Hi folks -- just a few quick items from my morning links:
* DC Judge De-Pantsed: DC administrative judge Roy Pearson, who was suing his dry cleaner to the tune of $54 million, has lost his case. Also, the defendants may go after him for attorney fees, and he might not be reappointed to the bench.
Guess he should have taken that settlement offer.
* Wired takes a look at blogger Michael Arrington: [There's one swear word early in the article] Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch, is one of the most prominent and financially successful Web 2.0 and industry bloggers. This puts him in the bullseye of every startup and entrepeneur with a pitch to make.
Even if you don't pay attention to Web 2.0 companies and social media industry moves, it's an interesting profile of what it takes to be at the top of the professional blogging heap (e.g. no vacations, startup guys breaking into your bedroom, etc).
* "The Web Site Celebrities Fear: This is a New York Times piece on TMZ.com, the Warner Brothers/AOL celebrity gossip joint venture.
It talks about how they've been able to get so prominent so fast, how they've been able to break so many stories (from Mel Gibson to Michael Richards to whatever Paris Hilton is doing at the moment) -- also, despite the headline, it talks about how celebrities and agents recognize its influence and try to use it.
Naturally, I'm sure that everyone reading this is far too enlightened to follow such meaningless fluff as celebrity gossip -- consider it an business case study on the power of online media and consider it from that perspective.
(All the items should be viewable without registration, but there's always BugMeNot.com if you hit a wall.)
Thanks -- Joe
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My understanding is that the dry cleaner owners were awarded attorneys fees in the initial ruling. http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/dry-cleaner-wins-in-missing-pants-case/20070625102609990002 Anyway, SO SO SO glad it turned out this way. It was way over the top ridiculous, IMHO. Perhaps they are suing for emotional distress? Interesting that he may not be reappointed to the bench. To think, they actually found his pants, too, just a couple days later. So, hey, charge them more like $10. for returning them late, at thee most. That administrative judge needs a real life, IMHO. Okay, thanks for writing about this so I didn't have to like I was just about to:)
Oh, thank the imaginary sky daddy, there is justice in the world! This guy definitely needed some air removed from his head. Do you think he'll learn anything from the experience?
-Paul
http://journals.aol.ca/plittle/AuroraWalkingVacation/
Love.Justiceprevails!
Thank the god's that someone had some good law sense..he needs to be publicly flogged!!!
I just had to comment...
What world was that guy living in? That ridiculous lawsuit makes me question either his reasoning skills, or his ethics. I think they should at least do some kind of psyche evaluation on him or something to see if he is competent.
Thats crazy
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