Yesterday (12/22/2009) a man dressed as Santa Claus entered Sun Trust bank in Nashville and demanded money at gunpoint.
While he kept the punchline under wraps until his exit, on his way out, he exclaimed “I …

It occurred to me the other day that when other law students and lawyers are talking with me, they’re significantly more interested in my take on tech-related stuff than anything else (my clearly genius legal …

On November 27th a group of lawyers filed complaints with the Washington, D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility to disbar William Haynes II, John Choon Yoo, and Alberto Gonzales for their participation in the torture memos.

It’s official: All you budding legal scholars out there have a powerful new research tool, and it comes from Google. In a move that probably takes it off the Christmas card mailing list of Lexis-Nexis …

Southern New England School of Law seeks to donate itself to the University of Massachusetts system, thereby creating the first public law school in Massachusetts. Does the current economic climate lend itself to law school proliferation?

Attorney General Eric Holder sent a memorandum to US Attorneys in states that have legalized marijuana, on Monday explaining the DOJ’s practice in those states.

Two recent developments have raised questions about the amount of control an author has over his characters once they leave the womb of his or her creative imagination and enter the collective consciousness. There’s a …

This story made the internet rounds a week or two ago but I thought that it would be a nice topic for good old Legal Geekery.  Recent research into the brain may provide scientists with …

In Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart gave the world the most highly quoted definition of obscenity ever to come from the bench when he said
“I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds …

Yes, you read the anouncement right.  Legal Geekery is excited to announce the addition of seven new full-fledged bloggers.  Although we were initially only in the market for two additions, we had a much larger …

In re Sony BMG Music Entertainment: The 1st Circuit recently wrote an opinion interpreting a Massachusetts local rule to exclude webcasts of federal court proceedings except in certain enumerated circumstances.  In overturning the lower court’s …

Be careful what you say on the internet — even if you only have 140 characters with which to say it.  Up and coming fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, also known as Boudoir Queen, recently filed …

Everyone’s least favorite infomercial guy has been making the internet rounds for his arrest in California last month.

From the affadavit:
Def. and Co-Def apparently met at luigis nightclub located at 2377 Collins Ave.  Def and Co-Def …

Make that “you shall not pass” if you’re a Peter Jackson fan.
According to the Associated Press, a Bellvue, Washington man was pulled over in the HOV lane (the “express lane” for my fellow Bostonians) recently …

Preface:  My apologies, but a loyal geeker just pointed out that comments on Legal Geekery have been closed for quite a while.  We’re not sure why this happened, but rest assured that those responsible have …

We all have “emergencies.”  For some law students, their “personal emergency” is that they were all all night drinking.  For Latreasa Goodman, her “emergency” was that McDonalds was sold out of Chicken McNuggets.
The Scene:  McDonalds …