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Woman Wins $560M Powerball, Sues for Anonymity
By Jeffrey Yano, Esq. | Last updated on
You wish you had problems like this. The New Hampshire woman who hit the $560 million Powerball jackpot last month has sued the state's lottery commission --...
2017: The Year in Strange Law
By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Last updated on
In 2017, things got a little weird. Criminal and civil law has always attracted some odd characters and some odd scenarios, but this year seemed to take the...
Still No Going Topless in New Hampshire
By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Last updated on
The Free the Nipple campaign might've worked in Fort Collins, Colorado, but women's nipples must still be covered in the Live Free or Die state. In a 3-2 vote,...
Punching Your Lawyer in Court Is Not a Good Idea
By George Khoury, Esq. | Last updated on
Inside courtrooms across the country, people are often afflicted with the desire to punch the lawyer prosecuting them, or sometimes, even their own lawyer. But...
SF Using Algorithm to Wipe Out Weed Convictions
By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Last updated on
Regardless of how you feel about marijuana legalization generally, we can all recognize that a system that allows weed weddings and pot tourism while it keeps...
Woman Accused of Stalking Sent 159K Texts to Former Date
By Lisa M. Schaffer, Esq. | Last updated on
This may be enough to scare you off online dating. Jacqueline Ades met a man on Luxy, an online dating app that calls itself the "leading luxury millionaire...