University of Alberta Faculty of Law Blog

Greatest comic book lawyers

Topless Robot lists the top 13 best lawyers in comic books.  If that interests you, be sure to check out William A. Hilyerd's thorough article in the Widener Law Review that runs through the history of comic book attorneys - Hi Superman, I'm a Lawyer: A Guide to Attorneys (& Other Legal Professionals) Portrayed in American Comic Books: 1910-2007

 

Apple 1, Lawyers 0

Birdsong et al. v. Apple Inc., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 08-18841.

On Dec 30, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of the class action which claimed that Apple iPods were defective in the manner alleged in the action: that the  ”iPod is defective because it poses an unreasonable risk of noise induced hearing loss to its users.”

Does this mean that Mr/Ms Birdsong's song is now a sad song?

Listen (if you can hear) to Pete Townsend.

As Nigel would have said: News at 11.

But not elvenses. Well, Nigel might have said that, too, but for another reason.

Addendum

One tangentially related view from south of the border. 

Ben-Hur RIP

He was 84.

Spears Pregnant

and the amazing thing is that for once it is not Britney Spears who is the one who screwed up this time. Her baby sister, 16 year old Jamie Lynn Spears, star of Zoey 101, is preggers! I always thought she was the sane one of the two, but it just goes to show, you can take the girl out of the trailer, but you can't ....

No word on how Disney will react. They have had their own share of problems with High School Musical 2's naughty pictures. Is it too much to ask the stars of today to wait till they are 18 or over before committing their youthful indiscretions?