Ari Cohn: I am actually fairly convinced that there is no practice area that is safe from bodily fluid incidents

I am actually fairly convinced that there is no practice area that is safe from bodily fluid incidents

See what you’re missing out on not practicing criminal defense.

If this thread turns into a "Give me a word, any word, and I show you how the root of that word is Greek" thing, I am ready for it.

*puts his finger in the air, mouth open preparing to speak....* nevermind I'm behaving.

I would say wage-and-hour, but plenty of those are brought alongside gross workplace harassment/assualt claims

Not to mention the whole bosses trying to police bathroom time thing

I know of at least one case, Lightning v. Roadway Exp., Inc., 60 F.3d 1551 (11th Cir. 1995), where the courts held that federal preemption under Section 301 of the LMRA does not apply to supervisors spitting on employees as that is not conduct arguably governed by the CBA.

Sure, that's labor law and not wage and hour. But they're like half-brothers.

(And yes I found an old brief I filed in defense of a union where I relied on Lightning as precedence for dismissal of a (non-spit related) IIED claim just to get this cite)

Do you consider Calvin peeing on a Chevy symbol a bodily fluid incident because if not trademark law is probably pretty safe.

I am intrigued by the M&A stories you might have tho

"I INVENTED THE PEEING-ON-STUFF NECKTIE!"

You could not convince me that there isn't at least one incident of a lawyer in a trademark case threatening to take a piss/dump on opposing counsel. I can almost *guarantee* that exact fact pattern is out there.

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USPTO TSDR Case Viewertsdr.uspto.gov

I don't read incident as including descriptions of a bodily fluid but that's a semantic distinction that might not be shared.

Imagine insurance law in Las Vegas. 😖

I would rather not

oh come on where’s your sense of adventure

Adventure would be handling divorce cases for the guy who got very drunk & married a stripper and well anuulment is off the table.

I mean, you'd hope probate law, but I wouldn't place bets on it.

Ask three T&E lawyers and I'll bet you get no fewer than 12 stories

Given that states have had to pass laws regarding the application of artificial insemination to the rule against perpetuities...

Patent law?

Do a patent search for "urine." I dare you.

Corpor-ahahahahhahahahahhahahah

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