http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-26T01:56:40-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/sotomayor_takes_scotus_chief_justice_seat_to_re-enact_famous_baseball_case/ U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor got the chance to sit at the center of the bench, normally reserved for Chief Justice John Roberts, this week as she presided over the re-enactment of a case that unsuccessfully challenged the ability of baseball team owners to virtually own their players. The… Antitrust Law, Law in Popular Culture, Legal History, U.S. Supreme Court Fri, 24 May 2013 15:46:55 -0500 44358.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/urban_dictionary_defines_slang_for_some_court_cases_but_is_it_accurate/ Confronted with unfamiliar words that aren't defined either by Webster's or Black's dictionaries, some lawyers and judges are turning to a street-slang resource, the Urban Dictionary. It has been used by courts to define terms including "iron" (a handgun), "catfishing" (Internet predators using fabricated identities) and "dap"… ABA Journal Production, Weekly Newsletter Stories, Government Law, Law in Popular Culture, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, States, Nevada Tue, 21 May 2013 09:10:37 -0500 44287.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/plans_for_brooklyn_da_news_series_bring_lawsuit_and_a_defense_lawyers_objec/ An election opponent of Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes isn’t happy about an upcoming news series about the DA’s office that will begin airing on May 28. Nor is a lawyer defending a landlord accused of manslaughter in a tenement fire. The six-part CBS series, Brooklyn D.A., offers a look… Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Election Law, Law in Popular Culture Fri, 17 May 2013 09:16:54 -0500 44232.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/swift_justice_with_tvs_jackie_glass_is_followed_by_real-life_criminal_case/ Sued by her own son, a Clark County, Wash., woman seized the opportunity to resolve the debit card civil-theft case by appearing on the CBS television program Swift Justice with Jackie Glass. When Glass scolded Hazel E. Trent for mistreating her son and imposed a $5,000 judgment in an episode… Criminal Justice, Law in Popular Culture, Trials & Litigation, States, Washington Wed, 15 May 2013 16:39:12 -0500 44208.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law-prof-turned-tv_judge_dies_at_the_age_of_92_his_on-air_career_began_in_1/ Edgar Allan Jones Jr., a UCLA law professor who moonlighted as a television judge, has died at the age of 92. Jones presided over mock television court cases for six years beginning in 1958, the Los Angeles Times reports. His on-air career was launched with a… Law in Popular Culture, Law Professors Tue, 14 May 2013 09:05:09 -0500 44166.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/celebrities_tell_npr_how_constitution_affects_their_daily_lives/ How does the U.S. Constitution affect our daily lives? That is the question Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s popular show Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me seeks to answer in Constitution USA, a new PBS series that premieres Tuesday, May 7. Over the course of four episodes,… Constitutional Law, Law in Popular Culture Thu, 02 May 2013 15:07:47 -0500 44018.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/law_school_friends_score_a_reality_tv_show/ Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business of Law, Careers, Law Firms, Solos/Small Firms, Law in Popular Culture, Opening Statements Wed, 01 May 2013 04:40:06 -0500 43785.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/new_video_series_looks_behind_the_scenes_of_innovation_at_inspiring_invento/ Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law, Law in Popular Culture, Legal History, Opening Statements Wed, 01 May 2013 04:20:06 -0500 43787.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/started_as_a_marketing_ploy_scotusblog_wins_peabody_do_journalists_see_a_th/ SCOTUSblog has come a long way since its beginnings in 2002. In an interview with New York Magazine, lawyer Tom Goldstein explains why he started the blog. “I had decided that I was going to be a Supreme Court litigator, and yet I had no experience… Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Legal Marketing & Consulting, Law in Popular Culture, U.S. Supreme Court Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:34:50 -0500 43700.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/are_zombies_legally_dead_docs_and_lawyers_address_critical_walking_dead_cul/ Spoiler alert: A Wired article about the legal culpability of zombies in AMC's The Walking Dead reveals some of the pending plot twists in the television show's 2013 season. But the psychiatrists of Broadcast Thought and the lawyers of Law in Popular Culture Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:30:56 -0500 43689.