The Bronx Defenders, a non-profit law firm in New York, are taking some heat because two of their lawyers, Kumar Rao and Ryan Napoli, acted in a few scenes of a rap video which were filmed in the firm's offices. The song, "Hands Up," is not my kind of music, but if you want to watch it, here it is:http://youtu.be/BV_FizTIxM4Just looking at the freeze frame should give … [Read more...] about Je Suis Bronx Defenders
DUI Lawyers and Faith In Websites
Matt Brown, a criminal defense lawyer in Tempe, Arizona, has noticed that a lot of local lawyers have websites that get the law on concealed weapons wrong. Every single lawyer website I visited had misstated the law. Fortunately, the law has become more permissive, so nobody who believes what they read on the lawyers' websites will think it's legal to do something that will … [Read more...] about DUI Lawyers and Faith In Websites
Illinois Schools Hate Your Children’s Privacy
Illinois recently passed an anti-bullying law that some school districts are interpreting as granting some disturbing powers, according to a story at Motherboard by Jason Koebler: School districts in Illinois are telling parents that a new law may require school officials to demand the social media passwords of students if they are suspected in cyberbullying cases or are … [Read more...] about Illinois Schools Hate Your Children’s Privacy
Of Experts and Explainers
The Volokh Conspiracy blog has finally made the move behind the Washington Post paywall, and that led to an interesting comment on Twitter by conspirator Orin Kerr about the change in audience from being an independent blog to being part of a major media outlet: I think we've gained some and lost some. I'm worried we lost the law nerds and gained general interest readers. As … [Read more...] about Of Experts and Explainers
McWhores!
At The Honest Courtesan, Maggie McNeill notes a human trafficking propaganda infographic by Haisam Hussein that includes this map, which shows sex trafficking hot spots:This pattern looked familiar... Watch what happens when I overlay the sex trafficking hotspots with another geographic data source. The overlay's not perfect, because the maps use different projections, … [Read more...] about McWhores!