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You’re going to the law bookstore looking for some interesting reads. You browse the spines of the books, pick one, and pull it down off the shelf. It’s three hundred pages; every page ends with a call to action — “if you’ve been injured, call me.” Skimming the text, you notice that the words “truck [...]
Mark Bennett | February 15, 2009
This Week, in 2009 and in History February 9th was the 100th anniversary of the federal “war on drugs”, writes WindyPundit in 100 Years of FAIL. This week South Carolina cops did their part to expose the WOD for a pathetic farce. Radley Balkoff (The Agitator) writes in The Michael Phelps Witch Hunt Gets Surreal: [...]
Mark Bennett | February 14, 2009
Well, Blake Nordstrom hasn’t yet responded to my letter of the 11th, but, as Marc Randazza notes, his company’s VP of Corporate Communications, Brooke White, sent an email to InformationWeek’s Global CIO Weblog, which broke the story of Nordstrom bullying a small company over a trademark, “Beckons,” that the small company clearly had a right [...]
Mark Bennett | February 11, 2009
In WWDYT: The ethics of the post-trial jury reveal — Public Defender Stuff ambimb asks: Is it ethical for a prosecutor to reveal to a jury after that the person they just convicted or acquitted had prior criminal convictions that were excluded from evidence? Okay, listen up, Harris County prosecutors, because one of you is [...]
Mark Bennett | February 11, 2009
11 February 2009 Blake NordstromPresidentNordstrom1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 300Seattle, WA 98101 Dear Mr. Nordstrom: I’m not a PR expert, but I suspect that your company’s efforts to crush the owners of the trademark “Beckons” are not winning you any friends — nobody likes a bully. I hope you’ll agree with me from the [...]
Mark Bennett | February 10, 2009
National Academy of Sciences: Long-Term Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury. A few findings: Sufficient evidence of an association between (among other things): Moderate to severe TBI and long-term adverse social-function outcomes, particularly unemployment and diminished social relationships. TBI and depression. TBI and aggressive behaviors. TBI and postconcussion symptoms (such as memory problems, dizziness, and irritability). [...]
Mark Bennett | February 10, 2009
Earlier this month, the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, run out of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, issued a report stating that Internet predator danger to kids is not as high as some have claimed. The report was immediately criticized by a number of attorneys general including Tom Corbett of Pennsylvania. And on [...]
Mark Bennett | February 10, 2009
When I was learning to read, my favorite book was Bravest of All, by Kate Emery Pogue. This was a Little Golden Book about an old firefighter who, when all the young firefighters and shiny new equipment were out putting out a big fire, sprang into action with his old fire truck to save a [...]
Mark Bennett | February 10, 2009
Courtoons, daily legal cartoons: Atomic Nerds, “Two people, one gigantic government laboratory, and one hell of a lot of opinions.” Among other things, jacking with marketers and ranting about stupid government tricks. Feisty Geek, “issues related to technology and the law, as well as opinion onpolitics, society, community building, music, culture, and theunderside of capitalism.” [...]
Mark Bennett | February 9, 2009
East Central Illinois criminal-defense lawyer Jeremy Richey hosts Blawg Review 198, on the theme of “The Seven Deadly Sins.” I will be hosting next week’s Blawg Review. What’s Blawg Review? Blawg Review is the blog carnival for everyone interested in law. A peer-reviewed blog carnival, the host of each Blawg Review decides which of the [...]
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