The Supreme Court's "Superspecial" Kimble Opinion

Today, the Supreme Court released several opinions, including Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment . Kimble involves the question of whether a par...

XKCD on Drone Regulation

Regular readers of this blog should know that I am interested in state and federal regulation of drones. It therefore shouldn't be a sur...

What is a Pond?

According to the Iowa Court of Appeals, a pond is "a body of water," and a contractor's building "a pond that does not ho...

Kerr on The Influence of Immanuel Kant on Evidentiary Approaches in Eighteenth Century Bulgaria

A while ago, I wrote about Adam Liptak's criticism of law reviews, and argued that Liptak's criticism lacked novelty. I also did so...

No Sanctions for Attorney Who Submitted Incomprehensible Certiorari Petition

From the Wall Street Journal Law Blog : The Supreme Court on Monday declined to sanction a Washington, D.C., patent attorney who faced a ra...

Labeling a Container as "Not Weed" is Unlikely to Eliminate Suspicion

So learned a Nebraska man who was pulled over when officers suspected he was driving under the influence. The Lincoln Journal Star initially...

Proposed California Ballot Initiative Would Punish Homosexuality With Death, Vigilantism, Banishment

Shifting gears from my last post on Iowa's bill to prohibit sexual orientation conversion therapy for minors, I recently learned about ...

Is it Constitutional to Prosecute Those Who Mail Cow Manure?

My attempt at answering this age-old legal question is prompted by this story about a pair of feuding Iowa couples. Here is the report: A s...

3D Printed Left Shark Prompts Cease-And-Desist Letter from Katy Perry's Lawyers

So notes the ABA Journal , reporting on a letter that Katy Perry's lawyers sent to the 3D printing company, Shapeways: Lawyers for Katy ...

R. Francis Underwood Defeats Delaware Corporation's Non-Compete Agreement in Delaware Court of Chancery

So notes this alert from Wilson Sosini Goodrich & Rosati. From the beginning of the alert: In non-competition agreement disputes involv...