Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Who Needs Chopsticks When You Have a Gun?
More about the shocking shooting at the Chopsticks and Sushi restaurant which was frequented by many an ACME worker including yours truly.
A businessman facing murder charges stemming from a shooting in his restaurant on the 16th Street Mall told investigators he shot the victim in self-defense after being choked.
But an affidavit in the case says a witness gave a different story, that the restaurant owner was confronted over money he owed.
Yan De Yang, 40, owner of the Chopsticks & Sushi restaurant, 1630 Welton St., is being held without bond at the Denver jail on suspicion of first-degree murder.
Yang is charged with fatally shooting 29-year-old Lloyd Running Bear at the downtown eatery Thursday.
Running Bear was shot multiple times in the chest, according to an affidavit in the case.
Yang, who goes by the first name of "Dave," told investigators that he kicked an "intoxicated" man out of the sushi bar on Friday, Oct. 16 and that the man came back on Wednesday with two others, looking for him and making threats of reprisals, according to the affidavit.
A businessman facing murder charges stemming from a shooting in his restaurant on the 16th Street Mall told investigators he shot the victim in self-defense after being choked.
But an affidavit in the case says a witness gave a different story, that the restaurant owner was confronted over money he owed.
Yan De Yang, 40, owner of the Chopsticks & Sushi restaurant, 1630 Welton St., is being held without bond at the Denver jail on suspicion of first-degree murder.
Yang is charged with fatally shooting 29-year-old Lloyd Running Bear at the downtown eatery Thursday.
Running Bear was shot multiple times in the chest, according to an affidavit in the case.
Yang, who goes by the first name of "Dave," told investigators that he kicked an "intoxicated" man out of the sushi bar on Friday, Oct. 16 and that the man came back on Wednesday with two others, looking for him and making threats of reprisals, according to the affidavit.
Is the Bible obscene?
If you follow the reasoning of one person opining on the case of the Naked Man apparently the story of Adam and Eve and their nakedness should be considered obscene.
But first, some background. A man was arrested in Springfield, VA. His crime? Being nude in his own home. Apparently he had walked into his living room to drink some coffee and he was naked. It turns out there were no curtains for the living room and because of this a woman walking with her young son saw this man naked from the sidewalk. She called the police who sent five officers to the scene and arrested him. Now the Naked Man faces up to one year in prison.
Who knew that the Naked Guy in Friends was committing such an illegal act?
The Washington Post ran an online chat with a criminal defense attorney, and one reader made the following post:
Bowie, Md.: You keep reiterating that the prosecutor needs to "show he did something obscene per the statute".
The facts presented in this article indicate that he was doing something obscene. The man has no curtains drawn, and walks near windows so that others can see him naked from the street naked... Those do not seem like the actions of an innocent man.
Atchuthan Sriskandarajah: Being naked in one's own home is not obscene. Walking naked from one part of your home to another is not obscene. The case law in Virginia is very clear about this.
I guess some people seem to think that the mere act of being naked is obscene. This case has elicited international ridicule championed, of course, by the French, for whom nakedness is right up there with Liberty, Equality and Fraternity (see Nice beaches and Last Tango in Paris
But first, some background. A man was arrested in Springfield, VA. His crime? Being nude in his own home. Apparently he had walked into his living room to drink some coffee and he was naked. It turns out there were no curtains for the living room and because of this a woman walking with her young son saw this man naked from the sidewalk. She called the police who sent five officers to the scene and arrested him. Now the Naked Man faces up to one year in prison.
Who knew that the Naked Guy in Friends was committing such an illegal act?
The Washington Post ran an online chat with a criminal defense attorney, and one reader made the following post:
Bowie, Md.: You keep reiterating that the prosecutor needs to "show he did something obscene per the statute".
The facts presented in this article indicate that he was doing something obscene. The man has no curtains drawn, and walks near windows so that others can see him naked from the street naked... Those do not seem like the actions of an innocent man.
Atchuthan Sriskandarajah: Being naked in one's own home is not obscene. Walking naked from one part of your home to another is not obscene. The case law in Virginia is very clear about this.
I guess some people seem to think that the mere act of being naked is obscene. This case has elicited international ridicule championed, of course, by the French, for whom nakedness is right up there with Liberty, Equality and Fraternity (see Nice beaches and Last Tango in Paris
Thursday, October 8, 2009
How to Bill 27 Hours in One Day
From the WSJ Law Blog:
How does this hearken back to the Disco era? In 1969, the Justice Department filed suit claiming IBM maintained an illegal monopoly in computers. The suit spanned the Seventies, before the Justice Department under Reagan finally dropped the suit in 1982.
The Obama administration appears eager to crank up the dial on antitrust enforcement, according to WSJ, which cites investigations of Google in connection with its foray into the digital books market and Intel's dominant position in sales of microprocessorchips.
Cravath defended IBM in the earlier case, and many firm lawyers, including one David Boies, came of age logging interminable hours fending off the government watchdogs.
For a detailed look at Cravath's work in the IBM case check out the James B. Stewart 1983 book "The Partners," which still ranks as one of the more comprehensive and entertaining accounts of life insider corporate law firms.
Here is a long-ago review of the book by former Times editor Christopher Lehman-Haupt, who highlighted this anecdote from The Partners:
One young man working on the I.B.M. case for Cravath, Swaine succeeded in establishing a company record by billing 24 hours of work in a single day; one of his rivals promptly flew to California and, by exploiting the time difference, managed to bill 27 hours.
Ah, what associates would do now for that kind of billable output.
How does this hearken back to the Disco era? In 1969, the Justice Department filed suit claiming IBM maintained an illegal monopoly in computers. The suit spanned the Seventies, before the Justice Department under Reagan finally dropped the suit in 1982.
The Obama administration appears eager to crank up the dial on antitrust enforcement, according to WSJ, which cites investigations of Google in connection with its foray into the digital books market and Intel's dominant position in sales of microprocessorchips.
Cravath defended IBM in the earlier case, and many firm lawyers, including one David Boies, came of age logging interminable hours fending off the government watchdogs.
For a detailed look at Cravath's work in the IBM case check out the James B. Stewart 1983 book "The Partners," which still ranks as one of the more comprehensive and entertaining accounts of life insider corporate law firms.
Here is a long-ago review of the book by former Times editor Christopher Lehman-Haupt, who highlighted this anecdote from The Partners:
One young man working on the I.B.M. case for Cravath, Swaine succeeded in establishing a company record by billing 24 hours of work in a single day; one of his rivals promptly flew to California and, by exploiting the time difference, managed to bill 27 hours.
Ah, what associates would do now for that kind of billable output.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Heidi Klum to Take Seal's Last Name - omg! news on Yahoo!
Even more stunning is the fact that Seal has a last name.
Heidi Klum to Take Seal's Last Name - omg! news on Yahoo!
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Heidi Klum to Take Seal's Last Name - omg! news on Yahoo!
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Loser and Kate Plus 8 or Kate Plus 9
The latest from The Biggest Loser. Apparently right after he put the kibosh on filming of Kate Plus 8 he had a night out on the town with new best bud Joe Francis, owner of the Girls Gone Wild franchise. And the news today is that he has withdrawn $230,000 from their joint bank account leaving $1000 in there. I guess he must have greater expenses than Kate Plus 8 has.
Friday, October 2, 2009
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