Legally Blonde

Apparently, Lindsay Lohan, aka LiLo, is suing E*Trade for $100 million, for airing a commercial that features a “milkaholic” baby named Lindsay which is causing her “mental distress”, according to MTV.com.
Of course LiLo would have everyone believe that she can pull off same celebrity status as Oprah and Madonna who are known by their first [...]

Blimpie’s is being sued by Jennifer Clayton and Ronald Williams, two unsatisfied customers who allege that the Super Stacked Sub is far from “stacked”.
According to Above the Law, the two Illinois residents have filed a class action lawsuit against Blimpie–allowing anyone in Illinois who believes that Blimpie cheated them on sandwich meat to receive “compensation [...]

Let’s take a look at one ubiquitous form of Reality TV – families. A prime example is Jon & Kate Plus 8. You take a lot of money to have your entire family filmed and then suddenly when things are not going your way you want to pull the plug? Contracts are signed, money [...]

What are we to think about marriage nowadays with all the numbnuts out there screwing it up—I must say elite/celebrity divorce lawyers must have their pockets lined with gold, when I look at today’s headlines.
The particular “numbnut” that comes to mind is Mark Sanford, the Governor of South Carolina. Governor Sanford confessed to adultery after [...]

I recently wrote about hearsay and defamation but there’s a deeper issue that I didn’t touch upon and that’s the constitutional right to the freedom of speech—after all it’s an absolute right or is it???
Firstly, let’s clarify some basic points regarding the First Amendment. The First Amendment protects the right to freedom of religion [...]

Nowadays it’s tough to keep things a secret–we’ve become a culture of bloggers, tweeters and face bookers and there’s a lot of information flying around in cyberspace. Everybody loves a good and juicy tidbit– it seems that it’s a daily ritual to see what’s being said on online gossip sites. But when does [...]

{{image}}What’s the right way to fire a trainee?? Hmmm let’s see … by post it, e-mail or voice mail — what’s going on these days- do partners and managers lack the courage to fire someone face-to-face??
According to thelondonpaper, face-to-face is not the practice of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer which left phone messages for some trainee solicitors [...]