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Froot Loops Not Made of Real Fruit: The Cereal Lawsuits

There are days every now and then when my actual legal work directly intersects with my blog work. This was one of those days. On May 21, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased “Cap’n Crunch with Crunch [...]

Markus Prostidude: Male Prostitution at the Shady Lady Ranch

A brothel club in Nevada has broken the ground for males who want to work as prostitutes. The Shady Lady Ranch hired Nevada’s first-ever legal male prostitute in the person of “Markus,” a fit and trim college dropout who briefly worked for porn movies in Los Angeles. He now holds the distinction of being the [...]

The FBI Database: How the Government is Spying on You

The FBI is watching you. Well, maybe not you in particular, but thereâ€™s a new technique theyâ€™re using that may have you concerned. A brief description of the FBI The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Â In basic terms, they are the [...]

Britney Spears Billboard Deemed Too Nuts

From Schimmer Legal: A Florida radio station ran billboards showing Britney Spears and one of the station’s DJs, suggesting that she and DJ were ‘nuts.’ Ms. Spears contested the use. The radio station is pulling the billboards. Unfortunately, the Smoking Gun has printed only one of Britney’s lawyers letters, not the one that contains ‘many [...]

No Sex Offenders with Candy on Halloween

Trick or treat, give me something good to eat. Unless you’re a sex offender, in which case you’re going to jail. There’s a law in New Jersey that forbids sex offenders from giving out candy on Halloween. That means Lester down the street won’t giving out chocolate yum-yums this year. Don’t think this law is [...]

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