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Riding the Liability Train at Smugglers Run in Galaxy’s Edge
Smugglers Run in Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland is a dream come true for any fan of Star Wars. It is a wicket good time,...
Can You Have Werewolf Traps in Your Front Yard?
What We Do in the Shadows is wicked fun if you have an offbeat sense of humor and enjoy comedy-horror shows. In “Werewolf Feud,”...
Holy Courtroom Conundrums Batman
During the average night for the Caped Crusader, when he’s not fighting super villains, stopping world ending crises, or hanging out with a starfish...
The Collector’s Collection – The Tax Collector’s Take
The Collector appears in Avengers: Infinity War and plays a pivotal role, as he held the Reality Stone (technically the Aether, one of the...
No Escaping the Law in King Kong Escapes
In the 1967 Toho Classic King Kong Escapes, the nefarious Dr. Who (not to be confused with the beloved BBC Doctor Who) captured King...
Superman’s Real Kryptonite – The Tax Man!
I. Introduction
Tax is not a subject that people typically associate with comic books; however, some of earth’s mightiest heroes have had their very own...
Star Wars
Hello. My Name is Jessica and I’m a Legal Geek
Okay, it’s 2012, so I guess it isn’t that brave to identify myself as a geek (on the other hand, it still takes guts to admit to strangers that I’m a lawyer). In fact,...
Darth Vader on Trial
It’s Father’s Day, which makes it a perfect time for us to talk about everyone’s favorite absentee father with a penchant for black—Darth Vader.
Apart from the recently inserted “NOOOOO,” Anakin Skywalker’s story comes to...
A New Contract: Mjolnir Strikes Back for the Return of Lightsabers
The epic Twitter contract negotiations of Marvel and Star Wars heralded a heroic age of contract formation of offer, acceptance and consideration for the use of property.
The Twitter negotiations, however, also required trading...
The Good Fight: The Rebel Alliance & The Law of War
Back in the days when Star Wars was just the original trilogy and the beloved Holiday Special (that’s the correct usage for “beloved,” right?), things were fairly black and white for the Rebellion. Their...
Product Liability Litigation for Defective Stormtrooper Armor
The Empire’s Stormtroopers are emissaries of fear to subjugate civilian populations. However, Stormtrooper armor appears to have multiple fatal flaws for surviving blunt force trauma from melee weapons, arrows, and rocks.
Attackers with sticks incapacitated...
Marvel Comics
The Original Sin of Gamma Bombs & Proximate Cause
Marvel's Original Sin limited series Hulk vs Iron Man has a simple premise: Tony Stark was paid $500,000 (Stark's Daily Rate) and 2 Bottles...
Does Thor Working with the US Government Violate the Establishment Clause?
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,” United States Constitution, Amendment I,...
She-Hulk and Daredevil Do Not Know California Trial Procedure
She-Hulk #9 is a courtroom drama with Daredevil facing off against She-Hulk in Los Angeles Superior Court over the wrongful death case of Sam...
The Giant-Man Sized Murder-For-Hire Issues in Ant-Man
Nick Spencer in The Astonishing Ant-Man has introduced a very unique concept: a super-villain app for hiring henchmen called “Hench: Every Villain’s Private Army.”...
Tony Stark vs Ant-Man: Battle Over Advertising Using Iron Man’s Likeness Without Consent
Marvel’s Ant-Man by Nick Spencer is giant size fun that packs the strength of a comic 100 times it size.
Scott Lang takes on his...
Star Trek
Anniversary Special: Judge Paul Grewal & Judge Matthew Sciarrino On Science Fiction
What tribbles are to the Starship Enterprise, Captain Kirk, and Mr. Spock, the parties' ever-multiplying sealing and redaction requests are to this case, Judge...
The Wrath of a Court Scorned
I love Star Trek. If you're reading this blog, you already know that. And you also know that I really love judges who quote Star...
Thank You, Leonard Nimoy
There are no words for the heartbreak I feel at the news of Leonard Nimoy's passing.
Leonard Nimoy was an amazing human being. When I...
Is the Horta an Endangered Species?
The Horta is a silicon-based life form from the Star Trek episode “Devil in the Dark.” The Horta lived Janus VI, tunneling through rock...
Comic Con The Final Frontier
"Awe inspiring" is the best way to describe our second appearance at San Diego Comic Con. Our Star Trek panel brought together the most...
Hello. My Name is Jessica and I’m a Legal Geek
Okay, it’s 2012, so I guess it isn’t that brave to identify myself as a geek (on the other hand, it still takes guts...
Captain America
The Character Assassination of Captain America
Captain America is a member of HYDRA who murders another super-hero. That will sell comics. I picked up the second to last issue 38...
San Francisco Comic Con Memories!
We had an amazing time at San Francisco Comic Con. Thank you everyone who attended our panels and the show organizers. A big thank...
What Are the Charges Against Howard Stark on Agent Carter?
Agent Carter started with a bang as a fun Marvel spy-thriller. There were many great geek references from Roxxon to Leviathan. Keep up the...
Daredevil & Jessica Jones
Was John Healy’s Speedy Trial Accurate on Daredevil?
The Daredevil episode a “Rabbit in a Snowstorm” centered on a Nelson & Murdock being hired by a mysterious company to represent a hit...
Hope for a Purple Man Insanity Defense
Kilgrave, AKA The Purple Man, has the ability to make people do his bidding, whether it is preparing him dinner or killing someone. In...
Could Vanessa Marianna be Convicted for RICO with Kingpin?
In Marvel’s Daredevil on Netflix, Vanessa Marianna goes from art dealer to dinner date to girlfriend to fiancé of Wilson Fisk. Vanessa learned of...
Supergirl
Analysis from season one of Supergirl!
Agents of SHIELD
Traitors of SHIELD
Agents of SHIELD episode "Turn, Turn, Turn," was an action-packed tie-in to Captain America Winter Soldier. Best episode to date. As expected, a whole...
Attorneys of S.H.I.E.L.D.
https://youtu.be/yn6FAdLEKoE
Jessica Mederson and Josh Gilliland geek out and talk about the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot. Josh discusses comics in the 1980s, plus other classic...
Weird Science at the SHIELD Academy
Back in my day in the 1980s, socially awkward geniuses just used science to make a woman out of a doll. Advanced weapon systems...