by [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I’m a hunter seeking a challenge. This guy on the Internet says that for $10,000, I can hunt him for 24 hours. He claims to be "faster than a wild turkey, smart as any GODDAMN wild boar and [...]

On the iPhone J.D. blog, Jeff Richardson has a helpful post for lawyers looking to buy a new iPad. He directs readers to a post by Rob Dean on his WalkingOffice blog that similarly walks lawyers through some of the latest apps available for the iPad and how to use these apps in a law [...]

It strikes me that the 21st century equivalent of "did I just say that out loud" is "did I just post that to Facebook?" And this seems to be particularly true lately for people engaged in violent felonies. As Paula Martersteck noted here last month, alleged bank robbers are already tripping themselves up and being [...]

On Monday, the powers-that-be at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (the group that is tasked with keeping the Internet "secure, stable and interoperable" and that develops policy on the Internet’s unique identifiers) voted in favor of a significant change in the Internet’s Domain Name System. The approved plan will exponentially increase the [...]

And now for a story that nearly caused my snake-hating wife to have a breakdown. The Associated Press reported earlier this week on the plight of the Sessions family, who in 2009 purchased a five-bedroom house in the Idaho countryside for about $180,000. They were required to sign a document at closing acknowledging that the [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I can’t decide between ordering the Death by Chocolate cake and the flaming Bananas Foster. Any suggestions? Answer: Despite the name, Death by Chocolate is actually much safer than the Bananas Foster. Bananas Foster could light every member [...]

I seem to see a fresh "Trouble on a Plane" story every day, so I think it is time to launch a new LBW series on "Things You Can’t Do on a Plane" for the benefit of all of you air travelers. Here is Volume 1: Strip naked. You may not strip naked on a [...]

The May 26, 2011 Craigslist ad was pretty straightforward: EVERYTHING’S FREE!!! Furniture! Clothes! Books! Toys! We’re giving it away, so come take it away! Saturday, May 28th, 10am-2pm, No Early Birds, Please! 501 Evergreen Ave, Boulder An earlier ad had scheduled the start time at 8 a.m., but the "No Early Birds" ad above was [...]

Since 1998, the Washington State Medical Use of Marijuana Act has provided an affirmative defense against criminal prosecution of physicians for prescribing medical marijuana and of qualified patients for their medical use of marijuana. A woman under the pseudonym of Jane Roe who suffered from debilitating migraine headaches received authorization from a Washington doctor to [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I live near a deer crossing and they keep getting hit. It is too dangerous for the deer to cross where the deer crossing sign is now. Should I advise the county to move the sign somewhere else? [...]

I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t get out enough and my life seems to revolve around taking my children to and from different baseball fields. But are you telling me that you knew that there was a website that enables you to buy illegal drugs online (heroin, LSD, cocaine, etc.) pretty much [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: We are going to do some mouse racing at our bar! People can bet a buck or two on which mouse will finish the course first. Any health code considerations we should keep in mind? Answer: Probably. But [...]

Arlington National Cemetery, located in Arlington, Virginia, is the burial grounds for more than 300,000 people. Veterans from all the United States’ wars — from the American Revolution through the Iraq and Afghanistan wars — are buried there. There is an average of 28 funerals each day at Arlington National Cemetery, and Joayn Bahr, part [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: A judge just sentenced me to stand in a tiny swimming pool while wearing a life jacket and handing out water safety brochures at a festival. Can he do that? Answer: Yep! (Associated Press, Ohio pair serve time [...]