For those of you who are interested, the Wall Street Journal online blog conducted an interview with United States Supreme Court Justice Antonio Scalia. Justice Scalia is asked about many things, but I particularly found interesting his response to...

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I usually refrain from writing or posting any articles relating to politics, but I thought the following was a very interesting prediction of what may occur in the Democratic race between Senators Clinton and Obama. The Washington Post, in an article published on Wednesday, makes a strong point that Senator Clinton may become Justice Clinton if Obama is elected to serve as President. The author suggests that...

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In an article called "Labor Law's Biggest Bloopers," Canadian lawyer Howard Levitt puts an interesting spin on the truth about how and why clients will say what they think will strengthen their case, regardless of the truth. Here is an example of one of the "bloopers" that Mr. Levitt refers to in his article...

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I came across an article on the Forbes website  called "How to Lower Your Legal Bills." The article is geared toward business owners and business start-ups who are looking to incorporate their business and are wanting to do all the required business planning. As always, there are two sides to every story...

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The following article, orignally published by J. Craig Williams at May it Please the Court, is an interesting example that illustrates a major difference between commercial and residential real estate lease transactions and the duties imposed upon leasing agents in such transactions. Read on...

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A father and son graduated together from law school at Ohio Northern University on Sunday. Looking behind the headline, I think this is more of a growing trend rather than a one time coincidence. Forty percent of the students at my school, I would estimate, are over 35 years old, and there are some students that are fifty or even sixty years old. Saying that, there is also a large number of students that are fairly young, attending law school straight after college, like I did. At schools such as mine, I can see how a graduating son and father would not be an exception, but something that happens on a yearly basis.

Inter Alia, Latin for "among other things", is a column that is original to The Legal Scoop (as far as I know!).  The purpose is to link to interesting articles at various legal blogs from all over the internet. If you want articles from your blog considered for The Legal Scoop's "Inter Alia"  column, please email me with your requests.

Onward with this week's edition of Inter Alia:

• Over at the Sports Law Blog, Rick Karcher discusses the application of anti-trust labor exemptions to professional golf and tennis. Very interesting article.
• R. Enochs writes about a man who attempted to cash a check for $360 billion. Can you say F-E-L-O-N-Y?
• Legally Numb  takes out her frustration regarding dissecting law school exams after taking them.
• Check out The Legal Underground's Law School Roundup. Many more links are provided to interesting legal articles around the web.

Have a good one...

It is amazing to sometimes read about very antiquated and outdated laws that are still on the books in states throughout our country. For example, did you know that...

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