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IR-2010-32, March 16, 2010 The Internal Revenue Service today issued its 2010 “dirty dozen” list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing. “Taxpayers should be wary of anyone peddling scams that seem too good to be true,” IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said. “The IRS fights fraud by [...] Are law professors over-paid and under-worked? The National Jurist published an article called “Law school faculties 40% larger than 10 years ago,” which summarizes the results of a study that found the following astounding facts: “the typical teaching load has dropped from five courses a few generations ago to three courses today” Can you say bad publicity is better than no publicity? Former actress and paparazzi favorite party-girl Lindsay Lohan filed a lawsuit that should be a lot of fun to follow. She sued E-Trade over a commercial in which a baby had the audacity to say “Lindsay” without LiLo’s written permission. Everybody knows that [...] Tomorrow the citizens of Switzerland will vote on whether to give all Swiss animals increased legal rights, including the right to be represented by an attorney. I’m not kidding! Switzerland currently gives its animals more protections that perhaps any other country in the world. If the referendum passes, all of Switzerland’s cantons (territorial [...] Hyundai’s thirty second Super Bowl commercial could cost the company a lot more than the cost of production and TV air time. Watch the video and see if you recognize the trademark allegedly being infringed. Click here to see the name of the plaintiff that sued Hyundai for trademark infringement. See the actual complaint.
The Los Angeles police have apparently eliminated crime in their jurisdiction because they now devote a lot of man/woman police hours to busting mobile food vendors who sell from vehicles. I can’t wait until NBC makes a one hour TV series about the LAPD food police called FIU, short for Food Investigation Unit. I’d like [...] In 2004, director Oliver Hirschebiegl made a movie in German called “Downfall.” A lengthy scene from this movie has been used over and over again by people who make subtitles that tell a story quite different than the actual words spoken in German by the actors. Mr. Hirschbiegel loves that people are using [...] An onerous federal law called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) prevents the sale of products to children unless the products and their component parts each pass an expensive test for lead that proves the products and their components lead content is below the stringent federal lead standard. Many companies that used [...] Here’s another one of the video parodies where Adolf Hitler rants about something. This time it’s global warming climate change.
In this Saturday Night Live skit Ashton Kutcher is the pool boy who cared for the 110 year old deceased millionairess in hopes of inheriting big bucks. When her lawyer reads the will to the assembled family and pool boy (this never happens in real life, but TV and movies love the reading [...] Wall St. Journal: “Well this should be interesting to watch. Two restaurants that unapologetically do harm to their patrons are now trying to do harm to each other. The owner of an Arizona restaurant called Heart Attack Grill, an eatery that dishes up artery-clogging burger-and-fries, including the so-called Quadruple Bypass Burger . . [...] I thought most of the 2010 Super Bowl commercials were very blah and forgettable. Here are my favorite commercials in no particular order. A video from The Heritage Foundation called “The Death Tax Burden on American Business.” See also “Death Tax: Time to Kill It Forever.” I benefit from the death tax because I am an estate planning attorney who charges $3,500 to prepare an estate plan with a trust that will maximize federal estate tax [...] Government know-it-alls, aka the “Food Police” want to tell you want you can and cannot eat. Our founding fathers fought and died so that Americans could be free, but now totalitarians in and out of government want to control our lives in every way possible. Two more real estate videos from Arizona realtor Kristin LaVanway. Part 1: “Talking Shop: What Should Sellers Look For When Listing A Short Sale” and Part 2: “Talking Shop: Short Sales from the Buyer’s Side and a Couple of War Stories.” For information about Arizona short sales, see “Arizona Department of Real Estate Publishes [...] Steven Colbert has advice for people concerned about the federal estate tax. The Colbert Report Colbert Platinum – Estate Tax & Skull Ballot Box www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Interpreting the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission. Congress passes laws without any consideration of the unintended consequences of the laws. Magicians and TV journalists Penn & Teller’s video is a shocking eye-opener about the untended consequences of the Americans with Disabilities Act and how it has harmed, rather than helped the disabled. The video also shows the stupidity of the [...] This video has gone viral. I like the music. Three years ago a then 15 year old high school sophomore named Lizzie Palmer created a moving video tribute to all of the brave men and women who serve and have served our country in the military. As of today, the video has been viewed almost 29 million times.
A video salute to our veterans on this Veterans Day.
Knoxnews.com: A moving video about Channon Christian, 21, and Chris Newsom, 23, who were carjacked, raped repeatedly, tortured and murdered by total strangers in Knoxville, Tennessee. It’s 16 minutes, but well worth the time. Two of the five defendants have been tried and convicted. The other three await trial. A nonprofit graduate loan company called The Access Group sponsored a video contest for law students with a prize of $10,000 for the student who made the best video on the topic “What Inspired Me to Go to Law School.” Celebrity judges viewed 113 entries and picked Branigan Robertson’s (Chapman law school) video [...] |
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