I practiced law for about a decade in the Washington, D.C., area and don’t remember ever seeing a "Notice of Availability" filed in any case. But, as South Florida Lawyers points out, lawyers do sometimes file such motions (at least in the Southern District of Florida) which alert the court, other lawyers and the parties [...]

1) Question: For years I was the general manager of a major league baseball team. My city even named a street after me. Now that I’ve been fired from the team, the state department of transportation wants to rename my street! Can they do that? Answer: The state controls the roadways, so it looks like [...]

Several NBA basketball players including Gilbert Arenas, Chris Bosh and Dwight Howard are actively trying to stop various ladies in their lives from appearing on a reality television show on VH-1 called "Basketball Wives." For those of you who may not yet be regular viewers of the program, the show’s website explains that: being the [...]

As I have explained before, I love the stories where a corporation rolls out its ultimate "death penalty" punishment on a customer: "You can never come here [buy here] [eat here] again!!" Indeed, I even launched the "Thou Shalt Not …" series of posts here at LBW earlier this month (e.g., "Thou shalt not buy [...]

I joined LinkedIn in February 2008. That means that I’m now approaching my four year anniversary of not knowing how I am supposed to use this service to make it productive in some way (with one exception, which I will discuss below). I have tried various things on LinkedIn through the years. For a short [...]

Texas governor Rick Perry is now a Republican presidential candidate, meaning that if things break right for him he could find himself living in Washington, D.C., next year. Perry now famously goes jogging in his hometown of Austin with "a concealed .380 Ruger loaded with deadly hollow-point bullets, fully equipped with a laser-sight for precise [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I just wanted to tell you that your recent Burning Legal Answer stating that if you urinate in the aisle of an aircraft you will be charged with indecent exposure and kicked off the U.S. ski team is [...]

Back in November 2010, I discussed here the nine new, and quite graphic, warning labels that the Food and Drug Administration planned to require on cigarette packs and advertisements. The graphic images include corpses with their chest sewed up, smokers with smoke coming out of a hole in their throat, disgusting-looking lungs that are yellow [...]

In an article last week, The Economist takes a look at a few ways that technology is providing clients with alternatives to traditional law firms. These alternatives include things like LawPivot, which some have compared to "Quora for legal advice." [Note to self: Learn what Quora is so that I can possibly then understand what [...]

As you may know by now, I have a weakness for stories where a corporation rolls out its ultimate "death penalty" punishment on a customer: "You can never come here [buy here] [eat here] again!!" I always imagine a friend telling me out of the blue something like: "Sorry, I can’t join you for lunch [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: My friend has asked me to stab her in the stomach so that she can have a good excuse to avoid going to her scheduled probation appointment tomorrow. She says she needs time to "sober up." I see [...]

Question for LBW readers: Is it OK or not OK for law enforcement to use trickery to track down fathers with outstanding warrants alleging unpaid child support? You hear about this type of "deadbeat dad sting" operation every few years, but the most recent one carried out in Alabama used some almost irresistible bait to [...]

Back in November 2009, I wrote about Matt Homann’s use of a novel "You Decide Invoice" in his legal consulting practice that he suggested lawyers might want to experiment with. Homann’s invoice states: The rules are simple: you pay us what you feel we were worth to you. You decide, no questions asked. The only [...]

For some time now, Bradley Shear has been railing on his Social Media Law blog about a scourge that he calls "social media credential fraud." Shear observes that some people who wish to hold themselves out as experts in their profession use deceptive social media tactics to create that impression, including sharp practices to artificially [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: OK, so my criminal defense attorney is literally asleep at the defense table during my trial. Asleep!! This has to be ineffective assistance of counsel, right? He’s out cold! Answer: It depends on how long he’s been alseep. [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: My good-for-nothin’ grandson stole my safe again, but this time he couldn’t get it open and threw it in the river. This has to be some kind of crime, right? Answer: Yes — he could be charged with [...]