Friday Links

Okay, so, above, you’ll find the cover of Fame: Justine Bieber #1, published not so long ago by Bluewater Productions. Why, why, are we posting a comic book featuring the pernicious Biebs? In case you haven’t heard, Bieber himself was deposed recently, and excerpts of his video deposition have leaked online to the celebrity gossip website TMZ. Let’s just say that Bieber presents as a difficult deponent. You’ve got to see it. TMZ has posted a number of clips online, all of which you can access here (although some of the ads on the TMZ website may be NSFW). While you’re at it, be sure to read Kevin Underhill’s commentary at the Lowering the Bar legal humor blog, which you can access here.

The Celluloid Optimist linked our interview with My Cousin Vinny director Jonathan Lynn this week in a post you can read here. (In fact, in that post, we were reminded of the debunked urban legend that Marisa Tomei did not actually win the Oscar for her performance in that film. By the way, can you believe it’s been two full years since our week long series on the twentieth anniversary of My Cousin Vinny?  Indeed, two years ago this week, we here at Abnormal Use dedicated a week’s worth of posts to the 20th anniversary, including interviews with the director, the writer/produce, and various cast members. That was a mighty fun project, and you can revisit it here.

Back in November, we wrote about To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee’s trademark infringement lawsuit against an Alabama museum. Well, according to recent press reports, Lee has settled that suit. Reported The New York Times: “One issue raised in the suit was the address of the museum’s website, formerly tokillamockingbird.com. A notice on the museum’s site now notes that the address has changed tomonroecountymuseum.org.”

GWB shareholder John T. Lay, of our Columbia, South Carolina office, was just became president elect of the South Carolina Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates. For more info, see here.