Criminal Law

Who likes short shorts
Apparently not a judge in Lancaster, Kentucky. Judge Janet Booth of the Garratt District Court jailed 28-year-old Kristie Arnold for wearing inappropriate clothing...for the third time! Arnold is awaiting trial on charges of harassment, criminal trespass, and leaving the scene of an accident...

What Not To Wear (or Say)...in Court
After two warnings and a fine of $50.00, a Kentucky woman was jailed for wearing shorts for a court appearance. Who wears 'short-shorts' indeed! Watch the video and pass the Nair. Bonus 'Duh' points go to rapper DMX for saying...

Salute Your Shorts
I. A Short Introduction With the recent collapse of numerous financial institutions, the practice of short-selling (?shorting?) has come under fire. Some authors have gone so far to claim that the actions of short-sellers (?shorters?) are among the core reasons...

Obama Shorts the Market
Obama has a short position in the market; when it goes down his vote total goes up. Moreover, he is doing what short traders often do, running a bear raid for over a year and one-half, by talking down the...

Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, thinks he is a fool
I love transcripts. August 11, 2005, Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK): I agree that CEO?s who spend time worrying about shorts or obsessing about shorts are fools. And that most of the CEOs who tangle with shorts are crooks...

Weight Watching
Mr. Q and I took the kids to Disney World last week. I noticed a couple of things. First, I'm not wild about either Epcot or MGM - I really feel Disney should combine them and make one decent park instead of 2 mediocre ones...

Evergreen
Wachovia, Settle Securities Allegations over Ultra Short Opportunities Fund

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.