Legal Humour

Clergy, Cleanliness, and Clowns

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:40:00 -0500

This has been a week of stories about people acting very foolishly.Church minister Raymond Clayton Sr. of Williamsport, Pennsylvania has been hit for one year in the slammer for identity theft. It seems he secured his parishioners’ personal info and then he applied and received credit cards which he racked up to the tune of $28,000.00. That’s a lot of candles. What is the world coming too? Is nothing sacred? I suggest that any people going to confession get suspicious if the priest they are confessing to asks you for 10 Hail Marys and your Visa number.And in Xenia, Ohio,

Legal Humour News - August 18, 2008

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:40:00 -0500

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.This week has not disappointed us in the foolish events department. Please enjoy Marcel's blawg, "Clergy, Cleanliness, and Clowns", which analyses the bizarre actions of a crooked minister, a clean freak, and a cross dressing thief. But there is still hope for the human race, as is seen in the revelations about a small tea shop near Toronto where the honour system is the law and patrons report and pay for what they have purchased, as they

Das Boot

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:00:00 -0500

Max Mosley, the 68 year old multimillionaire president of the International Automobile Association, is in court in London, England suing News of the World newsgroup for taping and publishing his sadomasochistic adventures with several women, in a fancy Chelsea apartment. The party cost about $5,000.00 and involved a bit of a Nazi motif as some of the women shouted commands in guttural German and wore army boots and Luftwaffe jackets. Mosley notes that he is proud of his sadomasochistic tendencies but is really pissed that exposure of same came to the attention of his wife who until then was oblivious

Legal Humour News - July 14, 2008

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:55:00 -0500

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.British barristers have their wigs in a knot and having the time of their lives doing it at the Max Mosley trial in London, and arguing over sadomasochism. Read Marcel’s blawg about this event in Das Boot.And speaking of Englishmen, July 11 has just marked the anniversary of the publication of Charles Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities”. Enjoy Marcel’s take on this classic with A Far, Far Better Tale. All of this is in addition to a selection

YouTube Ruling a Yahoo Decision

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:10:00 -0500

A U.S. District Court ordered Google to turn over zillions of bits of data detailing the personal video habits of YouTube watchers, to Viacom Inc. Viacom is suing Google for allegedly unlawfully posting copyrighted material such as South Park clips, on YouTube and it plans to use this data against Google in its billion dollar claim. Needless to say, privacy advocates everywhere have their knickers in a knot as supposedly Viacom can conceivably glean previously unknown information from this data and use it to the detriment of YouTube users, myself included.Though not a frequent YouTube visitor, I have surfed the

Martha Stewart - No Tea For You

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:00:00 -0500

British immigration authorities have denied design and culinary guru Martha Stewart entry into England for a business trip. The reason cited for their decision is her American criminal record, wherein she was convicted a couple of years ago for some stock related activities and sentence to jail for 6 months. A UK Border Agency spokesperson commented, "We continue to oppose the entry to the UK of individuals where we believe their presence in the United Kingdom is not conducive to the public good or where they have been found guilty of serious criminal offences abroad."Now how in the world is

Legal Humour News - June 30, 2008

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:55:00 -0500

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.British authorities have denied Martha Stewart entry into the UK for a business trip. As expected the authorities are most concerned about the best interest of the public. Enjoy Marcel's blawg, Martha Stewart - No Tea For You, where you read about how banning Martha Stewart will protect England. And on the topic of honesty, have you ever noticed how many expressions there are for the term, "honesty." And how many of these find their way into our

Class Donuts

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:00:00 -0500

Tim Hortons was in the news recently when a story surfaced about an employee getting fired for giving a toddler a freebie Timbit. Another story followed about a week plus long trial wherein an employee was suing for wrongful dismissal for allegedly stealing a toonie. And now here comes the big one. Franchisees are staring a class action for 1.95 billion dollars claiming that a couple of years ago, Tim Hortons made them switch from freshly oven baked donuts to frozen donuts which the franchisees heat up in expensive microwaves they were forced to buy. They claim their profit margins

Legal Humour News - June 16, 2008

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:05:00 -0500

Hi and welcome to this week's newsletter. If it's in the news and it's got a legal slant, we'll do a blawg on it.Tim Hortons is in trouble again. Franchisees are suing the donut giant seeking class action certification claiming they are losing profits big time since TH made them switch from freshly baked donuts to frozen and microwave heated donuts. Marcel sees a fresh class action about to happen, by consumers who suffer nervous shock on hearing the news about their favourite donuts being micro zapped. Read all about it in his blawg, Class Donuts.Speaking of round objects, is

Airline Service? Call Iron Justiceman

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:30:00 -0500

New York lawyer Richard Roth is suing Delta Air Lines for $1 million for damages for his family’s ruined vacation last Christmas. Due to delays in leaving New York, they missed the connecting flight in Atlanta to Buenos Aires and Delta would not readily put them on another flight. Roth had to wait three days in Atlanta before rebooking with another airline to Argentina. On top of that his luggage got delayed for five days and he lost about $21k for unused hotel bookings. Bravo Richard Roth. No doubt we all are finding airlines’ service and attitude getting increasingly atrocious.