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/turow_supreme_court_decision_and_digital_advances_affect_authors_financial/ Legal-thriller author Scott Turow is blasting last month’s U.S. Supreme Court decision against a publisher fighting the resale of books purchased cheaply overseas. The ruling will allow a surge of cheap imports, Turow writes in an op-ed for the New York Times, and… Celebrities, Intellectual Property Law, Copyright Law, Law in Popular Culture, Media & Communications Law Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:30:35 -0500 43653.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/peeps2013_winners/ We are proud to announce the winners of our Peeps in Law contest! "Oh the Peepanity!" walks away with our grand prize, with "Peepemptory Challenges" and "Citizens United vs. F.E.C." in the second and third slots respectively. We'd like to thank everyone involved, especially those who submitted dioramas, and Just… Law in Popular Culture Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:45:31 -0500 43499.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/scotus_battles_dr._contempto_issues_quick_decisions_in_the_onions_alternate/ Supreme Court journalists have been hard at work in the past few days, delivering summaries of the court’s gay-marriage arguments on live blogs and in quickly delivered stories. Then there are the satirical Supreme Court stories by the Onion that rely on the writers’ good imagination rather than keen powers… Law in Popular Culture, U.S. Supreme Court Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:00:39 -0500 43457.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/peeps2013_voting/ We here at ABAJournal.com are pleased to announce the finalists in our 5th Peeps in Law contest. And they are: everybody except me! (Conflict of interest. Phooey.) Our submission numbers were, shall we say, less robust than they have previously been. However! The dioramas which were entered are… Law in Popular Culture Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:30:24 -0500 43445.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/peeps_2013/ Ignore your winter storm advisories–spring is in the air! It's time, once again, for our annual Peeps in Law diorama contest. Get your glue guns warm and your blood-sugar levels revved up! As always, our rules are as follows: Create a law-related diorama with Peeps, take a photo of the… Law in Popular Culture Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:13:59 -0500 43105.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/legal_journalist_dies_near_50th_anniversary_of_the_case_he_chronicled_in_gi/ Former New York Times reporter Anthony Lewis has died at the age of 85, just one week after the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court case he chronicled in the book Gideon’s Trumpet. Lewis died on Monday as a result of complications from renal and heart failure, the Careers, Obituaries, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Law in Popular Culture, Legal History, Legal Writing, Trials & Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:41:43 -0500 43421.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/law_school_drudgery_chronicled_in_2ls_hit_parody_video/ West Virginia University 2L Andy Loud is giving his mom some of the credit for the success of his music video about the drudgery of law school life. The parody of Maroon 5’s "Payphone" got more than 100,000 views just two weeks after it was posted on YouTube,… Law in Popular Culture, Law Schools, Law Students Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:00:10 -0500 43177.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/will_federal_judge_kill_suit_over_costumed_zombie_protest_of_corpse_of_a_po/ A federal judge in Knoxville, Tenn., is scheduled to hear next week a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by government meeting protesters over a no-costume policy that they say prevented them from exercising their First Amendment right to speak. The subject of their protest was a plan to complete… Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Government Law, Law in Popular Culture, Trials & Litigation, 6th Circuit Court, States, Tennessee Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:01:09 -0600 43147.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/inside_the_law_school_scam_appellate_briefs_corporate_sponsors/ 'I’ve said what I have to say, at least in this format.' University of Colorado law professor Paul Campos says he has filed his last post at Inside the Law School Scam. Campos started his blog (anoymously, but revealed his identity within a couple… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Appellate Practice, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Law Firms, Solos/Small Firms, Law in Popular Culture, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:29:34 -0600 43033.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how_to_make_a_legal_thriller_less_thrilling_photo_gallery/ When we challenged our readers in last week's Question of the Week to come up with less-interesting titles for well-known legal movies, they truly delivered. We chose just a handful of the answers to make mockups of what those movie posters might look like. Other popular themes that readers… Law in Popular Culture Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:00:02 -0600 43054.abajournal.com