New Jersey To Ban Bestiality, Hundreds Run To Molest Cows Before It’s Too Late
Please remoooooooooove your hands from my udders!
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* Watchcat! [Legal Juice] * On a similar note, New York banning “Tiger Selfies.” When do they give out the Darwin Awards again? [Lowering the Bar] * Are there lessons to be learned from the lawyer who...
View ArticleMorning Docket: 07.25.14
* “I don’t care if it’s legal, it’s wrong.” President Obama is pointing the finger at companies using cross-border mergers to avoid U.S. taxes, and he wants to put an end to corporate tax inversions....
View ArticleMonkey’s Selfie Sparks Copyright Debate, Worst Tinder Profile Ever
Who owns a picture taken by a monkey?
View ArticleNightmare At The Museum? The Resurrection of Extinct Species Is Coming
A look back at the fate of the passenger pigeon, the legal implications of efforts to resurrect the bird and other extinct species, and the courtroom drama over a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton.
View ArticleAppeals Court Hears Chimpanzee Rights Case
Is New York on the brink of a revolution in animal law? Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!
View ArticleWoman Suing Owner Of Dog Killed By Her Dogs For $1 Million
This takes some gall. And some stupidity.
View ArticleAg-Gag Laws Are Lawsuit Fodder
All told, there’s not much further from the public interest than ag-gag laws. Why's that the case?
View ArticleNo, A Judge Didn’t Say Chimpanzees Are People
No, a judge didn't really say chimpanzees have personhood -- check out the order.
View ArticleWhen PETCO Kills Your Dog
Even when it's a horror story, you can't recover a lot when a store kills your dog.
View ArticleGetting Zimbabwe To Prosecute Walter Palmer Will Be Tricky
The complicated relationship between Zimbabwe and America will help Walter Palmer escape justice.
View ArticleMob Justice Happens When Real Justice Fails
The counter-narrative to the backlash to the Cecil-the-Lion backlash is that mob rule is sometimes right.
View ArticleStat Of The Week: U.S.A. #1 (For Importing Lion Body Parts)
The United States is the global leader in this shameful practice.
View ArticleCould The Ninth Circuit Fall For This Monkey Business?
What to make of this legal theory -- fascinating, or frivolous?
View ArticleSeaWorld Won’t Free Willy, But Will Stop Making New Ones
A triumph of public persuasion over brute force regulation.
View ArticleIf We Are Going To Have Zoos, They HAD TO Shoot That Gorilla
You don’t want zoos? Fine. Me neither. But what are we going to do to replace them and still make nature alive for children?
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