Lawsuits like those filed by rapper 50 Cent against Taco Bell for suggesting he change his name to “99 Cent” as a marketing gimmick leave us in stitches. If those types of lawsuits serve any purpose, it is to amuse those who think that the legal system is broken.
Prenups get a bad rap, and pop culture is to blame. Movies like Liar Liar and Kanye West songs like “Gold Digger” will have you believe that prenups are merely a deterrent against those who only want to marry for money.
We’ll cut to the chase: Prenups are good.
Hershey’s, purveyor of some of the finest chocolates and candies, brings goodness to the world. The only times they don’t are when they’re fighting a lawsuit or filing one against an imitator. Some of these suits are pretty serious, while others involve the unauthorized use of a Las Vegas street entertainer’s image for a chocolate syrup ad.
If you answered all three, you’re wrong.
These natural forces don’t have a mind of their own, but humans do. And humans who fail to clear snow and ice on their premises (entrances, exits, sidewalks, walkways, parking lots, etc.) that cause slip-and-fall accidents are, under certain circumstances, to be blamed.
While the best of marriages is what most couples dream of when they tie the knot, stories of nasty, drawn-out divorces ought to be considered as child abuse when you factor in how brutal custody battles can be on the children involved.
Lawyers are often depicted in popular media as heartless moneygrubbers, but we at Buckingham, LaGrandeur & Williams do have hearts that bleed and break for the youngsters who are caught in the middle of their parents’ fights.
Who doesn’t appreciate animal rights activists? They fight for the rights of fur babies who can’t do it on their own. But in the case of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), some people are on the fence.
We are a nation of pet lovers, so any form of cruelty to animals sends us to a blood-boiling rage.
We use mobile apps for practically everything so it’s no surprise that some of them have caused all sorts of troubles, especially legal ones. But we’re not going to lie -- suing an app developer is rife with complications. If you decide to sue an app, you may want to ask the following questions:
Who do I sue?
Where do I sue?
What did I agree to when I downloaded and started using the app?
There are also those who have had to ask more specific questions about the problematic usage of certain apps.
Compared to the tumultuous divorces of decades past (see: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, etc.), celebrity splits of recent years are kind of ho-hum. And Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin may be to blame.
Halloween is a time for silly costumes, candies, and Michael Myers movies binge fest.
If Halloween movies have taught us anything, it’s that jack-o’-lantern festivities can turn into a real nightmare. It’s all fun and games inside a horror house until a chainsaw-wielding extra shows up for one final scare.
‘Don’t get injured’ is rarely on top of anyone’s list of fitness goals. Injuries are relatively common when exercising, but some are worse than others. Some are so bad that they result in weighty lawsuits, such as:
When a personal trainer makes a trainee undergo a highly intense workout session that results in hospitalization
When an exercise equipment permanently injures a gym goer rather than whipping him or her into shape
But if you thought gyms are only sued for physical injuries due to negligence, you’re not flexing your imagination hard enough.