Written by: Darci G. Van Duzer Researched by: Jay D. Hall Edited by: J. Aaron Landau Politics just wouldn’t be politics without scandals, and the scandal last week in Michigan was a doozy. Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, after having testified in open court that he’d never been romantically involved with his chief of staff, found [...]
This morning The Legality writer Steve Glista was interviewed regarding the Scrabulous article he wrote on CBC Radio. He gave an admirable performance, and helped provide a legal perspective on what’s becoming an emotional battle between the fans of Scrabulous and Hasbro. It was rebroadcast every hour across the country. You can listen to just [...]
Each week we select a legal term or phrase that’s commonly misunderstood, interesting, or can be substituted for “Abracadabra!” when performing stage illusions. This week’s word is the latter. Written by: Jeff W. Richards Void ab initio (literally: void from the beginning) is a latin phrase that frequently appears in certain types of legal argument. [...]
Every week we feature an original logic puzzle for your brain-bending pleasure. They follow a format similar to those on the LSAT, and their difficulty ranges the full gamut. Good luck! Written by: Jay D. Hall There are four people: Al, Bart, Charlie and Don. They coordinate wearing hats from Sunday through Saturday one week [...]
Written by: Steve Glista Researched by: Jeff W. Richards Edited by: Amy E. Seely Last week there was a great disturbance in the force, as though thousands of voices around the internet cried out all at once. The noise was caused by the announcement that Hasbro, Inc., the makers of the board game Scrabble, had [...]
Each week we select a legal term or phrase that’s commonly misunderstood, interesting, or pretentiously tossed about. This week’s word is the latter. Written by: Amy E. Seely The term “esquire,” or Esq. as it is commonly abbreviated, has evolved considerably over its six centuries of existence, and today is one of the many relics [...]
Every week we feature an original logic puzzle for your brain-bending pleasure. They follow a format similar to those on the LSAT, and their difficulty ranges the full gamut. Good luck! Written by: Alexander JL Theoharis Derek, Eli, Forest, Gary, Henry, Ivan, and Jesse are knights sitting around a square table. Each side of the [...]
This article is not intended to be an argument either for or against either side of the dispute. Nor is it a discussion of what the writers are asking for. Rather, I’m looking at the settlement process. What should be going on right now in negotiations and why is it not happening?
Each week we select a legal term or phrase that’s commonly misunderstood, interesting, or could prove a matter of life-or-death to our readers (perhaps in some sort of deadly legal-trivia type situation). Written by: Jeff W. Richards An affirmative defense is a legal strategy used by defendants in which they admit to the case against [...]
