Wounded feelings, hostage rescues by lawyers, and Philadelphia politics:
- Sayre’s Law in action: Despite improving bar passage rates from 68% to 97%, Duquesne University Law School Dean Donald Guter has been demoted to professor, for hurting the feelings of Duquesne President Charles Dougherty;
- Oh no, not again: “New prosecutor takes fresh look at JonBenet Ramsey case”;
- Foppish Brit dandy names the ten most annoying Americanisms. Meanwhile, I need subtitles to understand most modern British television shows;
- A roundup of suppression of political speech on college campuses in 2008, from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education;
- If you have a website domain registered through OnlineNIC, which says it’s “one of the earliest domain registrars accredited by ICANN,” consider changing registrars. The company was hit with a $33 million default judgment for “cybersquatting” domains named after Verizon trademarks. Ryan Gile has more on the perils of failing to take lawsuits seriously;
- WWFRD. What would Frank Rizzo do? Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter faces a “people’s indictment,” for crimes against libraries and children;
- Your tax dollars at work: General Motors files suit to recover “hostage” auto parts;
- Bargain of the century: You can buy the trading arm of Madoff Securities. Be sure to check the seller’s feedback rating, PayPal preferred, all sales final.
In the next edition of Microblog, we’ll answer the question, “How many lawyers does it take to change a lightbulb?”