Legally Weird

While water is available in a vast plethora of flavors, the horrifying variety served to a guest at a Ritz-Carlton hotel that contained semen is unlikely to become a popular choice. Despite confirmation that the substance in question was unknowingly imbibed by the plaintiff, a judge in California…

Copyright infringement or merely derivative? There's a fine line between the two both musically and legally, but it's one that often has millions of dollars on the line. On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decided not to horn in on a battle of the bands, refusing…

With any luck for NCAA athletes, the massive keggers haven't gotten past the planning stage, and nobody has gone to the dealership to put down a deposit on a Lamborghini in their school's colors yet. A week after a historic federal antitrust ruling eradicated the amateur model that kept…

Imagine you are creating a crack team of thieves to steal a piece of contemporary art from an English palace. You get to be the George Clooney of Ocean's Eleven in this scenario. Who do you want on your team? A tech expert? An acrobat? A safecracker? Maybe someone…

Not every pair of lead actors in a film is going to get along in real life. Most don't end up lobbing $400 million lawsuits at each other, though. The newest development in the legal whirlwind that's swept up Hollywood is a big one. On June…

Jimmy Wayne Carwyle believed God had made it his divine mission to court actress Jennifer Aniston and win her heart. Due to his ill-conceived actions, he found himself engaging in an entirely different type of courting - the criminal kind. Much like his plans to be with…