Content tagged with “legal” under “The Interesting List”

“ A random, bizarre will for a half-billion estate was ‘discovered,’ and no matter how ridiculous it seems, the court is forcing lawyers to adjudicate the matter. ”

“ A baby was stillborn to a surrogate, so the biological mother embarked on a campaign of harassment and accusations. ”

“ A teenager was denied alcohol at one of NYC’s most prestigious establishments, so he embarked on a dumbfounding sidewalk campaign to claim antisemitism and Holocaust denial. And somehow a hip-hop star is involved. ”

“ A look into why a pop song probably wasn’t plagiarized which becomes a lesson on music history and the creative process itself. ”

“ A comprehensive legal analysis of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict that digs into what ‘self defense’ means in a fluid, chaotic situation like the Kenosha riots. ”

“ Adherents of a new extremist movement simply claim that they own the rights to, well, everything, it seems. ”

“ Several states have laws that require disclose if something bad happened in a house. Or if it’s…haunted. ”

“ In a sensational trial, a lawyer successfully defended his client with a shocking defense. Near death, he admitted the entire story was fabricated. ”

“ A freighter was abandoned at the mouth of the Suez in 2017. Due to a legal quirk, a single sailor is stuck onboard and cannot return home. ”

“ Last year, Citibank accidentally sent half a billion dollars to a client’s lenders. But since the client owed the money anyway, the recipients kept it. Lawsuits ensued. ”

“ During the 1800s, several Native American tribes held Black slaves. The slaves were freed and allowed to become members of their tribe. A hundred years later, that membership was revoked. The dispute wasn’t settled until 2017. ”

“ Just before the Great Depression, a man left millions of dollars to the family that could produce the most children in the 10 years after his death. ”

“ Some investigators took a redacted deposition, and using its own index, they cracked the redactions like a cypher. ”

“ There is a specific height at which an aviator is considered an astronaut, at which point different laws apply. ”

“ Examples of when missing or extra commas became painful legal judgments. ”

“ A compelling story about false accusations brought against a university professor and the investigation that followed. ”

“ A man tried to cash in 7 million Pepsi Points for the harrier jet that a TV commercial jokingly offered. Pepsi refused, so he took them to court. The court had to explain, in legal terms, why the joke was meant to be funny. ”

“ Detailed dissection of the recent court case against Katy Perry, with lots of counter-examples and explanations of why this has broader implications to the world of art, and why the expert witness in the case might have done damage to musicians everywhere. ”

“ Neat interactive feature that shows how hard it to define something – in this case an ‘assault rifle’ – in order to ban it. Every restriction generates a response and modification to evade the categorization. ”

“ While the law said that a drink can only be served with a meal, it didn’t say the meal had to be edible. The Raines Sandwich is a fascinating study in law interpretation and evasion. ”