Lowering the Bar
"Legal humor. Seriously."
Author: Kevin Underhill is of counsel at Shook, Hardy & Bacon's San Francisco office.
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Recent Posts from Lowering the Bar
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Start Your Legal Plate Collection Today
Do you have a complete set of Jose Arcadio Klein's legal-themed plates yet? If not, why not? I guess a complete set would take up a lot of room in your office (there are a…
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Officer: Sex With Hookers Was Part of My Job, Unenjoyable
An officer who was suspended from the Beaumont, Texas, police department for having sex with prostitutes while on duty testified that he did so only because it was part of his job, and that he…
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Witch Pardoned
The government of Glarus, a canton in eastern Switzerland, has officially exonerated Anna Goeldi, who had the bad luck to be the last person executed in Europe after being charged with witchcraft. This was in…
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Beijing "Protest Parks" Go Remarkably Unused
Sources reported last week that, although Chinese officials had named three Beijing parks as "protest zones" for use during the Olympics, surprisingly no protests were staged in any of them. The Xinhua news agency said…
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Tax Tip: Income Earned In Antarctica May Not Be Deductible
A recent report advises U.S. citizens that, although up to $80,000 of income earned in a "foreign country" can normally be excluded from taxable income, that does not apply if you earned the money in…