The Lighter Side

If This Guy Can Do It … A Bio Of NYU Law Dropout Demetri Martin

by Mr. X February 9, 2009 The Lighter Side

Demetri Martin is funny, check it out.

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9 Reasons Not to Attend Law School

by Joshua Auriemma January 3, 2009 The Lighter Side

To preface, this is sort of a joke.  I say sort of, because I think there are some people who are just made to go to law school, and this probably won’t and shouldn’t deter them.  It’s mostly a warning to those people considering law school for lack of anything better to do.  With that [...]

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Need A Good Lawyer?

by Joshua Auriemma November 9, 2008 The Lighter Side

Sometimes the posts write themselves, folks.

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Blog Examines The Office & Sexual Harassment Liability

by Joshua Auriemma November 8, 2008 The Lighter Side

I stumbled across a cool blog called That’s What She Said that analyzes episodes of The Office and estimates their workplace discrimination liability. Yesterday’s entry reads: We’ve Come a Long Way (Except for Michael and Dwight) Litigation Value: $50,000. In this week’s episode of The Office, Michael Scott is on camera calling Kelly Kapoor dusky [...]

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What Breed For Obama’s First Dog?

by Joshua Auriemma November 5, 2008 The Lighter Side

While I didn’t know about President-elect Obama’s promise to get his daughters a dog until his speech last night,  there have been over 42,000 people involved in the important decision of what breed of dog he should get.  The American Kennel Club (AKC) created an online poll to obtain the public’s views on what breed [...]

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Top 6 Most Ridiculous Depositions

by Joshua Auriemma September 10, 2008 The Lighter Side

I can’t take credit for the idea behind this post. My awesome civ pro / con law professor / research adviser devoted the end of a civ pro class to watching some of these crazy depositions while we were studying discovery rules. Without further adieu, I give you the Top 6 Most Amusing Depositions. 6. [...]

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You Should Probably Skip Palsgraf Day

by Joshua Auriemma July 17, 2008 The Lighter Side

It wasn’t my goal to mimic xkcd (though he is awesome) — I just can’t draw. Incoming search terms:palsgrafthesis funnystickman comics funnymaster thesis comicstickman funnythesis funny imagesinternet thesis funnyThesis Comicsmart goals comicsfunny bar comics

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Malicious Company Naming

by Joshua Auriemma July 2, 2008 The Lighter Side

I’m working a bit late to get some additional material for my research adviser (read: boss) and while researching Terms of Service Agreements, I came across the case Van$ Money Pie Inc., 47 U.S.P.Q.2d 1020 (N.D. Cal. 1998). For some reason, I’m just not used to seeing symbols in case names. At first I thought [...]

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Somehow Not From The Onion

by Joshua Auriemma April 23, 2008 The Lighter Side

“Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.“ I can’t even begin to imagine how one goes about litigating something like that.

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