A Modern-Day Case of Mistaken Identity

I read Dear Abby’s column…every day…and have for at least seven years. In that same vein, I can’t keep myself from scrolling through the discussion boards at the bottom of articles posted on CNN and STLtoday. I guess it’s my personal version of ogling car wrecks – I’m not good with gore, so I have to get my dose of sick wonderment by frequenting Agony Aunt columns and scrolling through message board comments written by bizarros from around the world chiming in on topics about which they know next to nothing (is that too generous?).
Initially, these musings that read like an un-funny version of a Jack Handey “Deep Thought” were simply grating.
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Michael Kahn and Geoffrey Gerber, the principals at the law firm formerly known as The BrickHouse Law Group, announced today that the firm has changed its name to Kahn Gerber Professional Corporation.
As many of you know, the authors of AnchorPlate are musically inclined, and I’d like to include myself in that estimation. I don’t play guitar like Pete, or the harmonica like Mike, but I can rap along with most Young Money hits, as well as the entirety of Nelly’s catalogue. So of course I had to write a post regarding this 
The folly of the billable hour has been the subject of several posts on this blog, including 
Two weeks ago, the excited tittering about crowdfunding hit a level comparable to the shrieking begat by The Beatles’ concerts at Shea Stadium. Three season cult-TV darling, “Veronica Mars,” broke all sorts of Kickstarter records when it raised over $2 million in its first twelve hours on the site..png)
Following up on my recent post on the story, I had the opportunity to speak with Colin O'Keefe of
In an earlier 
During the heated election season last fall, about the only thing the GOP had in common with gay marriage was the letter "G." That disconnect is at the core of a brilliant national advertising campaign launched last week by the Respect for Marriage Coalition. Their campaign features a television commercial, "
My last 
For my fellow media lawyers, Donald Trump is our version of the Jelly of the Month Club in .jpg)
By the time the St. Louis Cardinals reached the 2011 World Series, the little gray squirrel that had dashed across home plate during Skip Schumaker's at-bat early in the playoffs had been transformed into The Rally Squirrel. And by the time Alan Craig caught the final out in the 9th inning of Game 7, the first application to register RALLY SQUIRREL was on file with the U.S. Trademark Office..jpg)
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Why are so many legal thrillers written by lawyers? As one such lawyer who sues by day and writes by night, 

Geoff Gerber keeps waiting for his superpowers to materialize. In the meantime, he uses his lawyer-powers to litigate intellectual property


Michael A. Kahn concentrates his practice in copyright, trademark, First Amendment and media law (libel, privacy rights). He is
Abby Durlester is a reality television enthusiast who can prophesize which contestant will win the season of whatever varietal