Evan Schaeffer's Legal Underground

IN THE MAGAZINES . . . Weblogs might be nothing more than a embarrassing corner of the Internet's vast slush pile, but here's some hope: they'll lead you to magazines you can read for free. Try these--

His Amazing Achievement What Bush's failure in Iraq means to his critics. [The New York Review of Books]

Macondo What's so special about García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude? [The Chronicle of Higher Education]

Doorways to the Past Explaining the fame of Peru's Machu Picchu.[The New York Times Magazine]

250 Million Downloads Google Earth and the new cartography. [Wired]

Buzzworthy? Another comprehensive review of the iPhone. [Newsweek]

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Preparing for Your Next Trial? Don't Neglect the Law."

THROUGH THE YEARS AT LEGAL UNDERGROUND . . . Some posts from late-Junes past--

June 22, 2004 "Types of Lawyers #4: The Lawyer Who Carries Another Lawyer’s Briefcase."

June 17, 2005 "Surprise! It's Another Stupid Article About Madison County, Illinois."

June 28, 2006 "Vioxx's 18-Month Danger Threshold: Once a Myth, Always a Myth."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "For Illinois Lawyers Only: Deceased Plaintiff's Discovery Deposition Cannot Be Used as Evidence at Trial."

RANDOM NOTES . . . It's always a good time for some random notes--

--Eric Turkewitz's Personal Injury Law Roundup continues at New York Personal Injury Law Blog. The current version is Personal Injury Law Roundup #17. It's a good resource.

--Voting closes today on the funniest legal weblog contest at Legal Antics. It appears that Phila Lawyer and Above the Law are running away with it  . . .

--Turning to this weblog, I changed the tagline from "Where most of the fun is in the comments" to "Lobbing missives from the bunker since January, 2004." The new tagline now appears on every page. The reason for the switch? I was getting hit with so many spam comments every day that I invoked the weblogging feature that requires an account to comment. As a result, comments just aren't that fun anymore . . .

--Finally, I'd like to note that I'm getting a little tired of the band Korn, after having familiarized myself with nearly all their albums in preparation for the opening night of the (ironically-titled) Family Values Tour 2007. It's going to be in St. Louis, and I'm attending with Austin, my 14-year-old son, and some of his friends. I didn't think it made sense for me to subject myself to the concert without preparing myself to recognize the songs, which, of course, makes a concert more enjoyable. Perhaps I peaked too soon, since the concert doesn't happen until July 20. Maybe I'll spend some time learning the music of some of the other bands that will be playing that day, e.g., Evanescence, Atreyu, Flyleaf, Trivium, Hellyeah, Otep, Neurosonic, Five Finger Death Punch and Droid. On the other hand, maybe I won't. There's at least some limit to my exercise of fatherly responsibilities . . .

The Weekly Law School Roundup #75

This Week: The Featured-Posts Edition. Here are some notable posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated--

A Difficult Challenge Giving up cigarettes at the office. [think like a woman. act like a man.]

Preparing Students for Admission to the Bar How the ABA's shifting standards for accreditation might affect California law schools. [Otherwise Occupied]

Idle Hours What what summer associate does between projects. [Thrown for a Loop]

A Pen in the Eye The truth about civil procedure. [Becoming a Jackal]

A New Path Talking yourself into happiness. [Legally Numb]

Being a Bitch It's not the problem it seems. [Dizzy does it]

Gun Fun Checking a goal off a list [Frequent Citations]

Bare Feet How trends get started. [Wicked Words]

Selling Your Soul Is working for the man easier than it seems?[Pargolo goes to the circus]

Crunch New breakfast ideas. [Fox Law]

Freeganism A note from the very frugal law student. [The Frugal Law Student]

Legal Specialties The wide world of legal careers. [A Little Bit Quirky]

Look for next week's roundup at divine angst then it's back here the week after that. You can find some other recent roundups in the "At the Law Schools 2" category, as well as sixty or so older roundups from 2004-2005 here. Finally, if you want to know how I choose posts to highlight, see "How I Write the Weekly Law School Roundup."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Impediments to Clear Writing."

FEN-PHEN VERDICT AGAINST WYETH . . . About a half hour ago, a federal jury in the Eastern District of Missouri returned a verdict against Wyeth in a fen-phen valve case. Congratulations to my friends John Carey and David Bauman of Carey & Danis, Jeff Lowe of Jeff Lowe, P.C., and the others who worked on the case. (Full disclosure: My firm works with Carey & Danis on fen-phen, Vioxx, Bextra, asbestos cases, as well as a few other matters.)

I believe the wires will be covering the $75,000 verdict soon, and I'll link to a story when it appears. (Later: Here are articles about the verdict from Bloomberg, the Associated Press, Dow Jones, and Reuters. Wyeth also issued a press release.)

Related Post: "Bragging Rights: Carey & Danis."

AT MY TRIAL PRACTICE WEBSITE . . . "Electronic Discovery: Think About Admissibility Well in Advance of Trial."

THE WEEKLY LAW SCHOOL ROUNDUP . . . The Weekly Law School Roundup alternates between Legal Underground and divine angst, where Kristine has posted this week's Weekly Law School Roundup #74. The next installment will appear here on Sunday, so be sure to check back.