Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I work at a nuclear facility for an Energy Department project and would like to "blow the whistle" on some unsafe practices. However, I hear that if you blow the whistle, the contractor I work for will banish [...]

You are a corporate executive, and you are on business travel in China. And even though you may not be the most handsome guy, the Chinese women are loving you! Suddenly one or more of them are proposing a beautiful-girl party in your hotel room, and who are you to argue? As Ashton Kutcher says [...]

You might think that after Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6 and Volume 7 of Things You Can’t Do on a Plane, that we’d have exhausted the list of things you can’t do on a plane. Nope! The list grows daily. Here are three more things I’ve recently learned [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I am a middle school student and I suffer from ADD, Asperger’s and a medical condition that causes me to sleep — sometimes during school hours. Is there anything my school can offer to help me deal with [...]

As I have begun to chronicle in my ongoing "Trust Me, I’m an Expert" series of posts, courts have not hesitated to deem people experts in fields such as "smell" and "lap dancing." On the other hand, at least one court has declined to name someone an expert in the field of "shit." Today I [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I am flying across the country and I am seated at the back of the plane completely surrounded by about a dozen families with very loud and very young children. What is going on here? Answer: Welcome to [...]

In case you haven’t been keeping up with it, the ".XXX" domain is getting closer and closer. ICM Registry, the company that administers the .XXX domains, created a "Sunrise" period (Sept. 7, 2011-Oct. 31, 2011) that allowed trademark holders — both those looking to use a .XXX address and those seeking to prevent others from [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I’m trying to go through the Taco Bell drive thru in my motorized wheelchair. But the losers in the drive thru window won’t serve me because they say company policy doesn’t allow service in the drive thru to [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I’m being chased by the police. It is dark and I think I see the perfect hiding place under a piles of leaves. That will work, right? Answer: Yes, unless the police are equipped with thermal imaging. (UPI, [...]

There is an old legend that, due to the fact that they spend most of their lives looking at snow, Eskimos have dozens of words for it. (It turns out this may not even be true but please just work with me here). By the same logic, it would make sense that in the year [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I saw your post about the recent craziness in Zanesville, Ohio, where law enforcement had to shoot and kill nearly 30 lions, bears, tigers, cheetahs and wolves that escaped from a wild animal preserve. I’m in Zanesville and [...]

Bullying has been under increased scrutiny in recent years, and schools and lawmakers have tried to take on the issue with rules, guidance and even new laws to protect people who are being bullied. Judging by some recent developments both in the U.S. and in the U.K., it appears that these efforts may be missing [...]

You are a partner in a law firm. You are trying to develop relationships with people in the media to promote yourself and your firm, and you make the acquaintance of a reporter. Now the reporter is seeking to connect with you on social media — let’s say LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Should you connect [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I am on probation with a 9:00 p.m. curfew. It is after 9:00 p.m. and the manager at my halfway house has authorized me to go to the store — is it a violation of my probation if [...]

This post is going to be about legal marketing. But first let’s talk about Drew Manning, a fitness trainer in Salt Lake City, Utah. Drew worked to stay in incredible physical shape his whole life — until May 2011. That was when he decided to spend six months doing the exact opposite: eating unhealthy food [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I was at the grocery store with my husband and our 3-year-old son when I started feeling faint. I grabbed a $5 sandwich off the shelf and started eating it — I saved the wrapper so I could [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I want to roll around Silicon Valley with no license plates on my car for years like Steve Jobs did. How do I pull that off without getting tickets? Answer: A loophole in California vehicle laws gives owners [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Why was I able to get such a great deal on the used car I recently purchased? And why has my health steadily deteriorated ever since I bought it? Answer: Watch out, vehicles with high radiation levels from [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I live in Missouri. Does my state have any guidance for me with respect to identifying potential zombies? Answer: Yes, the Missouri Department of Conservation has issued an alert saying that the following are indications that you have [...]

Here are today’s three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: My plan is simple. I will place my feces along with other waste products such as fertilizer on a heater and turn it into gold. Then I will be rich — bwaaaaa haaaa haaaa!! Do you see any [...]